I was thinking of using 4x4 as a support for the vertical ends of an EWE.....would the wood have any effect ? _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
I also bought one this year....deployed it as an EWE, as thats all the room I have, small lot in a subdivision.....in order to work them you need to hear them, and once I put that up, I could hear !!
S9+ here in NW PA, just south of Lake Erie....at least I can hear something with my 3L rx array.... Yes, hearing them at my QTH on my SE Beverage, carrier running 15 to 25 dB above my noise floor. Ll
actually happening as we speak ( or type)......Jupiter Research Foundation has an unmanned boat type drone searching the pacific for humpback whales, and the drone has a solar powered ham transceiver
If you are decoding them they are not "just listening"..... Sent from my iPad _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
I put a 3 ele hi z array up last fall, and it's not worth a tinkers dam....at least to me.....may be some local noise....it certainly has directivity, at least on the bcb, so so on 80, but on 160, wh
Forgot I had some older, large diameter slinkys, anyone using them for an receive antenna ? Sent from my iPad _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Refle
I'm plagued with local noise, I live in a sub division, and have a small loet (80x180), 2 yrs ago, I tried a reversible EWE and had pretty good sucess with it, last year I tried a HI-Z 3L, and wasnt
I have 2x6 switch at the tower, that the inv l feeds thru, choosing a different antenna makes no difference in the noise level, but I suspect there is more to detuning it than just disconnecting it..
Call sign not found in qrz.....maybe a silent key? Sent from my iPad _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
He could upload under a previous call.... Sent from my iPad _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
What should the Z be for a 1/4 wave inv l, with the radials attached to a radial plate? Mine seems to be 60 ohms or so.... Sent from my iPad _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesti
well, I THOUGHT I had a good ground.....16 radials I think, 1/4 long.....so I thought I'd see around 30-35 ohms impedance.....not sure what to think now.....I was going to get either a balun and unun
several have asked how I am measuring the impedance.....I'm using an AA-230, and am all the ALL PARAMS setting.....the 230 defaults to a series model, is that what I want, dont see how to change it t
I have the jk version, was using it as a ewe, which worked ok, recently converted it to a bog, about 200 ft long, easy to build, seems to work , worked a bunch this weekend which I could not hear on
There are some amazing drone videos on K3LR website Sent from my iPad _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
I've had much more success with the bev flex, configured as a EWE, than a HI-Z 3 element array, however, every users experience may be different, depending on local noise and other factors. --Origina
Are the installation instructions anywhere? Sent from my iPad _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
Since verticals are know to be "noisy" on receive, and a fix is a rf choke or bleeder resistor to ground, anyone try that on short verticals used for receive only to quiet some noise? _______________