- 141. Re: Topband: Conditions (score: 1)
- Author: Greg - ZL3IX <zl3ix@inet.net.nz>
- Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:35:28 +1300
- Hi Glen, Very poor SP from ZL to Eu, but LP has produced some interesting and quite good openings to G at our SS. Definitely not great overall. 73, Greg, ZL3IX _______________________________________
- /archives//html/Topband/2009-10/msg00414.html (6,843 bytes)
- 142. Re: Topband: TF4M (score: 1)
- Author: Greg - ZL3IX <zl3ix@inet.net.nz>
- Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:48:45 +1300
- Hi Merv, No, ZS-KH6 has been worked many times. I worked both Bryce and Jack KH6CC myself as ZS5K, and I know that at least ZS4TX, ZS5LB, and ZS6UT all have KH6. In fact ZS to KH6 is not so difficult
- /archives//html/Topband/2009-12/msg00114.html (7,049 bytes)
- 143. Topband: A couple of Beverage questions (score: 1)
- Author: Greg - ZL3IX <zl3ix@inet.net.nz>
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:55:01 +1300
- Hi all, I have recently constructed a 2-wire Beverage at my remote Rx site. It's performance is fair, but the F/B ratio in the forward direction leaves a little to be desired, so I have been doing a
- /archives//html/Topband/2009-12/msg00169.html (8,185 bytes)
- 144. Re: Topband: Sunspots increase gud/bad for 160m? (score: 1)
- Author: Greg - ZL3IX <zl3ix@inet.net.nz>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 06:39:53 +1300
- Hi Sam, IMO, the honest answer is that we don't really know. I don't have as much experience on TB as some of the OT's, but in my 12 years of activity I have tried to find a correlation between space
- /archives//html/Topband/2009-12/msg00236.html (8,681 bytes)
- 145. Re: Topband: 160 Meter Propagation (score: 1)
- Author: Greg - ZL3IX <zl3ix@inet.net.nz>
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 19:59:34 +1300
- Interesting site, but I see the neutrons were abt +1.5 on both 20th and 21st. Prop was great on the 20th, but non-existent on the 21st. Must be another factor somewhere! 73, Greg, ZL3IX _____________
- /archives//html/Topband/2009-12/msg00265.html (6,916 bytes)
- 146. Topband: Bev Transmission Loss (score: 1)
- Author: Greg - ZL3IX <zl3ix@inet.net.nz>
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 20:05:46 +1300
- Could anyone with access to NEC4 contact me off list please. I am looking for someone who would be prepared to model the transmission loss of a 2 W/L Bev on TB, at 1.2m height and 2.4m height. I have
- /archives//html/Topband/2009-12/msg00266.html (6,553 bytes)
- 147. Re: Topband: Bev Transmission Loss (score: 1)
- Author: Greg - ZL3IX <zl3ix@inet.net.nz>
- Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 06:17:34 +1300
- Hi Rick, Well I have measured 2 of my 2 W/L Bevs. One of these has always been at about 3m height, and away from any other conductors, and the IL is 4 dB. The other is a 2-wire one which started off
- /archives//html/Topband/2009-12/msg00272.html (9,072 bytes)
- 148. Topband: RE66 in the SP test (score: 1)
- Author: Greg - ZL3IX <zl3ix@inet.net.nz>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 07:07:12 +1300
- Well, I thoroughly enjoyed the Stew, and even managed to beat my own record, working 85 QSO's. For those 85 though, I guess I must have sent my grid RE66 about a thousand times. I have been wondering
- /archives//html/Topband/2009-12/msg00309.html (7,016 bytes)
- 149. Re: Topband: Web-based receivers (score: 1)
- Author: Greg - ZL3IX <zl3ix@inet.net.nz>
- Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:30:16 +1300
- Now that, to me, sounds like a great idea! Greg ZL3IX _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
- /archives//html/Topband/2010-01/msg00071.html (7,434 bytes)
- 150. Re: Topband: Newbie report (score: 1)
- Author: Greg - ZL3IX <zl3ix@inet.net.nz>
- Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:04:38 +1300
- Hi Mark, I guess that Remi may have been 599 with someone, but not on TB, rather on 18 MHz. That happens quite often, as guys mistype, leaving out one character, and the result is a spot on TB. There
- /archives//html/Topband/2010-02/msg00212.html (7,362 bytes)
- 151. Re: Topband: grounded tower detuning (score: 1)
- Author: Greg - ZL3IX <zl3ix@inet.net.nz>
- Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:03:04 +1300
- Hi Gary, With the tower only 70 ft high, you should get enough detuning simply by disconnecting the coax from the shunt feed with a relay, when on Rx. 73, Greg, ZL3IX ________________________________
- /archives//html/Topband/2010-03/msg00022.html (7,723 bytes)
- 152. Re: Topband: Where do I buy ferriet Cores? (score: 1)
- Author: Greg - ZL3IX <zl3ix@inet.net.nz>
- Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 05:37:05 +1200
- Hi Dick, https://www.amidoncorp.com/ Amidon have an excellent on-line purchasing facility. I have bought from them several times. 73, Greg, ZL3IX _______________________________________________ UR RS
- /archives//html/Topband/2010-05/msg00034.html (7,150 bytes)
- 153. Re: Topband: From CO8LY (score: 1)
- Author: Greg - ZL3IX <zl3ix@inet.net.nz>
- Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 05:51:44 +1200
- Hi Eduardo, If you look up "Wheeler's formula" on Google, you will find what you want. An example is here www.icorp.net/users/kev/tesla/form.txt 73 Greg, ZL3IX _______________________________________
- /archives//html/Topband/2010-06/msg00043.html (7,227 bytes)
- 154. Re: Topband: K3NA Loop Array (score: 1)
- Author: Greg - ZL3IX <zl3ix@inet.net.nz>
- Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 05:56:57 +1200
- Hi Eric, I am interested in a statement in your paper, "Beverages don't work over high(ly) conductive earth" By "not work", do you mean * Low RDF? * Pattern skewing? * Low output? I have a set of rem
- /archives//html/Topband/2010-06/msg00057.html (8,164 bytes)
- 155. Re: Topband: K3NA Loop Array (score: 1)
- Author: Greg - ZL3IX <zl3ix@inet.net.nz>
- Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 20:06:03 +1200
- Thanks for all the comments on this. Reading between the lines, I think I can assume the following. A Beverage over good ground will still work as well as over poor ground, *PROVIDED* that the ground
- /archives//html/Topband/2010-06/msg00066.html (9,359 bytes)
- 156. Re: Topband: K3NA Loop Array (score: 1)
- Author: Greg - ZL3IX <zl3ix@inet.net.nz>
- Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 06:39:56 +1200
- Thanks, Milt, that's what I thought intuitively. By "good -" and "not so good ground" I was also referring to the conductivity of the soil under the wire, not the grounding provided at the terminatio
- /archives//html/Topband/2010-06/msg00075.html (11,739 bytes)
- 157. Re: Topband: Shunt-fed tower vs. T-vertical (score: 1)
- Author: Greg - ZL3IX <zl3ix@inet.net.nz>
- Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 05:51:00 +1200
- Hi Julius, The SteppIR is not difficult to modify so that all of the elements act as top loading. I did that to my antenna in 2005, and there is an old file on the SteppIR Yahoo group showing how I d
- /archives//html/Topband/2010-07/msg00074.html (7,704 bytes)
- 158. Re: Topband: your opinions (score: 1)
- Author: Greg - ZL3IX <zl3ix@inet.net.nz>
- Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 05:46:56 +1200
- Hi Larry, The other important resource that you don't mention, is time for experimentation! For sure, with all that space, I would be erecting many different types, with the idea of finding out for m
- /archives//html/Topband/2010-07/msg00090.html (7,755 bytes)
- 159. Re: Topband: Fair Rite part number 2873000202 (score: 1)
- Author: Greg - ZL3IX <zl3ix@inet.net.nz>
- Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:59:23 +1200
- Hi Filipe, You can buy these direct from Amidon. https://www.amidoncorp.com/accounts/login I have done this before. There is a minimum order but it's not too big, and the postage is reasonable. 73, G
- /archives//html/Topband/2010-09/msg00020.html (8,369 bytes)
- 160. Re: Topband: Shunt Fed Tower-Need Parts (score: 1)
- Author: Greg - ZL3IX <zl3ix@inet.net.nz>
- Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 18:57:37 +1300
- Hi Marc, I have been using a SteppIR for top loading for nearly 7 years. There is no problem with doing this. I also took the step of grounding all elements to the boom to mazimise the loading. For s
- /archives//html/Topband/2010-09/msg00092.html (9,568 bytes)
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