Hi all, I think we had the worst prop of any SP test since I have been in ZL. In the first darkness period (15z to 1650z there was not a single USA or KH6 station audible. Usually there are several l
I have heard them on 160m from ZL, on just one morning. They were only just above the noise, but a QSO would have been possible, maybe with some repeats, in non-expedition conditions. It was early on
Well, just to contradict all the nay-sayers who replied to this post, I would like to say that I have been using my SteppIR 3-element as top loading for 11 years without the slightest hint of a probl
A pirate would have done pretty well to work ZL! 73, Greg ZL3IX Hopefully - this will get resolved at some point soon. Just good to know I am not alone. Thanks. Tree N6TR On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 9:53
You are making the assumption that those using remote receivers have not worked hard and long to make them work, Larry. That's untrue in a lot of cases and an unfair judgement as far as many of us ar
Careful Mike! Jakarta is close to the equator, and power coupling is likely to be better from a horizontally polarised antenna, especially in an E-W direction. Ref The Big Gun's Guide to Low-Band Pro
So far I have remained silent on this topic, although I do have a very strong view, as follows. I can understand the need for SSB operators to 'leak' downwards into the CW exclusive part of the band
Hi guys, I hope you will forgive me for adding to a thread that the moderator has requested be shut down, but all the traffic on this happened around 2 AM while I was in bed. My own view is that anyo
Very sad news, indeed. When I first became interested in 160m as ZS5K back in 1997, Jo was my first ever contact on the band. He put a cracking signal into Durban. Condolences to Jo's family. 73, Gre
Hi Herb, I came across this problem when I first started using Beverages in 2008. I have come to the conclusion that the DC resistance measurement is corrupted by electrochemical effects between the
Unfortunately holding the event before the holiday period means that I will not be able to take part, because it happens mainly on Sunday night in the ZL time zone, and I have to work the Monday. Unt
Having noted that my answer to Iain's post has not appeared on the Reflector, I am trying again. Hi Iain, I worked V31YN in Jan 2007. Is that QSO one of the two in Clublog? No, I don't think it is a
My point was as follows. Apart from the launch point in V3, the entire path is over salt water. This means that any ground reflections will happen with the minimum loss. Even with several hops, this
Hi Carl, OH8X was active for some months when I was making Qs with Eu, in particular OH. I never heard them at all, although I have no idea of exactly when they were QRV. My guess is that if their mo
Hi Herb, A simple microcontroller equipped with an ethernet phy (such as RasperryPI) is what I use. It needs a bit of coding, but Python is pretty simple for that. 73, Greg, ZL3IX Herb, KV4FZ _______
Hi Ashraf, The rule of thumb I use is 2D^2 /lambda, where D is the largest dimension of the antenna. So if your Bev is 320m long you need to be over a km away. If only 160m long you need to be 300 m
I thought the group might be interested in the following. For the past 15 years during southern half summer, I have held 160 m skeds at my sunset with my UK friends (and other W Eu). The success rate
Hi John, Is that harmonic generated at the Tx site, or in non-linearities close to the victim receivers? Of course, the answer to that question does not affect any recommendation on frequencies to be
I continue to be mystified by the fact that the amateur radio community insists on using PL259 connectors. N-type are much more reliable (used by professional communicators), low cost, can be crimped
Hi Frank, I don't know anything about 3-way splitters, but if I were in your situation I think I would sacrifice 1 dB and make a 4-way splitter using 3x 2-way splitters. 2-way is much more commonly u