Search String: Display: Description: Sort:

Results:

References: [ +from:Gary@doctorgary.net: 25 ]

Total 25 documents matching your query.

1. Topband: Receiving antenna (score: 1)
Author: "Gary Smith" <Gary@doctorgary.net>
Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 21:20:27 -0500
Hi, My first post to the group. I finally have an antenna up for 160, it's an end fed sloper running from the basement window to the top of the closest tall tree. The wire is 150' long and attaches t
/archives//html/Topband/2008-02/msg00052.html (8,421 bytes)

2. Re: Topband: radial wire (score: 1)
Author: "Gary Smith" <Gary@doctorgary.net>
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:16:04 -0400
I had wonderful fortune in obtaining wire by asking a telephone repairman if they had any they wanted to get rid of. I saw a tele Co truck stopped & a single employee having a lunch break. I stopped
/archives//html/Topband/2008-04/msg00028.html (7,770 bytes)

3. Topband: Small Receiving antennas (score: 1)
Author: "Gary Smith" <Gary@doctorgary.net>
Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 15:45:22 -0400
I remember seeing the Wellbrook small receiving antenna mentioned hear some time ago. http://www.wellbrook.uk.com/ I have googled it and looked in ON4UN's book and the ARRL Antenna handbook but haven
/archives//html/Topband/2008-05/msg00036.html (6,878 bytes)

4. Re: Topband: Lightning protectors (score: 1)
Author: "Gary Smith" <Gary@doctorgary.net>
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 20:26:24 -0400
I have several lightning protectors from Industrial Communications Engineering and need to install them in my coax now that I've relocated back to CT. I had replaced the original connectors with N co
/archives//html/Topband/2008-06/msg00022.html (9,723 bytes)

5. Topband: Time for a receiving antenna (score: 1)
Author: "Gary Smith" <Gary@doctorgary.net>
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:36:59 -0400
Hi, Before the fall weather makes working on antennas impossible I should have something for 160 as regards reception. Station is an Omni V & Titan 425. For 80M & up is a Butternut HF9V with 13 radia
/archives//html/Topband/2008-09/msg00083.html (8,306 bytes)

6. Topband: Antenna orientation (score: 1)
Author: "Gary Smith" <Gary@doctorgary.net>
Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:10:02 -0400
Hi, I'm in New England and am preparing a K9AY antenna. My main interest is in recieving DX. I just looked at the great circle to decide which way to orient the loops. Going due west looks to go over
/archives//html/Topband/2008-10/msg00007.html (7,437 bytes)

7. Re: Topband: 160 CW (score: 1)
Author: "Gary Smith" <Gary@doctorgary.net>
Date: Sat, 04 Oct 2008 21:50:38 -0400
I use an old Vibroplex iambic paddle that is set to a hair trigger and requires minimum effort to push the paddles far enough to make contact. This helps sending with minimum effort. An iambic requir
/archives//html/Topband/2008-10/msg00024.html (7,811 bytes)

8. Re: Topband: 160m bandpassfilter (score: 1)
Author: "Gary Smith" <Gary@doctorgary.net>
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:38:22 -0400
Hallo Andy, http://www.iceradioproducts.com/filtersrf.html#2 These are the best I know of. 73, Gary KA1J _______________________________________________ Topband mailing list Topband@contesting.com h
/archives//html/Topband/2008-10/msg00133.html (7,701 bytes)

9. Topband: Radials Question (score: 1)
Author: "Gary Smith" <Gary@doctorgary.net>
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:51:06 -0400
I have decided to move my antenna to a more secure location. One antenna is a butternut HF9V vertical and the top band antenna will be what is essentially an inverted L using the same radials as the
/archives//html/Topband/2008-10/msg00167.html (8,641 bytes)

10. Re: Topband: Receiver noise (score: 1)
Author: "Gary Smith" <Gary@doctorgary.net>
Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2008 17:36:52 -0500
There's a series of threads on the ten-tec list regarding the same thing. Some of the ESR caps are difficult to come across. Problem is few stock them except the computer repair people and the sizes
/archives//html/Topband/2008-11/msg00065.html (7,344 bytes)

11. Topband: Inverted L location (score: 1)
Author: "Gary Smith" <Gary@doctorgary.net>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:33:38 -0500
Greetings, I'm putting up a 160 inverted L which will be fed via coax switch, using the butternut HF9V's radial field. I am on a salt marsh's edge and can only have the horizontal part aim S, E or N.
/archives//html/Topband/2008-11/msg00086.html (6,836 bytes)

12. Topband: Feedpoint voltage (score: 1)
Author: "Gary Smith" <Gary@doctorgary.net>
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:51:07 -0500
Another bugaboo for me to deal with; I have the 160 inverted L set up pretty much ready to go. I have about 150' of wire antenna set up somewhat similar to what you see here http://users.erols.com/k3
/archives//html/Topband/2008-11/msg00106.html (8,607 bytes)

13. Re: Topband: Choke baluns (score: 1)
Author: "Gary Smith" <Gary@doctorgary.net>
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:03:01 -0500
Excuse my ignorance but on a receiving only antenna like the K9AY, what is the difference I will experience between having an excellent choke and no choke on the K9AY feed? At my QTH all the radials
/archives//html/Topband/2008-11/msg00145.html (8,936 bytes)

14. Topband: Inverted U antenna (score: 1)
Author: "Gary Smith" <Gary@doctorgary.net>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:09:58 -0500
Well... it was supposed to be an inverted L on 160 but as it worked out, the terminal end is absolutely vertical and is 25' from the ground. so if you look at the antenna from a relief view, it looks
/archives//html/Topband/2008-11/msg00204.html (7,393 bytes)

15. Re: Topband: 5K0T Update (score: 1)
Author: "Gary Smith" <Gary@doctorgary.net>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:50:08 -0500
Fixed is right! An honest 599 and I had the K9AY aimed to the NE to null out some local interference. Nice signals Guess my antenna is working, I made the contact on my first try & there was a good
/archives//html/Topband/2008-11/msg00225.html (7,898 bytes)

16. Topband: Inverted L SWR change (score: 1)
Author: "Gary Smith" <Gary@doctorgary.net>
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:49:46 -0500
The L is about 158' long with 40+ 130' radials. To match it I neded to parallel a 90PF and a 200pF doorknob. It resonated at 1820. I was away for Christmas and got back today and used the auto tuner
/archives//html/Topband/2008-12/msg00276.html (8,741 bytes)

17. Re: Topband: Inverted L SWR change (score: 1)
Author: "Gary Smith" <Gary@doctorgary.net>
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:32:00 -0500
I had to leave the QTH to care for an ailing friend for a few days and before leaving this morning. I went back to the L and took a look in the light. Last night the wire was firmly in place when I p
/archives//html/Topband/2008-12/msg00280.html (8,159 bytes)

18. Topband: coax change? (score: 1)
Author: "Gary Smith" <Gary@doctorgary.net>
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 20:25:13 -0500
I am in need of new coax. I have a run of 350' to my transmitting antenna (Inv L) and my K9ay is 200' away from the shack. The coax to the L is RG-213 and the coax to the K9AY is 75 ohm TV coax. I ne
/archives//html/Topband/2009-01/msg00180.html (7,374 bytes)

19. Re: Topband: coax change? (score: 1)
Author: "Gary Smith" <Gary@doctorgary.net>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 08:20:19 -0500
Well, The way the bands have been as of late, I don't hear much happening on 20 or 10. I did mention using the higher bands as when the low bands turn poorly during the summer I'll turn upwards for
/archives//html/Topband/2009-01/msg00185.html (9,440 bytes)

20. Re: Topband: Nobody can hear me (score: 1)
Author: "Gary Smith" <Gary@doctorgary.net>
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 16:41:43 -0500
FWIW, My station is not a big gun. I'm running about a KW into an Inv-L, 40 radials with half on a salt marsh & the other ones on the bog beside it. The salt marsh & damp soil give me a really nice
/archives//html/Topband/2009-01/msg00245.html (9,390 bytes)

Current List: 1 - 20
Page: [1] [2]
This search system is powered by Namazu