Mike, I agree 100% with Price and Tree. As a relative newcomer to 160, from personal experience my suggestion would be to go with an Inverted-L with raised radials -- no need for a ground connection
Tonight in southeastern CT (FN31LH) I'm copying the signal at 1.810.44 with a signal strength anywhere from S2 to S8. No way to determine direction. Jack K2RS ________________________________________
That spurious signal must have jammed my personal GPS. I'm actually in southwest CT. (Duh!) Jack K2RS On 10/2/2012 9:28 PM, K2RS wrote: Tonight in southeastern CT (FN31LH) I'm copying the signal at 1
So sorry. You're right. We really should have been on the air last night, but at least some of us were pre-occupied with something called "Sandy," one of the largest hurricanes ever to hit the northe
It's peaking at 15 over 9 here in SW Connecticut right now. I first heard this noise last Thursday evening (12/4) around 0300Z. Signal strength was between 20 and 30 over 9 at that time. My friend Fr
It seems to be an intermittent signal that comes and goes, but it has been heard during daylight hours as well as at night. FWIW, a friend who's in the ARRL Intruder Watch group forwarded me an e-mai
It's peaking at S9 on 1.912 right now -- 0900 EST. At times, the pulsing portion of the signal becomes inaudible but the raspy carrier remains at full strength. It hasn't done that when I've listened
I agree, Roger. That's definitely NOT what I'm hearing. Jack K2RS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zupfLO1PjrA 73, Roger _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topba
Thanks for doing that Bruce. You helped me log a new one on 160. I worked them at 0348Z on Feb. 22, under extremely poor conditions. Most of the difficulty was on my end. With man-made noise to deal
During one of their weather reports this morning, the New England Cable News network (based in Massachusetts) showed some viewer photos of the record snow and ice around the area. One of the pics was
When spring finally arrives, I'd like to try a BOG and/or a Snake receive antenna. I live on a half-acre suburban lot and these antennas are doable. But I have a question about them. Does a substanti
Thanks to everyone who offered info about the effectiveness of on-the-ground receive antennas operating under a snowpack. 73, Jack K2RS I can believe this. If you think of earth as also capacitance t
For everyone who's looking for the W7IUV circuit and info . . . Go to the following website for a company sells a W7IUV pre-amp kit (which I have no experience with) and click on the highlighted "Pub