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1. Re: Topband: Norton preamp (score: 1): Author: "Ford Peterson" <ford@cmgate.com>; Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 10:49:05 -0600; ...snip... I find the very high TOI of 40-50dBm useful in my application but the rest just makes for meaningless conversation. If you are in a noise limited urban environment even a 20dBm TOI might b; /archives//html/Topband/2007-01/msg00365.html (10,085 bytes)
2. Re: Topband: Norton preamp (score: 1): Author: "Ford Peterson" <ford@cmgate.com>; Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 22:19:53 -0600; ...snip... I built a couple of the push-pull amps in 1996 using the pcb design as in the article you cited. I used one in Dallas's phasing unit and If I recall correctly, I setup the other for a loop; /archives//html/Topband/2007-01/msg00343.html (9,944 bytes)
3. Re: Topband: W7IUV Preamp from Low Band DXing (score: 1): Author: "Ford Peterson" <ford@cmgate.com>; Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 13:10:55 -0600; ...snip... Be very careful what you do with gain distribution or adding adjustable gain to preamps! The last thing you want is to reduce gain while making strong signal handling worse. My bet is you; /archives//html/Topband/2007-01/msg00282.html (9,695 bytes)
4. Re: Topband: W7IUV Preamp from Low Band DXing (score: 1): Author: "Ford Peterson" <ford@cmgate.com>; Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 02:16:45 -0600; I have a need for a preamp with what seems to me to be a simple twist. Perhaps somebody can suggest a modification that will work for my needs. My station has 4 Rx antennas. Each has a different sign; /archives//html/Topband/2007-01/msg00276.html (8,520 bytes)
5. Re: Topband: Beverage height issues (score: 1): Author: "Ford Peterson" <ford@cmgate.com>; Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 09:45:54 -0600; This discussion is somewhat tainted by everybody's personal experience. And I don't think experience translates well from QTH to QTH. A discussion of "height above ground" should really be (it seems; /archives//html/Topband/2007-01/msg00212.html (9,137 bytes)
6. Re: Topband: Best Height Above Ground for a Beverage RX Antenna (score: 1): Author: "Ford Peterson" <ford@cmgate.com>; Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 19:08:26 -0600; To which Jim responded... I have a 510' bidirectional pair at 8' over pretty good ground. They play as you would expect a somewhat short beverage to play on 160M. They are somewhat better on 80M. And; /archives//html/Topband/2007-01/msg00196.html (8,917 bytes)
7. Topband: WAS is "Easy?" (score: 1): Author: "Ford Peterson" <ford@cmgate.com>; Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2006 11:46:38 -0600; It's been 5 days since the last "dot" was fired from the guns. I've been monitoring this and other reflectors regarding the chatter about Worked All States in a weekend on Topband. Here is this year'; /archives//html/Topband/2006-12/msg00097.html (9,128 bytes)
8. Topband: S/N versus Attenuation (score: 1): Author: "Ford Peterson" <ford@cmgate.com>; Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 15:23:57 -0600; I've been pondering Rx antennas and am having difficulty working through the logic. In my station setup, I have one bi-directional beverage (E-W switchable) and a second Rx antenna making good use of; /archives//html/Topband/2006-12/msg00052.html (8,346 bytes)
9. Re: Topband: ARRL 160M Contest (score: 1): Author: "Ford Peterson" <ford@cmgate.com>; Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 08:14:37 -0600; GM Ford and all the other diehards. At 1341z N0UD called me from ND for state # 50. WAS in 15 hours and 41 minutes from Southeast AZ in DM52. ...snip... Milt, N5IA -- Operator at N7GP ** It's over--a; /archives//html/Topband/2006-12/msg00014.html (9,513 bytes)
10. Re: Topband: ARRL 160M Contest (score: 1): Author: "Ford Peterson" <ford@cmgate.com>; Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 09:29:28 -0600; I've had several responses to my WAS comment in the contest announcement posting. Several claim it to be "easy" to work a Worked All States. Unfortunately, it is NOT easy to do. K5NA had a confirmed; /archives//html/Topband/2006-12/msg00006.html (8,072 bytes)
11. Topband: ARRL 160M Contest (score: 1): Author: "Ford Peterson" <ford@cmgate.com>; Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 16:42:00 -0600; The ARRL 160M Contest is this weekend folks. Clean the contacts in the keyer. Tune up that beverage. Blow the dust out of amp. And dig the wax out of those ears. It's time for the 160M extravaganza o; /archives//html/Topband/2006-11/msg00227.html (8,515 bytes)
12. Re: Topband: 80 meter bazooka (score: 1): Author: "Ford Peterson" <ford@cmgate.com>; Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 19:17:39 -0500; Bob asks: ...snip... ...snip... Bob, I have seen a number of 'compromise' setups that work surprisingly well. One such method uses whatever antenna you have for the low bands. If you take the PL259 l; /archives//html/Topband/2006-09/msg00069.html (7,882 bytes)
13. Re: Topband: On Using RG-6 Coaxial Cable... (score: 1): Author: "Ford Peterson" <ford@cmgate.com>; Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 21:46:44 -0500; ...snip... ...snip... Eddy, RG6 that I have used is a double shielded (aluminum) flooded cable. The stuff is great. It's cheap, light weight, small form factor, and low loss. You don't indicate how y; /archives//html/Topband/2006-09/msg00036.html (9,349 bytes)
14. Re: Topband: Beverages (score: 1): Author: "Ford Peterson" <ford@cmgate.com>; Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 20:18:07 -0500; ...snip... An interesting use of old TVs Eddy. But I'm not sure you have the price quite right. Around these parts of the world (rural Minnesota), it costs exactly $10 to dispose of a shelled-out TV; /archives//html/Topband/2006-08/msg00116.html (7,245 bytes)
15. Re: Topband: Helical vertical (score: 1): Author: "Ford Peterson" <ford@cmgate.com>; Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 10:19:33 -0500; ...snip... ...snip... Pete, I have experimented with the fiberglass poles you mention. More than likely not the same but similar mil-spec canopy poles. Fiberglass is an interesting material. The pole; /archives//html/Topband/2006-08/msg00103.html (8,793 bytes)
16. Re: Topband: Beverage Installation Question. (score: 1): Author: "Ford Peterson" <ford@cmgate.com>; Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 20:28:04 -0500; If you do ANY clearing you are beyond the point "of diminishing returns." The minimum distance to steel sheds and adjacent conductive structures (like antennas) is an issue that will forever be deba; /archives//html/Topband/2006-08/msg00082.html (8,042 bytes)
17. Re: Topband: burying radials (score: 1): Author: "Ford Peterson" <ford@cmgate.com>; Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2006 09:52:26 -0500; ...snip... ...snip... I've been getting emails with questions. A picture tells a thousand words. Drop me a private email and I'll forward on a 175K photo of my "radial stitcher." Ford-N0FP ford@cmgat; /archives//html/Topband/2006-08/msg00066.html (7,534 bytes)
18. Re: Topband: burying radials (score: 1): Author: "Ford Peterson" <ford@cmgate.com>; Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 13:07:59 -0500; I have long understood one of the big differences between men and monkeys is that men can make their own tools....... One approach to burying radials that I have used with reasonable success is to fa; /archives//html/Topband/2006-08/msg00055.html (8,211 bytes)
19. Re: Topband: elevated radials (score: 1): Author: "Ford Peterson" <ford@cmgate.com>; Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2006 18:27:44 -0500; Tom notes: After spending hours studying the graphs 9-14 through 9-19 in ON4UN's 4th ed, I fail to understand the significance if all the hoopla regarding the so-called "perfect" ground system. What; /archives//html/Topband/2006-08/msg00038.html (9,392 bytes)
20. Re: Topband: Are US Possession DX? (score: 1): Author: "Ford Peterson" <ford@cmgate.com>; Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 21:23:25 -0500; ...snip... Herb, and others... http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/org/secinfo.html The traditional US sections are listed, along with the following: Pacific -- Hawaii and U.S. possessions in the Pacifi; /archives//html/Topband/2006-06/msg00077.html (9,945 bytes)

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