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181. Re: Topband: QST Jun 06 RX Loop (score: 1)
Author: "Ford Peterson" <ford@cmgate.com>
Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 11:49:56 -0500
Earl commented: Earl, and others... I too was taken aback by the author's fantastic claims of 38dB nulls. Wow! Can this be true? I've built shielded loops before, at least the kind with the shield sp
/archives//html/Topband/2006-05/msg00025.html (9,610 bytes)

182. Re: Topband: Kinstar AM Radio Station Antenna Design (score: 1)
Author: "Ford Peterson" <ford@cmgate.com>
Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 17:07:48 -0500
Rick-N6PE asks: The short answer is "yes." In fact, just about everybody on this list has either built or used one. It's called an inverted L. Very simple but effective use of a short vertical suppor
/archives//html/Topband/2006-05/msg00059.html (7,437 bytes)

183. Re: Topband: Modeling DX Engineering 4 square rx array (score: 1)
Author: "Ford Peterson" <ford@cmgate.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 17:00:39 -0500
Roger, It's all about the tools you know. Imagine having a NEC2 GUI that used variables instead of measurements in space? Complete with a geometric parser. Name a length, an angle, and poof! Instant
/archives//html/Topband/2006-06/msg00001.html (7,672 bytes)

184. 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)

185. 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)

186. 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)

187. 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)

188. 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)

189. 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)

190. 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)

191. 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)

192. 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)

193. 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)

194. 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)

195. 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)

196. 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)

197. 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)

198. 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)

199. 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)

200. 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)


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