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21. Re: Topband: Tuesday evening DX ( was "Excessive noise on beverages") (score: 1)
Author: David Olean <k1whs@metrocast.net>
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 17:05:36 +0000
Luke, I was really happy with this past evening/morning's events.  I was listening around  1825.5 and immediately heard you calling CQ when you first started up. When W6IZT did not answer you, I figu
/archives//html/Topband/2018-03/msg00041.html (13,764 bytes)

22. Topband: excessive noise on beverages (score: 1)
Author: David Olean <k1whs@metrocast.net>
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 20:54:29 +0000
 I made many changes to some of my noisy beverages and have dropped the noise level by a large amount. I saw an improvement last night and this morning of around 27 dB from where I started, which is
/archives//html/Topband/2018-03/msg00044.html (10,184 bytes)

23. Re: Topband: Wednesday 160m DX Activity Night (score: 1)
Author: David Olean <k1whs@metrocast.net>
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2018 15:21:46 +0000
Hi Wes, I got home late (0100 UT) from a school band performance (grandkids!) and found no activity to speak of. I hoped to find G3YRO but no luck.  QRN levels from lightning had dropped towards Euro
/archives//html/Topband/2018-03/msg00080.html (11,364 bytes)

24. Re: Topband: Anyone else hearing broadband digital signal intruder from 1905 to 1925 kHz? (score: 1)
Author: David Olean <k1whs@metrocast.net>
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2018 00:08:26 +0000
I am hearing it here in Maine and it is very loud, peaking at -75 dBm on my East and NE beverages, and -65 dBm on my vertical. It seems to be East or NE from me. I had just installed some coax 1:1 ba
/archives//html/Topband/2018-03/msg00092.html (8,460 bytes)

25. Re: Topband: Wednesday 160m DX Activity Night (score: 1)
Author: David Olean <k1whs@metrocast.net>
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2018 15:31:24 +0000
Roger, I was QRV for awhile, but seem to have attracted someone who hated my guts. I was QRMed while trying to work stations. they put a carrier on top of the stations I tried to work. They QRMed the
/archives//html/Topband/2018-03/msg00135.html (10,341 bytes)

26. Re: Topband: Wednesday 160m DX Activity Night (score: 1)
Author: David Olean <k1whs@metrocast.net>
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2018 16:41:40 +0000
I thought of that, Lee.  I think I was at least 1 kHz below wherever TJ2TT showed up, and I asked if the freq was in use twice, before I called CQ.  (I think they were spotted on 26 or 26.5 after I w
/archives//html/Topband/2018-03/msg00137.html (12,314 bytes)

27. Topband: Wednesday Activity night (score: 1)
Author: David Olean <k1whs@metrocast.net>
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2018 18:03:45 +0000
I thought that conditions on Wednesday evening were pretty darn good at times, but some strange things were going on.  Roger G3YRO, was good copy running between S7 and S9, which is a great signal. I
/archives//html/Topband/2018-04/msg00090.html (7,856 bytes)

28. Topband: FT8 Observations (score: 1)
Author: David Olean <k1whs@metrocast.net>
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2018 14:17:06 +0000
I have been playing around with FT8 on 160M and am a bit puzzled. I have made plenty of contacts, but with many stations, it seems to require an inordinate amount of power to get their attention, or
/archives//html/Topband/2018-04/msg00104.html (7,743 bytes)

29. Re: Topband: FT8 Observations (score: 1)
Author: David Olean <k1whs@metrocast.net>
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2018 18:19:41 +0000
  Hi Mike and all who responded.     I guess I was just underwhelmed at what I could accomplish on FT8 vs CW on 160.  I figured it would open up a whole new level of rare countries and places that we
/archives//html/Topband/2018-04/msg00110.html (12,398 bytes)

30. Re: Topband: Propagation on 160 (score: 1)
Author: David Olean <k1whs@metrocast.net>
Date: Wed, 30 May 2018 14:35:30 +0000
Hello Ashraf, I am afraid that NA activity has gone down to almost no activity at all! It is also true that signals have been weak when there at all. Don't touch your beverage. It is working fine!  R
/archives//html/Topband/2018-05/msg00023.html (7,686 bytes)

31. Re: Topband: Biodegradable staples (score: 1)
Author: David Olean <k1whs@metrocast.net>
Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2018 02:41:46 +0000
Hi Larry I would vote for the 600 ft beverage and put it about 6 ft above the ground. I added ferrite chokes to all my feedlines to remove any common mode noise. I had chokes at the transformer end w
/archives//html/Topband/2018-06/msg00040.html (10,906 bytes)

32. Re: Topband: cutting coax stubs for 80 meter 4-square (score: 1)
Author: David Olean <k1whs@metrocast.net>
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2018 04:04:14 +0000
I used a return loss bridge and measured a TEE fitting with a good 50 ohm load on one port the length of cable on the other side. The antenna analyzer will read a perfect 50 ohm match when the cable
/archives//html/Topband/2018-06/msg00058.html (9,962 bytes)

33. Re: Topband: Gamma match success (score: 1)
Author: David Olean <k1whs@metrocast.net>
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2018 14:39:18 +0000
I would echo Tim's remarks. I bought a bunch of Russian caps on EPAY for a 160 meter amplifier and they overheated and changed value.  One blew up. They were horrible as a plate coupling cap. The sel
/archives//html/Topband/2018-10/msg00074.html (10,652 bytes)

34. Re: Topband: VP6D (score: 1)
Author: David Olean <k1whs@metrocast.net>
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2018 17:55:08 +0000
I am not an expert on DX peditions, coming late to HF and 160 meters in my life, but I could not get over the operator at VP6D this morning on 1.826.  Whoever it was, he was flying and getting the ca
/archives//html/Topband/2018-10/msg00183.html (7,438 bytes)

35. Re: Topband: Conditions and Activity (score: 1)
Author: David Olean <k1whs@metrocast.net>
Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2018 15:04:24 +0000
I missed you last night, Roger I did try listening on the band 2 hours before my sunset and was surprised to hear a DL1 station at S7 or S8. It was an amazing signal at 19:42 UT.  I just happened to
/archives//html/Topband/2018-11/msg00007.html (9,431 bytes)

36. Re: Topband: Propagation improves from VK6 into Europe (score: 1)
Author: David Olean <k1whs@metrocast.net>
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2018 16:50:42 +0000
Hi Steve I missed my sunset as I had a doctor's appt. I had a bad case of Lyme Disease in 2017, and am still taking meds. The doctor was thrilled with my recent bloodwork and figures that I have an a
/archives//html/Topband/2018-11/msg00109.html (8,905 bytes)

37. Re: Topband: ARRL DXCC - 160 Meters & Daytime 40-meter DX (score: 1)
Author: David Olean <k1whs@metrocast.net>
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2018 21:58:35 +0000
I worked a UA station in Vladivostok on 160 meters and it was two hours after his sunrise. This was in winter, so his Sun never got up very high.  At the time I did not pay attention to the contact a
/archives//html/Topband/2018-11/msg00201.html (11,042 bytes)

38. Re: Topband: JAs on TopBand (score: 1)
Author: David Olean <k1whs@metrocast.net>
Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2018 17:09:34 +0000
Hello Mark, Glad you caught it! That is a wonderful day for the northeast! I was up at 1115UT this AM,  as the dog wanted to go out, and I pondered whether to trudge out to my barn and get on 160. I
/archives//html/Topband/2018-12/msg00223.html (10,091 bytes)

39. Re: Topband: Updated Beverage antenna notes (score: 1)
Author: David Olean <k1whs@metrocast.net>
Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2018 23:22:27 +0000
I would echo the comments about running an RG-6 feedline across a radial field. I picked up huge amounts of common mode noise that got into everything. (even other beverage wires!) I had to move the
/archives//html/Topband/2018-12/msg00237.html (8,053 bytes)

40. Re: Topband: Inverted L improvement question (score: 1)
Author: David Olean <k1whs@metrocast.net>
Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2018 23:58:07 +0000
Hello Wes,     I tried 160 back in the early 70's when my brother was active from CO and we skedded on weekends. I used a long wire about 650 ft long for both TX and RX.  Working Europe was special w
/archives//html/Topband/2018-12/msg00238.html (16,702 bytes)


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