A couple of thoughts... 5 clip-on ferrites is extremely insufficient at 160m, get some small diameter coax and large toroid core for decoupling. http://audiosystemsgroup.com/RFI-Ham.pdf http://www.ka
Read: http://www.arrl.org/dxcc-rules Section I. Basic Rules, #9 ... 9. Station Location and Boundary: a) All stations used to make contacts for a specific DXCC award must be located within the same D
What time was the 3C0W enhancement? My observations match Herb's very well - of course, we're not that far apart, as I am in Tampa, FL. 3C0W is easy QSA5 copy on the Windom; TY7C and TN5R were closer
https://www.fcc.gov/media/radio/m3-ground-conductivity-map#block-menu-block4 The link on the page to the download version has reasonable detail... Having performed many field strength surveys for bro
Hello Ash! For a broadband RX antenna, that match looks good. Exactly what I see with my AIM analyzer when looking at my BOGs. Don't mess with it. 73 Lloyd - N9LB Hi All I measured the SWR in my beve
Let me chime in here too, I have a partial YCCC vertical array and two R-BOGs. Both of these RX systems work well at my QTH. For the YCCC vertical array I used the 60 foot from the center spacing ( 1
I have 3x KD9SV Reversible-BOGs ranging from 175 feet to 300 feet long, they all receive much better than using my TX vertical. Make sure that you have good grounding at each end! I also have a parti
Hello Jay! Sounds like every conductive element in your home is acting like an antenna. I'm thinking that you need to look at your station grounding. Is your antenna well "earthed" at the feed point
Just FYI... I'm hearing the following DX on 40m between 1 and 2 PM CST, November 20th. Dipole antenna at 60' running E-W, obviously hearing well over the North Pole. EA5XC, HA1RB, CO2VK, EA4GJP, ON1A
I'd like to see the ARRL change part <b) to address the needs of the Amateur Radio Community in light of the recent radical increase in electrical noise from consumer switching power supplies, variab
A shared Receive Only site can be used by many operators simultaneously. However a shared RX-TX site (remote station) would be impossible. ( Think Bouvet on 20m CW, listening up 1-10 ) Also a club sp
QRN Lightning Static received here in Wisconsin is raising my noise floor by 10-20 dB. Radar shows the storms are in Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas. Really unusual for this time of year! 73 Lloyd - N9LB
K9AY is a local here in southern Wisconsin. I put up a K9AY and was disappointed in the lack of directionality at my QTH. I spoke to Gary about it at the local Madison DX Club meeting, and he told me
Alan, respectfully, it doesnt sound like you ever looked at Joe Taylor's WSJT program and you do not understand the facts of FT8. Operators can NOT "walk away and not participate in making QSOs" as t
I've used "Low Voltage Landscape Lighting Wire" - available at Home Improvement stores and on the Internet. It is UV rated wire, the lightest gauge should be fine. Works fine for me with the KD9SV R-
Hello Mark! I did a similar thing a couple of years ago in order to run a BOG across the abandoned farm behind my property. Never doing that again! The following season I set the mower deck to maximu
I'm running the YCCC RX array. I had to add 100K carbon resistors between the input terminal and ground as a static drain or the input caps would puncture and burn out the Integrated Circuit. 73 Lloy
See: https://www.qrz.com/DB/w9gl ( scroll down to 3rd picture ) Copper float balls available at any hardware, home improvement or plumbing supply store. I need to add a spark gap of some sort onto my