I'm listening almost every evening via a 2x22mtrs dipole @16mtrs. The only carriers I can hear is the OK0EV beacon on 1854Khz http://www.sweb.cz/ok0ev/main_uk.htm This one is QRX from 19:00 till 05:0
Exactly my point! What I DO care about is: 'how much louder is the signal compared to the background noise'. That is usually the info I supply/request. '73 Mark, PA5MW ______________________________
Last friday we installed a 0.25 sloper from the 220ft high top corner of the bulding (Technical University of Eindhoven/PI4TUE) in direction USA. It worked superb at TX, each call was heard at the 1s
DL, F, I, PA, OZ, OK, OE, SP -- no Russians), .3 Africans (CN, EA8, EA9), one KH7 and one LU. Hello John, I worked you at the end of our gray line window. I had just disconnected the seperate 160 am
Not presenting an opinion here, but a mere fact: Skype does not provide multicasting at automatic answering. In other words; only 1 listener can automatically connect the RX experiment of K3NA at a
Let's not forget the Belgium guy with his Lowband book and all those who did (and still do) contribute to it. There is a lot left to be explored, Enjoy ! '73 Mark, PA5MW _____________________________
Hello Petr, I have the DX-Engineering NCC-1 and compared it against my friends MFJ1026. The MFJ is more difficult to adjust and tricky. It has as no full 360 degreee coverage on the phase control kno
I'm hearing it too and am very ashamed for my 'fellow' europeans..... In this world of "I want everything and I want it by a mouse-click ONLY and I want it NOW", the DX-cluster spots are the start fo
Steve, I understand your sincere concerns. However, and this is a message to all hams: whenever there's a major dx-pedition going on, there's no guarantee you will succeed making a qso. Many hams see
Hello Herb, I have encountered many similar occasions in contest where the station also had a 'difficult' call. In order to maintain their qso speed such stations would add a tiny space between the c
Hi Brendan, This all seems unethical. To me these are bogus QSO's. This is a radio hobby, not a professional business. If the radiocontact isn't possible, so be it. Better luck next time and perhaps
Diversity IS the way to go** But if you lack the capability, you need an additional RX antenna that covers more directions and/or vertical angles. In my 18x22ft large garden I use a Wellbrookloop on
ALA1530S+ However, It does need proper common mode filtering. And required secure detuning of my TX antenna to clear out re-radiated noise. 73 Mark, PA5MW ____________________________________________
I forgot one more issue; being it an amplified wideband RX loop, it needed a 160m bandfilter on the output in my case. Too many -30dBm BC signals from MW and several SW bands. That lowered its noise
So, in these times of "I want it all at no effort", let's raise the bar. Create new thresholds, filters etc. at which only serious new ops will get through. Close all DX clusters for Topband; yeah ha
It is time to stop talking. This topic pops up every six months or so for many years now. Go to a defined and mutual agreed property and build / test all mentioned radial models. No need to keep thro
Please do not abuse my wording. Or maybe I need to clarify. I DO welcome any discussion on exsting and new proposed antenna/ground systems. However, discussions tend to be jammed by people throwing i
Hi Dave, Can you please elaborate a bit more on your 2m dia 160m loop? 73 Mark, PA5MW _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
I find the center/off-center feedpoint very attractive for those of us cramped in between on a city lot. You can hide a BOG-like coax along the neighbors property lines for 200 to 500 ft in two direc