Sounds like SNOTEL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNOTEL In 1976, the ARRL SW Division convention was held here in Tucson. The local club sponsor hadn't done anything toward serious VHF programs, so S
The problem will be getting him to hear you. I was calling in a pile on 20 SSB yesterday when he announced that they had another station coming up at 18130. I doubt that anyone else heard that, con
I want to see a barefoot child running around my cactus patch. And what, pray tell, is a lawnmower? Wes N7WS qrz.com/db/n7ws All you need to do is buy or make wooden dowels, drill a hole and string
Since he said the coax was 75-ohm, a 75-ohm termination would be better. Rick N6RK Joel, I have tried all that the manual says without success. All I see is the horizontal solid and dashed lines of R
Rick is correct. There is room in my AA-55 Zoom for a blocking cap. However, I only connect it to DC grounded antennas. My 160-meter inverted-L has a 20Kohm, 10W wirewound resistor connecting the
Maybe my "Zoom" model is different from yours but I opened up my AA-55 Zoom and found the connector to be rather securely mounted. So much so that I reconsidered my idea of replacing the SO239 with
Often times the only signals on the band. :-) Proof: fishing buoys get out like gangbusters. Rick N6RK _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _____________
I have Baker on some bands so this isn't a must have for me, although a 160 QSO would be nice. If it was, however, at my age (pushing 77) waiting a few years might not be an option. I wish SV/A woul
According to the latest Clublog DX Report, 20-meters is still the money band; 34% of all reported contacts made during the last 7 days were on 20. Of those, 41% were DX contacts. Second was 40-mete
Tony, I'm using a DX Engineering plate on my 160 inverted-L. In my case, I also have the HD tiltover fixture mounted on a 3" diameter pipe cast in concrete. I mount the plate a bit over 1" above th
My friend Larry's station makes them all easy :-) I have an inverted-l, 55' of it vertical, the rest horizontal, with twenty 55' radials. Used on both TX and RX. I first worked KH1/KH7Z on topband
Despite several emails to clear up the fact that I donated but wasn't on the donor list, I was assured that I was and would be getting early LoTW confirmation. Didn't happen. Although I have enough
I often saw your spots, but the hours were just awful for me in AZ. Too late to stay up late, too early to get up early. I am reminded of some skeds that W7UBI (SK) and I ran on another part of the
Not quite true. I was a very early users of FT8, my first experience with any of the JT modes. Someone said that JTAlert was a must have so I installed it, not really knowing why. I was attempting a
My aren't we testy. We each operate with our own ethics. You want to work DXCC on your phone it's your business. I'll stick to mine. N7WS On 8/22/2018 1:52 PM, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote: Do you turn
Bingo. Just like "government shutdowns" where they close Grand Canyon or Yellowstone NPs. Maximize the pain for the general public so we scream. N7WS On 8/24/2018 5:21 AM, Brian Pease wrote: It seem
I agree with Rick. The advantage to the edge-wound inductor is the better heat dissipation; needed because the Q is lower :-) Wes N7WS You can also get the edge-wound (flat) 1/4 inch by 1/16 inch c
For more about Roy, our DX club website has additional photos of his antenna farm, as well as some other members' projects. See: http://sadxa.org/memberprojects.html Wes N7WS 73, Mirko, S57AD ______
I suspect your data. For a 0.1 lambda vertical, the radiation resistance will be quite low particularly with sloping loading wires and with your radial system the ground loss will be high. Addition
Me too. But I wasn't ready to present them yet. I'm away from home at the moment. Wes Sent from my iPhone _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband