During the summer the storm static is the main obstacle to top band operation here 40 over nine crashes every 30 seconds kind of drown out everything, QRP or QRO In fact the fish beacons still com
almost nothing. Don't most serious operators have one....or more??? BILL K4OWR _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
If your summer storm static "pretty much goes to almost nothing" on your Beverages, you certainly have better Beverages than I do! I have heard it said that the summer static on a BOG can be less tha
We really don't need beacons on 160, the reverse beacon network provides good coverage. We just need stations on the air to be detected. http://www.reversebeacon.net The W3AO Field Day will have thre
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:04 +0000 (GMT Standard Time)
WSPR has been doing exactly that for years - over the last 24hrs there were 15 US, 36 EU and 5 VK stations active on 160. Activity tends to drop off as the summer progresses but there is generally a
Here's a sample of the top band spotting on the Reverse Beacon Network from 0500Z last night. There are plenty of active reverse beacon receivers, but only nine CQers in the USA and Canada after 0500
To me top band seems to be all about DXing. I can find plenty of if folks calling CQ DX but I don't hear many folks calling just plain CQ. _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ..
THAT's my point, Dave! Don't need to have looooooong winded QSOs but just calling CQ and meeting up with others to find out what antenna system they employ? That would make my day! Hope to hear you a
Bill, I truly wish that was the case. I think you may be a bit out of touch On how many "serious" ops have beverages. I can't stick one on my 1/4 acre lot. You probably have it right that if you don'
Hi Dave, I do here...! But the trend for "CQ DX" calls is so common, if I am invariably spotted, more often than not I'm shown as calling for DX, when a comfy cozy rag chew would do me just fine...!
Beverages do NOT make lightning caused static crashes go away. They can significantly reduce the received level of the crashes from the directions different from the listening direction. However, in
I agree Chet. I'm serious every time I get on air, at least as serious as I can be anyway. LOL I don't have the acreage for Beverages, I run a 125' L that goes up 30' then 95' horizontal. Currently i
I love my beverages. However, before I moved out of the city I was also space limited. A couple of pennants strung up between some trees provided a dramatic improvement over listening on my vertical
True. But I've heard that a 150' Slinky Beverage can do nearly as well as a 580' Beverage. If I didn't have 10 acres, I would either try a Slinky or a BOG. 73, Mike www.w0btu.com ____________________
Mike, I beg to differ, but only with your definition of "can do nearly as well". In terms of quiet reception, yes. But in terms of actual signal level and directivity, NO. Just do the best you can, a
Well, I need to disagree, I worked 257 new ones on 160m in the last 5 years from my city lot in Ft Lauderdale using a pair of Waller Flags, one vertical and another horizontal, however Doug NX4D wor
No one heard me calling CQ except for W1JN in CT at 0023Z and we had a nice chat. jim / W1FMR Here's a sample of the top band spotting on the Reverse Beacon Network from 0500Z last night. There
Eddy, I have had a nice chat with you and you are a gentleman and scholar. jim / W1FMR Hi Dave, I do here...! But the trend for "CQ DX" calls is so common, if I am invariably spotted, more often than
QRPers generally do not need Beverages as much as other stations do. Think about that one for awhile. jim / W1FMR _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? B