- 301. TopBand: Re: Flag & Pennants (score: 1)
- Author: k6se@juno.com (Earl W Cunningham)
- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 01:41:08 EDT
- Ron, K6UR asked: "Should I care about front to back ratio if I aim one at the Caribbean? There is nothing in the Pacific to cause me qrm so just wondering about if I should have concern over f/b rati
- /archives//html/Topband/1998-09/msg00092.html (8,358 bytes)
- 302. TopBand: Pennant Report (score: 1)
- Author: k6se@juno.com (Earl W Cunningham)
- Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1998 03:55:03 EDT
- Hi Tom, Do you have EZNEC? If so, I'll send you the model file. The Pennant is equilateral triangle-shaped, exactly like a pennant. The vertical side of the Pennant is 14' long and the upper and lowe
- /archives//html/Topband/1998-09/msg00164.html (9,331 bytes)
- 303. TopBand: High Angle vs. Low Angle (score: 1)
- Author: k6se@juno.com (Earl W Cunningham)
- Date: Sun, 02 Aug 1998 22:50:32 EDT
- Hi, Topbanders, I've been following the high vs. low angle discussion with great interest. To add some fuel to the fire, I used EZNEC to prepare the following tables for those involved in the discuss
- /archives//html/Topband/1998-08/msg00028.html (13,454 bytes)
- 304. TopBand: Pennant antenna (score: 1)
- Author: k6se@juno.com (Earl W Cunningham)
- Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1998 11:09:16 EDT
- EWE, tend == Yes, there is a phasing effect. The rear null is quite deep, greater than 40 dB on 160m. _ eliminate antenna. == I don't believe the Pennant, Ewe, or Flag are traveling wave antennas lik
- /archives//html/Topband/1998-08/msg00053.html (10,095 bytes)
- 305. TopBand: Pennants and Flags (score: 1)
- Author: k6se@juno.com (Earl W Cunningham)
- Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1998 15:25:36 EDT
- I've been getting a lot of e-mail asking about "the published article" on the Pennant and Flag receiving antennas. I get the impression that a rumor has been circulated that an article has be publish
- /archives//html/Topband/1998-08/msg00055.html (9,592 bytes)
- 306. TopBand: high angle at dawn (score: 1)
- Author: k6se@juno.com (Earl W Cunningham)
- Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 11:52:13 EDT
- "Beware that the TOA of a vertical almost certainly is not correct. Remember the programs Earl (and many of us including myself) use calculate pattern at a very long distance over flat earth. Using t
- /archives//html/Topband/1998-08/msg00062.html (8,503 bytes)
- 307. TopBand: A bit more on propagtion (score: 1)
- Author: k6se@juno.com (Earl W Cunningham)
- Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 11:28:02 EDT
- Hi, Bob, Your messages about Topband propagation were most enlightening. We've all experienced those rare occasions with long-haul DX on Topband where signal strengths were as if it were 10-meters wi
- /archives//html/Topband/1998-08/msg00072.html (7,636 bytes)
- 308. TopBand: z measurements (score: 1)
- Author: k6se@juno.com (Earl W Cunningham)
- Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 12:12:18 EDT
- On Thu, 06 Aug 1998 11:21:19 -0400 Brian McGinness <n3oc@wirelessinc.com> writes: == By all means do activate FS on Topband! I already have FS on 160m, but I'm sure many others still need it. Does an
- /archives//html/Topband/1998-08/msg00073.html (7,839 bytes)
- 309. TopBand: Pennants and Flags (score: 1)
- Author: k6se@juno.com (Earl W Cunningham)
- Date: Sun, 09 Aug 1998 23:06:38 EDT
- Hi all, I was asked by Randy, K0EU about a four-direction switchable configuration using four Flags mounted back-to-back. This sounded like a good idea, but having four adjacent vertical wires within
- /archives//html/Topband/1998-08/msg00088.html (8,736 bytes)
- 310. TopBand: Rotary Flag? (score: 1)
- Author: k6se@juno.com (Earl W Cunningham)
- Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 23:32:58 EDT
- Dear Peter, VK3APN, OM, I nreference to your question about a suiteable mast to support a rotatable Flag antenna, I added a 20.5-foot, 2-inch diameter mast to my software Flag model made of #14 gauge
- /archives//html/Topband/1998-08/msg00098.html (8,410 bytes)
- 311. TopBand: Re: Pennant (score: 1)
- Author: k6se@juno.com (Earl W Cunningham)
- Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 17:55:34 EDT
- Over "good" soil conductivity, the elevation angle of best reception is 31.5 degrees. It's a bit higher if the soil is poorer and lower if the soil is better than "good". == I don't know the answer t
- /archives//html/Topband/1998-08/msg00138.html (9,279 bytes)
- 312. TopBand: Re: Pennant (score: 1)
- Author: k6se@juno.com (Earl W Cunningham)
- Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 19:13:45 EDT
- == It's a variation of the Ewe that Jose, EA3VY and I developed using antenna modeling software. The Ewe is very much influenced by the soil conductivity over which it is erected, requiring widely di
- /archives//html/Topband/1998-08/msg00139.html (9,177 bytes)
- 313. TopBand: AM BC QRM (score: 1)
- Author: k6se@juno.com (Earl W Cunningham)
- Date: Sun, 12 Jul 1998 20:07:33 EDT
- On Sun, 12 Jul 1998 17:53:51 -0400 "w8ji.tom" <w8ji.tom@MCIONE.com> writes: buzzy heard >during daylight). == Mojave desert hams and I have been plagued by local AM BC station KAVL on 610 kHz for ove
- /archives//html/Topband/1998-07/msg00049.html (7,348 bytes)
- 314. TopBand: good commercial 160 ant? (score: 1)
- Author: k6se@juno.com (Earl W Cunningham)
- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 11:37:50 EDT
- Modeling software shows that a 45-foot vertical with four "radials" each 41 feet long connected at the top and extended horizontally will resonate at 1830 kHz. The feedpoint resistance will be about
- /archives//html/Topband/1998-07/msg00101.html (8,252 bytes)
- 315. TopBand: good commercial 160 ant? (score: 1)
- Author: k6se@juno.com (Earl W Cunningham)
- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 10:52:17 EDT
- Hi, Jim, might be a 150-foot get some == EZNEC is great for inserting L, C, or R anywhere in an antenna. I'm not familiar with K6STI's software, but I would think that he allows that also. If you're
- /archives//html/Topband/1998-07/msg00114.html (8,982 bytes)
- 316. TopBand: Re: Pennant Antenna (score: 1)
- Author: k6se@juno.com (Earl W Cunningham)
- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 22:42:43 EDT
- A number of queries about the Pennant antenna were received, so I'll try to explain it a little better. First, nothing goes to ground. The entire antenna is above ground. If the top of the 14' vertic
- /archives//html/Topband/1998-07/msg00122.html (8,839 bytes)
- 317. TopBand: 9V1 Soon on TopBand (score: 1)
- Author: k6se@juno.com (Earl W Cunningham)
- Date: Mon, 08 Jun 1998 11:12:35 EDT
- That last Singaore operation on Topband that I recall was 9V1LP in the late 60s. I was inactive from 1984 to 1996, so maybe there are others more recently. Anyway, yesterday I received the following
- /archives//html/Topband/1998-06/msg00018.html (7,657 bytes)
- 318. TopBand: Antenna (score: 1)
- Author: k6se@juno.com (Earl W Cunningham)
- Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 20:00:36 EDT
- On Tue, 16 Jun 1998 07:09:49 -0700 "Michael Michon" <michon@eatel.net> writes: have a fire tower 100 feet tall. 22 feet sqare at the base tapering to 6 foot square at the top. It is grounded. We woul
- /archives//html/Topband/1998-06/msg00040.html (9,391 bytes)
- 319. TopBand: Aki, JA5DQH et al. (score: 1)
- Author: k6se@juno.com (Earl W Cunningham)
- Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 01:25:58 EDT
- The following response was waiting in my mailbox upon return from the DX convention in Visalia: Dear Earl, Thanks for your QSOs when I was in Temotu. Unfortunately, I cannot come to Visalia this time
- /archives//html/Topband/1998-05/msg00013.html (7,582 bytes)
- 320. TopBand: 3B7RF (score: 1)
- Author: k6se@juno.com (Earl W Cunningham)
- Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 00:47:32 EDT
- Heard several stations back east calling 3B7RF at 0150Z - 0200Z today on 160m. The sun was still high in the sky here, and not a peep heard from the 3B7. QSYd to 80m CW and easily QSOd at 0217Z. His
- /archives//html/Topband/1998-05/msg00061.html (7,962 bytes)
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