- 21. Topband: JX7DFA on Saturday nite? (score: 1)
- Author: sire@iinet.net.au (Steve Ireland)
- Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2002 08:46:34 +0800
- G'day all Does anyone know if JX7DFA is going to be on 160 at around 2100/2200Z on Saturday? 73, Steve, VK6VZ
- /archives//html/Topband/2002-08/msg00118.html (6,276 bytes)
- 22. Topband: Switching in Extra Antenna Length (score: 1)
- Author: sire@iinet.net.au (Steve Ireland)
- Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2002 02:16:06 +0100
- G'day Bill, There is a much easier answer to making a 160m inverted-L which can be instantly changeable switchable to an 80m vertical - no relays, no worries. Simply connect a 160m quarter wave inver
- /archives//html/Topband/2002-07/msg00037.html (8,499 bytes)
- 23. Topband: Ionospheric and geophysical data versus 160mpropagation conditions (score: 1)
- Author: sire@iinet.net.au (Steve Ireland)
- Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 07:19:16 +0800
- conditions indices etc. available in the web. Which are the most relevant to be watched to the objective of "go to the shack" looking for "openings" in top band??? 100W many dx stations during a "geo
- /archives//html/Topband/2002-07/msg00053.html (8,406 bytes)
- 24. Topband: Rules of 2002 South Pacific 160 contest (score: 1)
- Author: sire@iinet.net.au (Steve Ireland)
- Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 08:30:14 +0800
- In eight days time, there is the premier annual topband event in VK/ZL and a chance for stations in other parts of the world to join in and maybe get that desired VK or ZL - or even P2 - QSO. Certifi
- /archives//html/Topband/2002-07/msg00064.html (9,543 bytes)
- 25. Topband: Magnetic Slot Antenna (score: 1)
- Author: sire@iinet.net.au (Steve Ireland)
- Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 08:27:03 +0800
- an 80 VK6VZ replied: G'day Charles and all A couple of years ago, I read the K5RP article in the ARRL Antenna Compendium Vol. 2, with keen interest. After discussing this antenna with my friend Phil
- /archives//html/Topband/2002-07/msg00071.html (12,660 bytes)
- 26. Topband: IARU test/South Pacific test (score: 1)
- Author: sire@iinet.net.au (Steve Ireland)
- Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2002 07:38:03 +0800
- G'day I was amazed when I got this a.m. at 2215Z for a sked with Ron PY2FUS to find the band was full of European stations, in the IARU contest. Owing to the high level of activity at the European en
- /archives//html/Topband/2002-07/msg00079.html (7,667 bytes)
- 27. Topband: W1WCR Beverage book (score: 1)
- Author: sire@iinet.net.au (Steve Ireland)
- Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 20:36:30 +0800
- VK6VZ replied: G'day Don and all, As many have already written on this reflector, Beverages are not an exact science. Length is everything and the other stuff - what type of matching transformer, com
- /archives//html/Topband/2002-07/msg00085.html (9,520 bytes)
- 28. Topband: Touch Lamp (score: 1)
- Author: sire@iinet.net.au (Steve Ireland)
- Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 20:48:55 +0800
- I have mentioned to one or two of you in personal e-mails, the reason why I have been rather quiet on Topband is neighbour related. I have a neighbour who has a touch lamp of which he is particularly
- /archives//html/Topband/2002-07/msg00086.html (8,398 bytes)
- 29. Topband: 2002 South Pacific Contest report (score: 1)
- Author: sire@iinet.net.au (Steve Ireland)
- Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2002 07:45:54 +0800
- G'day all Thanks to all those took part in this year's South Pacific 160m test. Stations from VK2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, plus ZL2 and ZL3, were worked from here. Conditions into North America were fai
- /archives//html/Topband/2002-07/msg00130.html (7,012 bytes)
- 30. Topband: New limits on VK Hams (score: 1)
- Author: sire@iinet.net.au (Steve Ireland)
- Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2002 07:03:36 +0800
- SNIP G'day all Luckily most topbanders in Australia - myself included - live in semi-rural situations and the new regulations have no impact. However, I would add that, in my experience, the governin
- /archives//html/Topband/2002-06/msg00000.html (7,521 bytes)
- 31. Topband: ET3PMW this weekend (score: 1)
- Author: sire@iinet.net.au (Steve Ireland)
- Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 18:28:21 +0800
- G'day all If anyone bumps into Paul ET3PMW on the high bands, please ask him to also listen for VK/south east Asia this weekend, when he is trying for Europe from 2100 - 2130Z. Thanks, blokes. Vy 73
- /archives//html/Topband/2002-06/msg00020.html (6,460 bytes)
- 32. Topband: VK5BC SK (score: 1)
- Author: sire@iinet.net.au (Steve Ireland)
- Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2002 07:32:16 +0800
- G'day Long-time low-banders may remember Hughie Lloyd, VK5BC, who I recently learned became a silent key during late April. Hughie lived in the South Australian riverland, on the former transmitting
- /archives//html/Topband/2002-06/msg00036.html (6,863 bytes)
- 33. Topband: ET3PMW this weekend (score: 1)
- Author: sire@iinet.net.au (Steve Ireland)
- Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2002 08:12:15 +0800
- G'day blokes, Does anyone know if Paul ET3PMW is planning to be on from 2100Z over the weekend, to try for Europe/South East Asia/Oceania? I heard Paul several times last weekend after 2100Z, but onl
- /archives//html/Topband/2002-06/msg00037.html (6,504 bytes)
- 34. Topband: VK5BC SK (score: 1)
- Author: sire@iinet.net.au (Steve Ireland)
- Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 12:35:40 +0800
- G'day Long-time low-banders may remember Hughie Lloyd, VK5BC, who I recently learned became a silent key during late April. Hughie lived in the South Australian riverland, on the former transmitting
- /archives//html/Topband/2002-06/msg00039.html (6,826 bytes)
- 35. Topband: Interaction between 160m antennas (score: 1)
- Author: sire@iinet.net.au (Steve Ireland)
- Date: Sat, 04 May 2002 11:31:43 +0800
- VK6VZ replied: G'day My approach to dealing with the the problem of whether to use horizontal or vertically polarised antennas has been to use both. Although the low geomagnetic latitude of my QTH an
- /archives//html/Topband/2002-05/msg00030.html (9,583 bytes)
- 36. Topband: Power Coupling in the USA (score: 1)
- Author: sire@iinet.net.au (Steve Ireland)
- Date: Sun, 05 May 2002 12:43:09 +0800
- W8JI: VK6VZ replied: Tom didn't mention the many contacts he has had with me/VK6HD. I listen to Tom working into VK several times each week and call him from time to time. At this end, my inverted ve
- /archives//html/Topband/2002-05/msg00037.html (11,974 bytes)
- 37. Topband: Power Coupling in the USA (score: 1)
- Author: sire@iinet.net.au (Steve Ireland)
- Date: Mon, 06 May 2002 11:59:24 +0800
- Hi Gary, Great to hear from you and hope all is well. I agree with you entirely, especially as island-based DXpeditions are usually near the sea, with the very low far-field losses that proximity to
- /archives//html/Topband/2002-05/msg00060.html (9,752 bytes)
- 38. Topband: Inverted V antenna (score: 1)
- Author: sire@iinet.net.au (Steve Ireland)
- Date: Mon, 06 May 2002 11:51:37 +0800
- Hi Don, There is some small (high angle, I think) vertically polarised radiation off the ends of an inverted vee - and a flat-top dipole - but it basically a horizontally-polarised high-angle antenna
- /archives//html/Topband/2002-05/msg00061.html (7,713 bytes)
- 39. Topband: Power Coupling in the USA (score: 1)
- Author: sire@iinet.net.au (Steve Ireland)
- Date: Mon, 06 May 2002 12:47:21 +0800
- VK6VZ replied: G'day Bill, I agree with you on the second and third points, but I guess my version of the first - on 160m - would be: 1. Vertical antennas are usually better DX antennas than (higher-
- /archives//html/Topband/2002-05/msg00062.html (11,401 bytes)
- 40. Topband: Drake TR4 and 160m (score: 1)
- Author: sire@iinet.net.au (Steve Ireland)
- Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2002 07:58:24 +0800
- G'day Please can someone tell me if any of the versions of the Drake TR4 had the ability to tx/rx on 160m, or if there were any modifications published to enable the transceiver to do this? I searche
- /archives//html/Topband/2002-04/msg00000.html (6,121 bytes)
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