the same way. I met Don back when I was going to Augustana College in Illinois and we chatted often over the years. I was no match for his downtown Chicago high rise set up on 20 or 40 ARRL SS. Only
The portion of the island where I live has been declared as the East End Marine Park and some agency of the local government DPNR has determined that using any chemicals in the ground to deter pests
You have me excited for a moment as I need Antarctica on 160. I have already worked South Orkney, South Shetland, Falklands, Bouvet and Peter I on TB but for some reason Antarctica has just not been
Today's trial lawyers are not sleeping dogs but hungry predators. You let them rest and you will be their next meal. You see their ads on TV every hour willing to litigate on everything imaginable. W
A bit off topic but still very interesting as it indicates that Amelia Erhart and her navigator survived the landing near Howland Island atoll and for several days were sending distress calls on 3105
On 6/5/2012 2:08 PM, Lloyd Berg N9LB wrote in part: Lloyd, I don't think that statement, about you having any benefit of bare copper in contact with earth, is completely correct. I always thought the
Ken, I did OQSL and a donation but nothing for me yet on any band. I went back to the website of 7O6T but do not see anyway to link my donation to an LOTW confirmation. What is the trick? Herb, KV4FZ
These fish beacons are sometimes very strong and normally out in the Gulf of Mexico. I just wish I could replicate the QRP transmitter and antenna....or is it just the saltwater ground? Herb ________
The Spratly Islands are claimed by several countries. The appropriate call sign would be by the country that issues the license for that entity. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spratly_Islands_dispute H
Mike! I would like to enter with one of those so called Fish Beacons as they seem to get out better than I do much of the time and with the QRP designation they would be hard to beat. I have a huge s
Tom, This is not encouraging news for those of us with towers already ground and are either shunt fed or cage fed. Even though they are not resonate, although top loaded and approaching resonance, it
Great idea Pete but I also may run head long into false positive results with so many Beverages (12) and each with a different possible indications. Here with the masking over of any subtle changes b
Thanks Jim for the very informative information you provided on this topic. Additionally, you seem to stress that using cheap RG-6 foil for Beverage feedlines (apart from not being very durable over
Guy, You are so right. The gradual deterioration of coax at this location is a most important issue for me. Even a Beverage falling to the ground with a broken tree support laying on top of it is not
I really don't want to over simplify the process....but...an first IMHO one should determine how much noise is actually in the shack. A simple test is to put a 12 battery on the radio and listen to t
Herb, It is not an easy job as the interior insulators may be brittle and break. I did the clean out exercise to several tri-banders, A Hy-Gain Explorer 14 and a Cushcraft A3S. I found bugs, even a l
Dear Topbanders: In a recent post I mentioned that I took down my Tirband Beam (Cushcraft A4s with extended boom...24 feet) and replaced it with a Cubex 3 element quad. I did not bother to wire the q