-- -- Bill and John, I have constructed three of the TX antennas for 160 Meters which have been very similar to your description. I call them elevated Ground Planes. N5IA has a full quarterwave of Ro
Mike, With the separate and distinct RX antenna systems most fellows use on Topband, there is a SIGNIFICANT difference between performance of the TX and RX systems. Likewise, there are so many varia
Greetings fellow Topbanders, Tomorrow, Saturday 2 Feb., I travel by vehicle from my home in New Mexico to Phoenix, AZ (360 kM). My flight to LAX and on to Papeete, Tahiti is Sunday, 3 Feb. All the VP
Hello everyone from Tahiti. It is just like the photographs. Beautiful. All the team is here now. One set of luggage left in LAX, but that is the extent of the miscues thus far. The team had lunch a
Hello all, 9 PM local here in NM. All the team with the exception of Robert, SP5XYV, Les, SP3DOI and Cliff, SV1JG (who stayed in French Polynesia for some more vacation time) arrived at LAX mid morni
80' Titanex over 40, 1/4 WL radials at the north edge of the lagoon, about 200 feet in from the shore of the north side of the island. Just got home. Milt, N5IA ______________________________________
I am with Eddie on this one. My thrills and my "glory days" are past and present, and I sincerely hope are in the future also. Early on the thrill was using an upright console radio tuned just above
Good morning Andy, Thanks for the update, and for listening to and acting upon the requests made by the topband contesting community. We appreciate your inquiry and open mind to the little things tha
-- Neil, I suggest you change your single wire with two wires and make it a 2-wire Beverage. I have used them extensively in a multitude of various invironments for the past 12 years. They perform su
Bob, Actually, most of the "records" for these contests were made under the contest time frame in the rules as they have been changed back to. That is, the starting and ending hours. The two hours la
Sam, Our operation at NI5T in New Mexico worked 7 WTX stations, including yours. The list of stations is as follows. K6SXA, W5ZO, N5DO, KD9KC, KA5AOI, W5JMW, K5TDA. Great operation and story, Sam. Ke
I have operated in all thirteen SPDCs. It continues to grow in popularity because of the certain specific requirements of operating time, the GS exchange, and the distance scoring. At the same time I
Phil and others, The occurrence is almost one year old now, but go to http://ducie2008.dl1mgb.com/news/21/index.php and read of our experience at VP6DX last February. Milt, N5IA and VP6DX ___________
And can you and the other CW guys live with the SSB in "YOUR/THEIR" portion of the band below 1.843 at the end of February? It's a 2-way street. What is good for the goose is good for the gander. Not
-- Brian, non-resonant in six main MF & HF amateur bands is 57 feet. If you are concerned about the three WARC bands then you will have to select some shorter length according to the chart. 39' clear
-- Essentially the same design was done in 2000, in triplicate, and utilized at XZ0A. All Beverages were band split and filtered, and then fed to the three remote switches for independent control of
-- I was with Robin (WA6CDR) at XZ1N in 1998 when I first suggested the low dipole. I installed it in the jungle and it worked to get some Qs that otherwise would not have been worked. So, when we we
-- It has been 20 months since VP6DX. I can personally say that a very high emphasis, with much thought, planning, preparation and ultimately execution, was placed on accomplishing what Dave is lame
-- Brian, NOT SO. This change is to our advantage out West. The change was lobbied for with very well thought out reasons and a showing that it is NOT a detriment to anyone anywhere worldwide. The ma
I know Robin, WA6CDR, does quite a bit of Top Band mobiling with his K-2/100. He has some good stories. One was what he heard and worked after leaving my location in New Mexico the Sunday afternoon o