Well, I might agree with you Jim, if all the states and provinces weren't multipliers. And that the strategy of winners for 160 contests is to WORK ANYTHING THAT MOVES. If you hear it, work it. Doesn
Beverage antenna running up the mountain to intended direction does not inspire confidence for some number of reasons. What kind of soil is underneath it? Pennant, K9AY, or an array of same, somethin
CT1FJK 579 with very fast QSB 1832.5. Band is open. Solar effect from on coming wave? 73, Guy _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
It was clear there was a lot of guessing and assumptions in the world of BOG. So we decided to investigate. We MEASURED a lot of wire on ground VF a couple of years ago in and around Raleigh. Not sp
IARU is an all-band contest, be a lot of topbanders on other bands for score. Four 24 hour Stew's a year is a good deal, at the equinoxes and the soltices. Then you can forget the practice Stew. Also
Not that I ever used one of those, When I was a teenager the "old" hams who were in the signal corp talked about antennas they used in WWII (God bless 'em all). The crow's foot comes from hanging the
Best receiver I ever had for lightning static was an ancient National NC2-40D. Other than it wasn't that sensitive, I really think that the signal never hit the saturation point in any of the stages,
When you say quieter, is that comparing signal to noise on a common signal, or just listening to the level of noise raw from the two antennas? 73, Guy _______________________________________________
Understanding the nature and pattern of a single antenna pattern is key to it's use. One bright possiblility, since the loop is so small to begin with, is to overcome pattern with multiple loop anten
because not enough is dissipated and it builds up. Also it's not trying to protect your fingers, it's trying to protect the electronics which will fail if it gets too hot. No electronics in an incan
Hi, Lloyd, Using an L with the vertical running next to a tower like that means that your tower is FULLY coupled to the L as if they were both transformer windings. The principal determination of per
The normal innocent presumption would be that your feedlines and other miscellaneous conductors are not involved in your patterns. But if your L and your 6BTV are engaged in a horse race on 160, your
Hi, Rich. I guess one could ask why bother with this mid-field analysis. It IS TECHNICALLY TRUE what you say, no argument, but of little use since you don't get to keep it, UNLESS you can get it over
And your point is ?? That is not the only place where substitute arithmetic will produce a different figure. You can do the same with ground losses in the immediate vicinity, where if you do anything
One really needs to evaluate the usefulness of 5 degrees and under in a case-by-case basis. Most people in populated areas have 5 degrees completely obliterated by conductive and semi-conductive clut
Beat me to the punch. Too long together with transformer particulars can easily produce an unfortunate resonance effect that only appears in one direction in this configuration. Devil in the details.
They have not removed the "Legal Troubles" banner from their web page yet. 73, Guy _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK