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41. Re: Topband: YB0ARA/9 QSL (score: 1)
Author: W8AV--- via Topband <topband@contesting.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2014 09:53:36 -0400 (EDT)
Thanks everybody for the input. I also took a chance and contacted Art again this morning. He is going to put a card in the mail to me next week. Must have just mislaid the one I sent back in 2007. W
/archives//html/Topband/2014-08/msg00068.html (6,576 bytes)

42. Topband: YB0ARA/9 Card in Hand (score: 1)
Author: W8AV--- via Topband <topband@contesting.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 14:26:49 -0400 (EDT)
Esteemed Reflectees: I received my YB0ARA card in the mail this afternoon from Art, N2AU. WOOHOO!!! I am extremely grateful to him for managing this since he is pretty much incapacitated these days.
/archives//html/Topband/2014-08/msg00081.html (6,939 bytes)

43. Re: Topband: Modeling the proverbial "vertical on a beach (score: 1)
Author: W9UCW--- via Topband <topband@contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 00:17:03 -0400 (EDT)
I can only offer another anecdotal account to the subject. It started 44 years ago when I, Steve, K9CQV (K0SX), Ken, W0KUS, and Julius, K8HKB set up shop on San Andres Island and signed our calls por
/archives//html/Topband/2014-08/msg00089.html (8,200 bytes)

44. Re: Topband: Modeling the proverbial "vertical on a beach" (score: 1)
Author: Cqtestk4xs--- via Topband <topband@contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 06:14:26 -0400 (EDT)
One last thought on this...... When I came back to the mainland in 2010 the only rig I had was my truck, an ICOM 706 and a Tarheel screwdriver antenna....not exactly a super setup. I was really cravi
/archives//html/Topband/2014-08/msg00090.html (9,285 bytes)

45. Re: Topband: Modeling the proverbial "vertical on a beach" (score: 1)
Author: k1zm--- via Topband <topband@contesting.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 07:39:59 -0400 (EDT)
Hi Guys K3ZM is my brother - and his 160m antenna is located in a salt marsh just to the West of Chesapeake Bay in Matthews, Va as I recall. Indeed he is located inland a bit (eg: not directly at wat
/archives//html/Topband/2014-08/msg00136.html (17,938 bytes)

46. Re: Topband: Modeling the proverbial "vertical on a beach" (score: 1)
Author: Mark Connelly via Topband <topband@contesting.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 22:45:30 -0400 (EDT)
Some long-time observations from about 55 years of AM broadcast band DXing MAY have some relevance to this discussion. That hobby has had a lot of simultaneous inland-versus-coastal signal strength c
/archives//html/Topband/2014-08/msg00156.html (25,383 bytes)

47. Topband: Modeling the proverbial "vertical on a beach" (score: 1)
Author: Mark Connelly via Topband <topband@contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 09:41:16 -0400 (EDT)
I'll just stick in a few responses to others' comments about what I wrote on the 'beach' thread and then I'll get out of the way. << It is tricky to use receiving tests to gauge the effectiveness of
/archives//html/Topband/2014-08/msg00188.html (15,782 bytes)

48. Topband: Low-angle radiation from vertical antennas (score: 1)
Author: Dan Maguire via Topband <topband@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 03:15:41 -0700
This is somewhat related to the "vertical on a beach" thread but I figured if I put that in the subject line I might get lynched. In the past there have been questions about the accuracy of NEC far f
/archives//html/Topband/2014-08/msg00217.html (8,602 bytes)

49. Re: Topband: Outdoor rope suggestions (score: 1)
Author: GALE STEWARD via Topband <topband@contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 15:49:06 -0700
I've dealt with this outfit in the past. http://www.jamestowndistributors.com They carry Harkin blocks, rope, marine hardware, etc. Lots of good "outside" stuff. 73, Stew K3ND _______________________
/archives//html/Topband/2014-09/msg00030.html (10,916 bytes)

50. Topband: PLP guy grips (score: 1)
Author: Cqtestk4xs--- via Topband <topband@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2014 15:27:10 -0400
Yes, there is a difference between what the power companies use and what tower hands use. I spoke to the guys at Preformed Line Products back around 2004 and they said there IS a difference. The ones
/archives//html/Topband/2014-09/msg00051.html (11,101 bytes)

51. Topband: 160M loading coil mounting/orientation (score: 1)
Author: rich kennedy via Topband <topband@contesting.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2014 05:35:08 -0700
When base-mounting a loading coil (inductor) on a shortened monopole vertical, is there a preferred method for the physical placement of the coil? Is it better to orient the coil in the vertical axis
/archives//html/Topband/2014-09/msg00073.html (7,148 bytes)

52. Re: Topband: Outdoor rope suggestions (score: 1)
Author: Rod via Topband <topband@contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 19:21:02 -0700
I have been using Synthetic Textiles UV resistant double-braided Dacron/polyester antenna rope on a variety of wire antennas for over 20 years: http://www.dxengineering.com/search/product-line/synthe
/archives//html/Topband/2014-09/msg00090.html (8,398 bytes)

53. Topband: ROKU 3 QRM (score: 1)
Author: Dennis W0JX via Topband <topband@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 12:41:30 -0700
Topbanders: Within the last 3 to 4 months, I have been plagued with very strong QRN. I have a two way beverage that party runs over my garage and next to the house but it had always been an excellent
/archives//html/Topband/2014-09/msg00100.html (7,852 bytes)

54. Topband: Orbital Angular Momentum propagation (score: 1)
Author: W2PM via Topband <topband@contesting.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 12:04:38 -0400
Is anyone on list involved in any academic or commercial research on this topic ? If so can you contact me directly - w2pm@aol.com. Sent from my iPhone _________________ Topband Reflector Archives -
/archives//html/Topband/2014-09/msg00118.html (7,046 bytes)

55. Re: Topband: BCB interference ? (score: 1)
Author: W9UCW--- via Topband <topband@contesting.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 15:29:00 -0400
I have a 50 KW station on 1530, eight miles north of me. They have a six element in-line array aimed south at Mexico... and me. They tore up every rig I've had in the shack until I went to a K3. We h
/archives//html/Topband/2014-09/msg00137.html (10,134 bytes)

56. Topband: Beverage antenna isolation measurements (score: 1)
Author: Charles Stackhouse via Topband <topband@contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 02:17:54 +0000 (UTC)
     I have just finished installing 6 Beverage antennas in the woods north of my house. Details are below. My question to the group involves measuring the isolation of these antennas from my transmi
/archives//html/Topband/2014-09/msg00141.html (9,826 bytes)

57. Re: Topband: Matching network info for 80 & 160M needed (score: 1)
Author: Dan Maguire via Topband <topband@contesting.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 09:30:58 -0700
That article by K6MHE is available here: http://k6mhe.com/files/DualBandVert.pdf And here's a blog entry and a corresponding YouTube video by AB8XX for a similar 80m/40m antenna: http://ab8xx.blogspo
/archives//html/Topband/2014-09/msg00158.html (12,426 bytes)

58. Topband: 160 ground plane choke (score: 1)
Author: Cqtestk4xs--- via Topband <topband@contesting.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2014 09:50:03 -0400
I've been using a 160 GP with 4 radials. It's a Tee-top supported with a rope between two towers, with the top around 165 feet and the base at 70 feet. I'm feeding it with RG8X to keep the weight dow
/archives//html/Topband/2014-09/msg00159.html (6,865 bytes)

59. Topband: 160 GP Choke (score: 1)
Author: Cqtestk4xs--- via Topband <topband@contesting.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 12:49:10 -0400
Thanks to all who responded. One of the suggestions was to wrap about 40-45 turns of RG8X mini on a PVC core with a diameter of 4 inches....lightweight and easy. Part two was to ground the braid of t
/archives//html/Topband/2014-09/msg00162.html (6,593 bytes)

60. Re: Topband: 160 GP Choke (score: 1)
Author: Dan Maguire via Topband <topband@contesting.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 21:13:25 -0700
W0BTU was kind enough to include a link to his inverted-L EZNEC model so I added that to a thread over on eHam which discusses using a "dual-band autopilot" matching network, in this case using the i
/archives//html/Topband/2014-09/msg00170.html (7,938 bytes)

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