Here is a 160m mid November report on the trans-polar European conditions and activity from VE6WZ. Generally conditions and CW activity have been good. If you havent been listening to 160m CW lately,
I have received a number of emails asking me how I control my remote station from home or when away. This new video compliments my outside and inside tours of my remote station. I show what my operat
Here is a YouTube video I uploaded a few days ago that explains the difference between end-fire and broadside phasing. I show how this principle is applied to Beverage pairs in either end-fire en-ech
Strong DX Ron! Its great to hear you guys out east working the trans-pacific path. de steve ve6wz _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
I know this thread has gone on-and-on-and on, but I felt I needed to add to the discussion. Regarding Roger G3YRO's 50 years of TB experience using a low dipole, I feel I need to support his observat
Hi Dave, Indeed you are correct. Sorry about that. However, broadside I still see a 4.5 dB advantage to the vertical, but of course this can vary wildly up OR down depending on ground quality in the
After about 2 weeks in the AU penalty box with zero trans-polar DX making it to VE6, things have finally started to open up again. On December 10 the band started to show life. On Dec. 11 I was able
Randy, I have 15 Beverage wires that average about 900 long. About 2.5 miles of wire. All the wires are in dense, old growth forest. I have trees falling ALL the time. Every wire has a counterweight
FB Rick, Its great to see the band opening up further south. The strange thing (as usual for 160m) is during the last solar min (~2009-11) it was more common for the guys down south and CA to be gett
Today I uploaded a video to my RX series which explains the Magic-T combiner. I have received a few emails asking me how do I make the magic-T? so I thought a video would be helpful. I show the metho
Today I uploaded a video to my RX series which explains the Magic-T combiner. I have received a few emails asking me how do I make the magic-T? so I thought a video would be helpful. I show the metho
Hi Dave, Great to see the band opening up for you into Asia. I really hope its a sign of better conditions to come, but I think ol Sol is getting a bit active these days! With the recurring waves of
Roger, Just to add some perspective from Western NA, the 160m conditions have been absolutely horrible for the last month. The goe-magnetic activity and AU levels have been so high that the trans-pol
Great stuff Bob with only 25W. The magic band indeed! I am still out of town, but decided to check the band with the laptop logged into the remote. As soon as I brought up the Flex SDR software I cou
I was honoured to be one of 6 asked to present a slideshow to the Contest Club of Ontario 2021 Midwinter Zoom virtual meeting. Today I made a few edits and uploaded the presentation to my YouTube cha
Last night 160m opened up over the pole into Europe with some very good signals. C92RU was making it into VE6 at around 0320UT with a fair signal, but I had no luck breaking the pileup. At 0320 SM5ED
Mike, In this video I explain exactly what you want to do. In fact this video is about shunt feeding the HDX-589mdpl.your exact tower. I explain how to adjust the tap height and spacing of the gamma
If you have ever tried to eliminate local noise using a phase box (noise canceller) like the MFJ-1026 or NCC-1 and been disappointed, you need to watch this video. This video explains how to use thes