Thank you Andrew, Your reply was very helpful. 73, Bill KU8H <Let me relieve my ignorance here. What is the difference between a signal limiter and AGC? Or what is the difference between a signal lim
Hi Jon, There are a lot of reasons why you can't do it. But you will need a physically large loop for the little 1000pF cap. Start with 8 foot diameter and maybe up to twelve feet. My loops are round
I was hoping for a weekly Stew. Think about that and maybe you'll feel better about a seasoned stew. 73, Bill KU8H Steve WEB - "The VE7SL Radio Notebook": http://members.shaw.ca/ve7sl VE7SL BLOG - "H
As per usual... It all depends on whose ox is being gored. 73, Bill KU8H On 12/31/2015 03:48 PM, Joe Wilkowski wrote: Well, since it is a public forum I have to side with Larry on this. I am a contes
Hi Mort, Well it could happen to us LIDs with poor fists on every QSO. 73, Bill KU8H On 01/08/2016 03:57 PM, Mort wrote: A contest program that interfaces with the rig could read AGC and be calibrate
Hi, Doubling the power output translates to less than one "S-unit" at a distant receiver. Maybe most of those hams who preach otherwise ahve less interest in weak signals. That is a matter of persona
Hi Jim, I think I wasn't really clear about that. I agree that each decibel matters. It matters for transmit AND for receive. Now *that* is clear:) The maximum power I have available to try and radia
Hi Roger, I don't post here very much. I'm a casual op on 160 (no antenna at present). The problem I experience isn't a lack of "band plans" - aka gentlemen's agreements. The problem for me is there
Hi, I am resurrecting an aging, 'Rip VanWinkle" radio that includes 160 meters. I was finally ready to apply power for a first test and all of those naughty SSB contesters on 160 meters provided me w
Hi, Somebody mentioned the Stew is coming 'round again so I finally remembered to look it up. It will be here a week from Saturday. I have been 'on a roll' at my workbench getting the old radios oper
Hi Jim, Thanks. I started getting RF power out on transmit! I still have a lot to do. It's rude and crude! I spent enough time with the scope and generator today that as soon as I had some RF out of
Hi Jake, Sometimes we forget and I don't suppose we want to excoriate people for forgetting sometimes. But we now know that some of the smart phones are not smart enough to allow editing in the repli
Hi Greg, My noise is not S-9 - at least not over the entire band nor constant around the clock. I do have some manmade noise issues. In my case a mag-loop antenna on receive has been a lot of help. I
Hi Rob, I suppose I could just scrap out the gear and put more energy into my music. I play acoustic instruments (no electricity needed) at some dances and other community events along with several o
Hi, I wonder if you could cover the whole band or just the part that interest *you*. I have a radio now that uses an xtal filter with about a 7 kHz bandwidth on the 20 meter band. Probably those filt
Hi Carl, It would be nice to have some hard numbers but they are subject sometimes to misinterpretation. I would have liked to see some hard data about this too and not just for 160 meters. It seems
Hi, I sometimes look at the forecasts and space weather info but that is more often "after action" done in the chair. If we look at that first it gives a place to start. But I agree the final result
Hi Peter, The 'why not' only applies to the hams who don't want to chat with their 'neighbors' or anybody on the same continent. propagation does play into it and if you are a "DX only" ham 160 is mu
Hi, I went to an auction today and had an opportunity to buy a box of glass powerline insulators - cheap. I only bought them thinking about hams who use them for beverages and most of them I know abo