K3RR wrote:
>Hi Bill! Congrats on ur VK0IR Topband QSO! I spent the weekend in -30
>deg. windchill temps putting up an 880 ft. Beverage on a 135 deg.
>heading so I could hear them better.
Joe, this is a clear symptom of Topband Disease described previously
in a story by N6TR. You better get to a doctor quick! :-)
>But, based on ur comments in re NE
>propagation, maybe it was a waste of time! I was hearing them weakly
>on Jan 19 but never thought to switch to the phased NE Bevs. Will be
>back in there again tonight, listening NE and SE!
I think you will probably find SE will work best from your QTH! Those
of us on the margins are observing the skewed paths but most from W1/2/3
are working him direct from what I've heard.
>Getting on Topband has certainly put a lot of fun back into hamming for
>me!! Now I see why you and the others Topbanders like it so much. Am
>gonna start work on a singleband 160M amplifier this weekend, driven by
>the T4XC, which is left on 160M exclusively.
Ditto my comment above on Topband Disease! You definitely have a very
severe case of it.
>I heard you on SSB a while back, testing a vertical, which I think may
>have been your tower, shunt fed. How did that work out? Can you
>switch between it and the loop? The results could be very interesting.
I shunt fed my 178 foot tower just to work Heard, and then the path I
worked them on is via Europe! I could have just used my Delta. Yes,
this also proves I have a severe case of Topband Disease. Shall we
start a chapter of "Topbandaholics Anonymous"? I wonder how many others
are showing symptoms of this disease?
73, Bill W4ZV
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