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1. Topband: Shunt Fed Tower Info (score: 1): Author: Cqtestk4xs at aol.com (Cqtestk4xs@aol.com); Date: Sun Aug 3 21:17:50 2003; I have been workling on some ideas for 160 transmitting antennas and need some input. I am in the process of finishing off putting Polyrod fiberglass cable and Phillystran on my 40 meter tower. At 19; /archives//html/Topband/2003-08/msg00005.html (9,164 bytes)
2. Topband: Electric Fence QRM (score: 1): Author: Cqtestk4xs@aol.com (Cqtestk4xs@aol.com); Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2002 22:13:03 EST; I used the MFJ RFI "sniffer" to locate my source of electric fence RFI. Bill K4XS; /archives//html/Topband/2002-11/msg00000.html (6,634 bytes)
3. Topband: 160 Vertical (score: 1): Author: Cqtestk4xs@aol.com (Cqtestk4xs@aol.com); Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 08:18:31 EDT; I have a problem that most guys wish they were blessed with. I have a 200 foot tower which is pretty much in the clear and is guyed with Phillystran at all points. It has a 5 element KLM 20 meter bea; /archives//html/Topband/2002-10/msg00052.html (9,356 bytes)
4. Topband: Re: Vertical Followup (score: 1): Author: Cqtestk4xs@aol.com (Cqtestk4xs@aol.com); Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 20:36:09 EDT; Thanks to all who responded to my question about shunt feeding the 200 foot tower. I believe it may be a project might not be feasable since the matching system would get in the way of the side mount; /archives//html/Topband/2002-10/msg00073.html (7,034 bytes)
5. Topband: Use of the RCS-4 for Remote Beverages? (score: 1): Author: Cqtestk4xs@aol.com (Cqtestk4xs@aol.com); Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 08:06:00 EDT; I used the old cableless Heathkit remote switch for a while, until it got hit by lightning. It didn't work too well after that. The problem I see with using anything other than cheap surplus relays i; /archives//html/Topband/2002-10/msg00118.html (7,506 bytes)
6. Topband: Burying galvanized wire (score: 1): Author: Cqtestk4xs@aol.com (Cqtestk4xs@aol.com); Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 22:10:55 EDT; I don't know about other places, but here in Florida even galvanized tower sections in contact with the soil start to rust pretty badly after one year. I have seen the same thing happen to galvanized; /archives//html/Topband/2002-08/msg00112.html (6,377 bytes)
7. Topband: Elevated Vertical for 160 (score: 1): Author: Cqtestk4xs@aol.com (Cqtestk4xs@aol.com); Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 18:47:34 EST; Last week before the NAQP, I took my wire T-vertical which was at a base of about 20 feet and raised it to 60 feet at the base. The T-component of the antenna is about 40 feet from end to end and the; /archives//html/Topband/2001-01/msg00226.html (7,722 bytes)
8. Topband: Beverage length (score: 1): Author: Cqtestk4xs@aol.com (Cqtestk4xs@aol.com); Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 20:20:18 EDT; I am getting ready to put up beverages for cqww. I have enough room top put them up at least 540 ft(approximately 4 wavelengths on 40 mtrs). I have enough room to make one of them around 850-900 ft.; /archives//html/Topband/2000-10/msg00075.html (8,111 bytes)
9. Re: Topband: One wavelength Beverage (score: 1): Author: Cqtestk4xs@aol.com; Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 09:00:49 EDT; In a message dated 10/15/03 11:11:41 AM Greenwich Standard Time, w8ji@contesting.com writes: "All my initial Beverages were insulated wire, now all of mine are bare wire. There was never any differen; /archives//html/Topband/2003-10/msg00092.html (7,808 bytes)
10. Re: Topband: Tophat? Does it have to be at the top? (score: 1): Author: Cqtestk4xs@aol.com; Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 11:13:26 EDT; If the "tophat" effectively isolates the section of tower or what have you above it, then those folks matching towers with stacked beams are surely loosing quite a bit of effective structure. xxxxxxx; /archives//html/Topband/2004-06/msg00022.html (8,306 bytes)
11. Topband: 2 wire beverage (score: 1): Author: Cqtestk4xs@aol.com; Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 20:34:00 EDT; OK, so maybe a two wire switchable may not be the way to go. How about placing them parallel about 15 feet apart...one facing northwest, and one facing southeast? Any interaction? Any need to ground; /archives//html/Topband/2004-08/msg00066.html (6,474 bytes)
12. Re: Topband: QRN frm hurricane "Frances" ?...and Ivan? (score: 1): Author: Cqtestk4xs@aol.com; Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 08:25:32 EDT; Question is, do topband stations in the greater neighborhood of the hurricane observe significantly higher QRN, and do stations, being in North America, locate high noise in the hurricanes direction; /archives//html/Topband/2004-09/msg00082.html (7,354 bytes)
13. Topband: Elevated ground planes (score: 1): Author: Cqtestk4xs@aol.com; Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 22:04:01 EDT; Something to think about.... Suppose we have a location which is surrounded by trees perhaps around fifty feet tall. Since verticals are affected according to ON4UN by obstructions to some degree, wo; /archives//html/Topband/2004-10/msg00129.html (6,489 bytes)
14. Re: Topband: Cone of Silence (score: 1): Author: Cqtestk4xs@aol.com; Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 16:37:09 EDT; Could the cone of silence be found by using a local broadcast station around 1700kHz off the back instead of a DX station. Bill K4XS _______________________________________________ Topband mailing li; /archives//html/Topband/2005-05/msg00017.html (6,386 bytes)
15. Topband: Bad PT-3 ? (score: 1): Author: Cqtestk4xs@aol.com; Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 17:30:18 EDT; I have been using an old Ameco PLF-2 for my Beverages and I didn't think it was doing the job it needed to do on amplification, so I picked up a used Ameco PT-3. I never had a problem with BCI on 160; /archives//html/Topband/2005-10/msg00182.html (6,928 bytes)
16. Topband: PreAmp Recommendations (score: 1): Author: Cqtestk4xs@aol.com; Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 13:30:15 EDT; In my post about the Ameco PT3, I received a few responses. Most of the comments about it were negative. OK, so much for the negative. Any preamps that are especially good for 160 and 80 and maybe 40; /archives//html/Topband/2005-10/msg00190.html (6,891 bytes)
17. Re: Topband: "Uncle" Beverage (score: 1): Author: Cqtestk4xs@aol.com; Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 07:28:39 EST; On this thought........ What exactly does swing wildly mean? On a frequency range from 1.8-7.0 what should one expect? My situation is a little different in that I use 75 ohm hardline buried to the b; /archives//html/Topband/2005-11/msg00252.html (7,079 bytes)
18. Topband: Beverage suggestions (score: 1): Author: Cqtestk4xs@aol.com; Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 09:17:51 EST; Thanks all to the members who responded to my question about SWR on Beverages. I am more an op than a tech, and I learn so much from the postings on this reflector...especially from W4ZV, and W8JI. B; /archives//html/Topband/2005-11/msg00282.html (6,571 bytes)
19. Topband: 160 signal (score: 1): Author: Cqtestk4xs@aol.com; Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2005 08:29:34 EST; First real tryout of my new 160 antenna on 160 last night. Elevated GP with a base at 65 feet...four radials. It is similar to what was modeled in NCJ a few months ago. I'm curious as to what it soun; /archives//html/Topband/2005-12/msg00020.html (6,772 bytes)
20. Topband: Re-using Guy Grips...Why? (score: 1): Author: Cqtestk4xs@aol.com; Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 09:12:30 EDT; Jeez. Hams sure are cheap. You put up a tower and antenna for a couple of thousand dollars and then want to cheap out and reuse guy grips that run $5-$6 each. The recommendation of the manufacturer i; /archives//html/Topband/2006-06/msg00056.html (6,727 bytes)

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