I used one on topband for a couple of years. For DX it usually worked better than a dipole at 50'. With the base loading coil to resonate it on 160M, it is still worked on 10, 15, 20, and 40M, but no
I have offered to help a friend of mine put up a decent antenna on 40/80/160. He's a DXer close to Honor Roll operating only 10/15/20. As a starter antenna, I suggested parallel inverted L's, and I w
<< Please advise what experiences you have had with "verticals in saltwater"! Thank You- NO4S: FROM TOWERTALK I recently used a twenty year old, Hygain 18AVQ 10-80M trap vertical over salt water, the
I asked this question on Tower Talk, but the real antenna gurus seem to be on the topband reflector! I'm operating XE3/W0AH north of Cancun October 24- 31 including the CQWW Phone. I'll be using an o
Our monsoon weather with thunderstorms arrived late this year after months of drought. For the past 2 1/2 weeks, we've had local thunderstorms every evening with S9+20 QRN on 160. Even the hour befor
He was reasonably strong here in Colorado on unterminated JA beverage abd on vertical, but not strong enough to overcome the QRN which was pretty bad last night. I could copy him Q4 on QSB peaks at t
I suggest that only stations running Texas kilowatts be eligible to operate the Stew Perry contest! Certainly, no one running the 100 watts or less that Stew Perry ran should be eligible. Also, with
It's also easy to buy some small diameter flexable copper pipe at the hardware store and make your own loading coil which will be marginally more efficient than the Hytower coil. Doug W0AH -- FAQ on
<< I think there is (was?) a 160m loading coil attachment for the Hy-Tower >> I don't think the Hyrtower is as bad on 160M as some others have reported. I set a regional low power record with my firs
TopbandersIt's possible that I will operate XE3/W0AH low power, just north of Cancun, in one of the 160M tests. I'm will be experimenting with a short vertical here at home in Colorado to see if it i
Guess I know what it's like to operate this contest in summer! The S9 snow static was almost unnoticeable because of the S9 +20 static crashes. My apologies for not copying well and thanks to all who
Topbanders: Conditions better last night than during the Stew Perry when I heard no Europe. Worked SM4CAN (sent 559), G3PQA (559), and DF2PY (569), and called OZ1EEZ (449) and IV3PRK (449). Wolf was
Richard, I would recommend a vertical on the roof, as tall as possible, but hopefully at least 40'. If you can use toploading (several wires from top of vertical to corners of building) that would be
I've been out of town all week, and yesterday evening was the first time I listened for Jeff. He peaked here around 0010 at 349, but was only copied for a minute or so. Doug W0AH central Colorado --
Topbanders: We have had daily lightning storms in our region, in our state, and frequently in our yard the past month. I lost three 13.8 V power supplies, three VHF mast-mounted preamps, and three ro
Topbanders: Oh, you mean it has to be stretched out in a straight line? Tell that to our frequent guest. Anyway, all the talk of beverage lengths, beverages over fences, and signal-to-noise ratios br
Topbanders and 80M ops, I've just installed a second Hytower and intend to phase my two Hytowers on 80M. Both have substantial radial systems. Should I connect them together by running a 14 guage wir
Wonderful response from the fraternity. Thank you all. Since my original Hytower and radial system have been up about 10 years (with the radials now buried under vegetation), I can't really interconn
Beverage construction? My original terminated NE beverage averages about 6' -7' above ground and slopes down a hill ending up 100'' lower over its 650' length. I seem to hear the Europeans OK with it
Operated 4 hours Friday and Saturday evenings from a hilltop on the most southern point of the Baja penisula, just outside of Cabo San Lucas, 600 miles south of the AZ/NM border. XE2/W0AH 43 contacts