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1. Re: Topband: 33', 50',60' inverted "L" comparison assistance request (score: 1)
Author: Niko Cimbur <ac6dd@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 10:05:45 -0800 (PST)
I have used various inverted L configurations in my portable 160m contesting. The vertical sections were at one time or another 19', 33', 37', 50', and 60' tall. Also a 90' top loaded vertical was us
/archives//html/Topband/2006-11/msg00197.html (9,457 bytes)

2. Topband: DXE receiving 4 square (score: 1)
Author: Niko Cimbur <ac6dd@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 16:22:51 -0800 (PST)
Lots of questions and interest in this antenna lately. I set up a yahoo group, if any of the users are interesting in sharing information and details. I will post pictures of my own installation shor
/archives//html/Topband/2007-02/msg00009.html (6,707 bytes)

3. Re: Topband: DXE receiving 4 square (score: 1)
Author: Niko Cimbur <ac6dd@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 07:27:52 -0800 (PST)
I received a few e-mails from people having trouble finding this gorup. This is the link: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dxerx4sq/ I too tried the yahoo group search, and it can't find it. Niko ______
/archives//html/Topband/2007-02/msg00016.html (6,900 bytes)

4. Topband: RX 4 square (score: 1)
Author: Niko Cimbur <ac6dd@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 19:51:20 -0700 (PDT)
It looks like Summer is coming to an end, and topbanders are coming out of the woodwork. I set up the dxerx4sq group so everyone can see the responses to queries about this antenna, instead of the "T
/archives//html/Topband/2007-08/msg00078.html (7,003 bytes)

5. Re: Topband: Silver Plated Conductor (score: 1)
Author: Niko Cimbur <ac6dd@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 11:25:23 -0800 (PST)
I have been using Cool-Amp for projects involving Copper. It makes a copper coil look like a piece of jewelry (at least initially). I first saw it about 15 years ago, when some guys were plating grou
/archives//html/Topband/2007-11/msg00185.html (8,759 bytes)

6. Re: Topband: Noise canceller (score: 1)
Author: Niko Cimbur <ac6dd@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:09:15 -0800 (PST)
Has anyone tried this unit http://www.dxtools.com/Phaser.htm ? The price is less than the MFJ, and much less than the DXE unit. Niko - AC6DD __________________________________________________________
/archives//html/Topband/2007-12/msg00152.html (6,939 bytes)

7. Re: Topband: noise canceller comparison (score: 1)
Author: Niko Cimbur <ac6dd@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 20:50:06 -0800 (PST)
I was contemplating the NCC-1, but the price is just a bit much, so yesterday I purchased a second MFJ-1025 for my remote location. Burghardt has them for $150, which would put the NCC-1 at over thre
/archives//html/Topband/2007-12/msg00161.html (7,834 bytes)

8. Re: Topband: 1/8 wave vertical (score: 1)
Author: Niko Cimbur <ac6dd@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 11:50:03 -0800 (PST)
difference at all between top loading, center loading, or base loading. The exception would be a poor loading coil design, for example a coil that was approaching self-resonance at the operating fre
/archives//html/Topband/2007-12/msg00192.html (9,896 bytes)

9. Re: Topband: Noise canceller (score: 1)
Author: Niko Cimbur <ac6dd@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 19:29:19 -0800 (PST)
There were several people interested if I received some information about the quantum phaser unit. This is what I got: - The unit is much better built than the MFJ, it appears as a nice built unit, i
/archives//html/Topband/2007-12/msg00231.html (8,083 bytes)

10. Re: Topband: how close is to close (score: 1)
Author: Niko Cimbur <ac6dd@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:47:03 -0700 (PDT)
There are two parallel 500kV lines about 2.5 miles north from my pier location. The noise from the power lines is a hit and miss on 160m. It varies with the weather and the season. The worst appears
/archives//html/Topband/2009-03/msg00121.html (8,114 bytes)

11. Re: Topband: 1/2 wave vertical.... (score: 1)
Author: Niko Cimbur <ac6dd@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 10:48:26 -0700 (PDT)
Four element Array: 380'/4 = 95', add top loading to resonate, bottom match. or Eight element Array: 380'/8 = 47.5', add some EMT conduit on top, add top loading, bottom match, could be 80/160. or Pa
/archives//html/Topband/2009-04/msg00008.html (7,323 bytes)

12. Re: Topband: QST article (May 2009, p 66) on antenna relays (score: 1)
Author: Niko Cimbur <ac6dd@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:19:07 -0700 (PDT)
Rick, I have used the open frame relays you describe in several remote tuner projects over the years, and they worked really well. With the original contact spacing and with 1500W power output I neve
/archives//html/Topband/2009-04/msg00072.html (8,522 bytes)

13. Re: Topband: The East Coast Advantage (score: 1)
Author: Niko Cimbur <ac6dd@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:24:19 -0700 (PDT)
This is the way I look at it.  I can't remember who mentioned at the Visalia convention that we in W6 should have our own Contest within the 160m contests with awards available.  I am all for that, a
/archives//html/Topband/2009-10/msg00406.html (9,104 bytes)

14. Re: Topband: SDR-IQ experience during CQ 160 contest (score: 1)
Author: Niko Cimbur <ac6dd@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 19:03:17 -0800 (PST)
I used the SDR-IQ to record some of the last years contest with Spectravue, turned it on and off by during transmission, but that got tiring after a while, still I have quite a bit of the contest rec
/archives//html/Topband/2010-02/msg00031.html (8,740 bytes)

15. Re: Topband: Phasing line length (score: 1)
Author: Niko Cimbur <ac6dd@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:05:29 -0800 (PST)
Lew, You should definitely try to improve this situation. Judging from your result in the last 160 test, things can only get better from what you have right now. In my experience more that I mess wi
/archives//html/Topband/2010-02/msg00111.html (7,475 bytes)

16. Topband: Amplifier Help (score: 1)
Author: Niko Cimbur <ac6dd@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:51:22 -0800 (PST)
I first would like to mention that my technical expertise is very limited, and sometimes think I am seeing double. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHdTqnu3sCo&feature=related   (4 minute mark), http:/
/archives//html/Topband/2010-02/msg00149.html (7,649 bytes)

17. Topband: The Slingshot Option (score: 1)
Author: Niko Cimbur <ac6dd@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 05:06:36 -0700 (PDT)
I would like to save you guys a few dollars. In the following photo you will find a slingshot made out of 2x4 boards. http://www.ac6dd.com/home/sling.JPG The photo is from about 1995, when I first mo
/archives//html/Topband/2010-10/msg00073.html (7,413 bytes)

18. Re: Topband: Where are the JA stations? (score: 1)
Author: Niko Cimbur <ac6dd@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 14:03:15 -0800 (PST)
Bob, I can't comment on the Stew Perry as I did not operate from a good location, and did not even look for any JA contacts. I had similar thoughts before the 2010 January CQ160. I set up a second ve
/archives//html/Topband/2010-12/msg00095.html (8,147 bytes)

19. Topband: PT0S TB Summary (score: 1)
Author: Niko Cimbur <ac6dd@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 11:26:27 -0800 (PST)
George and everyone,   Thank you for another great operation, and also for sticking with 160m.   Due to my nighttime work schedule the opportunity to work PT0S was very limited. On my only day off wh
/archives//html/Topband/2012-11/msg00508.html (7,743 bytes)

20. Topband: F-connector installation tool (was: PE coated RG6) (score: 1)
Author: Niko Cimbur <ac6dd@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:26:02 -0800 (PST)
A friend of mine worked for the Cable company, and during one of his periods of generosity he gave me a T&B IT1000 tool for Snap-n-Seal connectors. If you are going to buy one new it pays to shop aro
/archives//html/Topband/2012-12/msg00553.html (7,949 bytes)

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