Hi Guys, Thank goodness the QRP-types amongst us all don't seem to be so fixated & obsessed with such intricate & minute details... If they were, most would probably never even get on the air with th
Hi Jeff, I was VE3PE2RT back in that very same time period... Thank YOU for the memories...! ~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topb
Hi Doug, As I understand it, the velocity factor of 50% applies for radial wires that are simply laid atop the ground, & not buried in any way... But of course, I COULD stand to be corrected..! ~73~
Hi Brian, The very same reason that it "...magically loses its length" when it's incorporated as part of a run of coaxial cable, I guess...! Some parts of Ham radio are STILL black magic--aren't they
Hi Guys, The "issue" of ground radials, velocity factor of radials placed atop the ground, buried below the ground, etc. etc. is surely one that will NEVER come to anything even remotely resembling a
Hi Again All, I forgot to mention: each of those ground radial wires was just 66' long. ~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
Hi Roger, Before the devastating ice storm of December 2013 here, I had a 1500' long Beverage aimed to South America, & a K9AY loop in the same direction: the loop would out-perform the wire 95% of t
Hi Roger, So very sorry to learn of your mobility issues there with that broken leg...! Personal mobility--or, rather, the LACK thereof!--is something that I have come to know only all too well here,
Hi Paul, Congratulations on such effective "staying power"...! Good on you. The SK column in our "TCA" magazine (put out by "The Radio Amateurs of Canada"--our version of the ARRL) regularly lists th
Hi Mike, 160 stopped becoming the "Gentleman's Band" ever since mainstream manufacturers started incoroporating a spot marked "160" on the front of their rigs & linears... ~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ
Hi Andy, All I ever used here was an old AMECO-brand pre-selector that I paid $10.00 for, I believe, at a Hamfest... If signals get too loud & distort, all I do is reduce the gain on the thing. Works
Hi Milt, Wow...! A "bad boy" has, at long last, been finally "OUTTED"...!!! Good on you for having the temerity to reveal his call-sign to the entire group, and on Tree for having the courage to allo
Hi Charlie, Yes, they do, indeed, work great for me, too... I have both the AMECO nuvistor version here that I place before my old back-up Drake R-4--and which I got for a mere five bucks at a Hamfes
Hi Len, I think that what I would do here, personally, if I was an integral part of a DX-pedition, is to actually exchange "599's" with the repeat offender (at least it might finally shut him up, rig
Hi Jim, That has to be CARDINAL SIN #1 if you're a DX-peditioner, as it's YOU who calls the shots, and sets the sequence of events that might unfold, based upon YOUR actions & directives... It only e
Hi Guys, We're all flogging a dead horse here--enough already. People do make mistakes--did anyone not read Jon's (AA1K) "...confessional" here earlier?--s**t happens. Get over it. I really am amazed
Why not just get rid of the radios entirely, & instead, have some sort of an on-line chat fest, similar to the old "Dr. DX" computer add-on of some 30 years ago...?! "Senor, we doan neet yoor steenke
Hi Guys, All of this talk about the use of remote receivers, DX spotting nets, etc. etc. etc. surely will have us all arrive to the point that our "human" individual efforts to develop a specialized
Hi Tony, Oh gosh no, of course not! But by the same token, isn't it funny how the populace has embraced walking to the corner store for a loaf of bread, instead of climbing up & into the ol' reliable
Hi Brian, You know what...? I can see the day coming--probably sooner, rather than later--where contest organizers will either run a unique contest unto itself, or create a separate special category