Hi Tony, "Slip on" isn't really the right word... If an F connector slips onto RG-6 very easily its probably the wrong connector. On the other hand, sometimes its very difficult to insert quad shield
Hi Don, W8JI's receiving antenna page provides excellent insight into the relative performance of various receiving antenna options, especially the RDF tables. http://www.w8ji.com/receiving.htm The S
20 dB over S9 from the northeast direction from Maryland This definitely is not a low power transmitter! 73 Frank W3LPL -- Original Message -- Very strong in the mid-Atlantic region also. Sawtooth sw
Hi Jorge, There are many ways to build a tool for burying radials, most involve a small tractor.. Here are some photos of one tool: http://fbusse.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Ham-Radio-Antenna-Radial-Plow/208
Hi Jorge, Very high cost silver solder isn't needed for radial connections. Any mechanically and electrically secure connection that achieves and maintains about an ohm or less of connection resistan
Hi Jorge, Aluminum wire may have a short life due to corrosion, depending on your local soil conditions. Aluminum wire buried in poorly drained clay soils is particularly susceptible to corrosion. It
Commercial transmitters and receivers for 160 meters have long been available . During the 1950s and 1960s the 75A-4 and NC-300/303 were popular receivers and the Viking Ranger and Valiant were popul
Rope is a good non-invasive attachment if it will be in place for six months or less, otherwise it will damage the tree. Webbing is a better approach. You can use steel cable, rope, or webbing for a
and the Southern Ocean prevents the 160 meter long path from propagating due south (+/- about 20 degrees). Except for sunspot minimum, short path propagation transiting only the northern hemisphere
Hi JC, Thanks for your interesting email. You may be correct that SSE/SSW long path propagation may not extend very far into the southern hemisphere. I wasn't aware of the NNE/NNW observations by our
Hi Andy , I use preamps from three different manufacturers in my station : - DX Engineering RPA-1 $143.95 - Clifton Labs Z10043 (or Z10042) Norton Preamp $100.00 (with enclosure) - Advanced Receiver
Hi guys, We've beat up KK6ZM enough for his honest mistake, we all make mistakes. By now I'm sure Patrick has heard from his well known father and his uncles too and there's no chance he'll make that
At only 29 cents each, its time for me to methodically remove all of my .01 uF 2 kV ceramic bypass capacitors from the line inputs to most of my home brew electronic devices and replace them with saf
Luis is ten km east of Quito, only one thousand feet (300 meters) south of the equator at an elevation of 7800 feet. In Quito they refer to their dry season (Jun-Sep) as summer and their wet season (
Hi Herb, The DXer you're referring to is Charlie Mellen W1FH and the deleted DXCC entity is CR8 Damao, Diu. He kindly loaned my his CR8 QSL for a DXCC QSL display at the 1966 ARRL National Convention
Hi Glenn, You should be very worried about voltage breakdown of your base insulator! Do you know how much RF voltage your base insulator can safely handle? A fourth idea you might consider is to simp
Hi Doug, I also use passive verticals in my 350 foot diameter W8JI 8-circle array. Reliability has been excellent (no failures in three years) because there are no sensitive electronic components in
He was in the pileups and much to strong to be outside North America 73 Frank W3LPL -- Original Message -- I see VE1PZ is one of the few that worked the E3! Who is he? I've never heard him on Top ban
Hi Felipe, Suggest you examine this website: http://n4dj.com/Beverage.html 73 Frank W3LPL -- Original Message -- From: "Filipe Lopes" <ct1ilt@gmail.com> To: "k1fz" <k1fz@myfairpoint.net> Cc: "topband
Hi Ray, Two primary factors affect sky wave signal strength from Topband verticals close to salt water: 1. ground loss in the immediate vicinity of the feed point. The feed point must be much closer