Hi -- Does anyone have a phone number where I could contact W1CK or K5ZW for a quick chat? I have a topband question for them. Thanks. 73, -- Eric K3NA _______________________________________________
I specifically listened for the carrier on 1829.25 kHz this afternoon. There was no audible carrier on that specific frequency as late as Nov 01/2247z in any direction. The QTH is in southeast Massac
I've been interested in how early 160m opens for DX. Here are some results for the last few afternoons in which I've been able to get on the air early: Oct 20: first QSO: SM6CMU time: 2055z distance
There is another part of Steve's rule that is required to make it work as intended. A DX station operating in the window MUST ONLY LISTEN OUTSIDE THE WINDOW. -- Eric K3NA on 05 Dec 10 20:14 Steve Ire
Oddly enough, I am also building a portable loop antenna. Yes, it performs worse than beverages or other receive antennas. But a portable loop (~1.5m diameter) is very helpful for DFing RFI problems.
Back in late December I posted some questions about loop antennas. I got many interesting answers and opinions, and later Tom W8JI posted some more information about loops on his website. Several ask
OH2MM once told me about a local contest where the exchange was short, and less predictable than a serial number ... but didn't require random number generators in logging software. The operator simp
When operating at 3B9C, I frequently noticed the band becoming very quiet in preparation for a good opening to North America. The change was quite distinct. Sometimes it happened quickly, and at othe
I find the choice of speed in adverse conditions depends on the nature of the adversity. For normal signals but lots of static crashes, faster sending helps. This was the case when I was at VK9ML. My
I'll try to clarify my earlier comment. Why sending faster helped me at the noisy VK9ML QTH: -- In between a pair of static crashes, I had a part of a second or maybe 1-2 seconds to get a piece of a
Here is a little experiment for the next couple of days (at least until the ARRL contest): a receiving beacon on 160m. What's a receiving beacon? Conventional beacons transmit, of course. On 160m tha
I received a good question about the receiving beacon system: "What is 'Skype'?" Skype is a software tool for making the equivalent of telephone calls over the Internet between two computer users who
Hi everyone -- Thanks for all the interest in the receiving beacon! Unfortunately it seems the "accept calls from anyone" setting in Skype did not stick properly. If you tried connecting to the beaco
The K3NA receiving beacon is now accessible by all without prior arrangements. Skype address: K3NA160m The beacon access will be disabled during the ARRL CW DX contest and for a day or two thereafter
The K3NA receiving beacon seems pretty popular. Many people have written encouragin email (thanks) and the history file at the station shows connections from all over Europe, North America, Australia
Tom W8JI brings up some interesting points. I thought about the case of people using distant receivers to work DX that they would not otherwise be able to work. That's one reason why the receiving be
Hi Paul -- Thanks for the tip on line input. Will it transmit stereo from the line input? If so, that would allow me to hook two antennas, one each to the main and sub receiver. Auto-answer: Opps...
May I point out that the Skype receiving beacon is NOT a remote-controlled receiver. You can do just one thing: listen to it, on the frequency to which it has been tuned, and on its current antenna.
Taking into consideration some of the points made this week during discussions of receiving beacons, I moved my Skype beacon to 1839.39 kHz. At this location near the usual border for phone operation
Hi -- The K3NA receiving beacon on 1839.39 kHz will be off until Apr 10. Sorry... -- Eric _______________________________________________ Topband mailing list Topband@contesting.com http://lists.cont