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1. Topband: FCC News (score: 1)
Author: ersmar at comcast.net (ersmar@comcast.net)
Date: Wed May 14 22:30:13 2003
Gents: FYI. Looks like 1. hams in US DON'T get an allocation at 136 kHz; 2. DO get an allocation, albeit five discrete channels and at 50 W ERP, for USB at 5 MHz; and 3. current allocation at 2400-24
/archives//html/Topband/2003-05/msg00108.html (8,100 bytes)

2. Re: Topband: Fw: 25G insulators (score: 1)
Author: "EUGENE SMAR" <ersmar@comcast.net>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 20:31:50 -0400
Here, here! I agree with Alan. If I can get my tower to work on 160M in my small backyard, anyone can. 73 de Gene Smar AD3F They thunder _______________________________________________ Topband mailin
/archives//html/Topband/2003-08/msg00143.html (8,428 bytes)

3. Topband: 160M Beacon protocol? (score: 1)
Author: "EUGENE SMAR" <ersmar@comcast.net>
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 22:29:23 -0400
Gents: FWIW: The US Govt (military and civilian) have developed and are using a technique called ALE (Automatic Link Establishment) for their HF emergency networks. The radios ping each other on seve
/archives//html/Topband/2003-09/msg00084.html (7,348 bytes)

4. Re: Topband: Ground Radials (score: 1)
Author: "Gene Smar" <ersmar@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 23:32:57 -0500
Fred: I agree with Phil. It sounds like you need more staples closer together. I made my own staples (for half a mile of radial wire) out of wire shirt hangers from the dry cleaners. I did the same t
/archives//html/Topband/2003-11/msg00080.html (11,353 bytes)

5. Topband: Wire for Beverages or radials (score: 1)
Author: "Gene Smar" <ersmar@comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 23:21:47 -0500
Gents: Check out http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4674&item=3060917517 for possible mile (twisted pair X2) of radial wire. 73 de Gene Smar AD3F _________________________________
/archives//html/Topband/2003-11/msg00193.html (6,902 bytes)

6. Topband: Noise-attentuating RX antenna (score: 1)
Author: "Gene Smar" <ersmar@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 21:33:30 -0500
Folks: I ran across this page via ARRL's home page: http://users.erols.com/k3mt/hla/hla.htm . The HLA (horizontal loop antenna) for RX looks interesting and cheap enough to play with for a weekend co
/archives//html/Topband/2004-01/msg00287.html (6,463 bytes)

7. Re: Topband: Great Conditions Last Night (score: 1)
Author: "Gene Smar" <ersmar@comcast.net>
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 19:56:45 -0500
Topband: I use this aplet http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/tracking/index.html to track the international space in orbit, in the hopes of Q'ing the crew. The screen seems to have a serviceable de
/archives//html/Topband/2004-02/msg00262.html (7,544 bytes)

8. Re: Topband: 1/4 wave sloper array info (score: 1)
Author: "Gene Smar" <ersmar@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 17:15:29 -0400
Greg: There was an interesting thread on TowerTalk in early 2002 on just this topic. Here's one of the more cogent postings from that series: http://lists.contesting.com/archives/html/Towertalk/2002-
/archives//html/Topband/2004-04/msg00037.html (8,738 bytes)

9. Re: Topband: inverted L favored direction (score: 1)
Author: "Gene Smar" <ersmar@comcast.net>
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 17:53:01 -0400
Pete: I've modeled my 160M inv L and see something like a 1-2 dB gain preference in the direction AWAY from the flattop at a very high take-off angle. But achieving this difference in real-life const
/archives//html/Topband/2004-09/msg00096.html (7,564 bytes)

10. Re: Topband: Stand-off insulators for use w/ receive antennas (score: 1)
Author: ersmar@comcast.net
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 15:09:59 +0000
Mike: I got a pair from The Wireman (check Google, etc) for use with my single point ground panel. Mine are about two inches tall and maybe inch and a half diameter. Cost was a couple of bux each, as
/archives//html/Topband/2004-09/msg00102.html (8,128 bytes)

11. Re: Topband: Radials question. (score: 1)
Author: "Gene Smar" <ersmar@comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 23:10:05 -0500
Magnus: circle Put down as many radials as long as you can make them in as many directions as you can. You won't fool the antenna, unless you install the radials at night when it can't see what you a
/archives//html/Topband/2004-11/msg00000.html (7,944 bytes)

12. Re: Topband: Inverted ELL for 160M (score: 1)
Author: "Gene Smar" <ersmar@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 11:02:07 -0500
Jerry: My Inverted L was ground-mounted, so I can't offer much in the way of help for your elevated radial design. However, based on my experience with my tree-supported L, I can offer this. If possi
/archives//html/Topband/2004-11/msg00012.html (10,798 bytes)

13. Re: Topband: Receivers (score: 1)
Author: "Gene Smar" <ersmar@comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 15:19:02 -0500
JT: Depending on the price sought, I'd buy the thing anyway. I've had an entire C-line station since I bought it new in 1979 and, as I've said many times before, they can take it from my cold, dead h
/archives//html/Topband/2004-11/msg00088.html (8,322 bytes)

14. Re: Topband: Reducing QRN (score: 1)
Author: ersmar@comcast.net
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 22:08:29 +0000
Bill: Here's one URL (of hundreds, I'm sure) I found with Yahoo! showing construction of a shielded coax loop RX-only antenna for both 160 and 80M: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/nordicdx/antenna/loop/c
/archives//html/Topband/2005-03/msg00238.html (6,737 bytes)

15. Re: Topband: Antenna Analyzers (score: 1)
Author: ersmar@comcast.net
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 22:36:48 +0000
Gents: I do the same thing (passive plug in power socket) on my '259. I also suggest you tether the plug to the case with a nylon thread, etc. so you don't lose it when up the tower! 73 de Gene Smar
/archives//html/Topband/2005-03/msg00284.html (7,702 bytes)

16. Re: Topband: Broadband vertical (score: 1)
Author: ersmar@comcast.net
Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2005 14:24:09 +0000
Gents: My shunt wire consists of two parallel #14 wires separated from each other by 18 inches and held off the tower face two feet. I use several T's constructed of 3/4 inch PVC tubing as the suppor
/archives//html/Topband/2005-04/msg00052.html (8,341 bytes)

17. Re: Topband: Experiences with inverted L (score: 1)
Author: ersmar@comcast.net
Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2005 03:43:49 +0000
Evan: My first Topband antenna, in 1997, was just such an Inverted L. I ran it in the ARRL 160M 'test that year with only two radials and had a blast. It wasn't a barn-burner, but then I was running
/archives//html/Topband/2005-06/msg00004.html (9,205 bytes)

18. [TowerTalk] Anniversary (score: 1)
Author: <ersmar@comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 13:07:27 -0500
Gents: I just looked at the calendar and remembered that it was forty (!) years ago today that I passed my Novice Morse code test! My Elmer, Harry Schaefer (callsign forgotten by me, sorry) of Coalda
/archives//html/Topband/2005-11/msg00068.html (8,993 bytes)

19. Re: Topband: Grounding, Cadweld One-Shot source (score: 1)
Author: ersmar@comcast.net
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 19:26:30 +0000
Tim: Comments embedded below. 73 de Gene Smar AD3F Exothermic is unquestionably better because the wire and rod become fused into one mass of conductive material of low resistance. In the case of a m
/archives//html/Topband/2006-04/msg00057.html (9,713 bytes)

20. Topband: Topband QSLs (score: 1)
Author: <ersmar@comcast.net>
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 20:31:50 -0400
Gents: This weekend I've been going over my Topband QSLs for the purpose of determining progress toward my WAS award. I've known that I need KL7 worked and confirmed, plus I need QSLs from three othe
/archives//html/Topband/2006-06/msg00045.html (7,563 bytes)

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