- 1. Re: Topband: Beverage ground rod substitute (score: 1)
- Author: "John Langdon" <jlangdon@outer.net>
- Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2011 12:23:24 -0600
- Thomas, I have similar soil - caliche on top of limestone. I could fit about a 480' run towards EU on my lot. I drilled a hole in the limestone for a ground rod, and backfilled it with Bentonite clay
- /archives//html/Topband/2011-01/msg00131.html (8,701 bytes)
- 2. Re: Topband: T30RH & Pile-Up Decorum (score: 1)
- Author: "John Langdon" <jlangdon@outer.net>
- Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 06:43:08 -0500
- I have noticed that some Topband operators have adopted a new program for working DX. It goes something like "locate the DX stations transmitting frequency, then locate the frequency he is listening
- /archives//html/Topband/2011-03/msg00051.html (7,873 bytes)
- 3. Topband: 4A4A and OD5NJ on 160m CW (score: 1)
- Author: "John Langdon" <jlangdon@outer.net>
- Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 10:28:53 -0500
- 4A4A was very loud here, but I listened to OD5NJ for a long time and he was weak to very weak in Texas. Totally inaudible on the transmit antenna (sloper), and very weak on the NE beverage. I only ca
- /archives//html/Topband/2011-03/msg00066.html (8,440 bytes)
- 4. Re: Topband: Beverages near the ocean (score: 1)
- Author: "John Langdon" <jlangdon@outer.net>
- Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2011 22:00:40 -0500
- I think it is high ground conductivity that is often true of soil near the ocean, not the ocean per se. 73 John N5CQ I was reading ON4UN's Low Band DXing Book and ran across a comment he made about b
- /archives//html/Topband/2011-04/msg00074.html (8,724 bytes)
- 5. Re: Topband: Covered /bare antennn wire (score: 1)
- Author: "John Langdon" <jlangdon@outer.net>
- Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 08:10:23 -0600
- It also doesn't seem to matter if the antennas in the stack have their elements insulated from the boom or bonded to it, the top antenna always has +20 dB or more noise. 73 John N5CQ The purpose of m
- /archives//html/Topband/2012-11/msg00253.html (11,887 bytes)
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