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41. Topband: On to 1715! (score: 1): Author: k4kyv@hotmail.com (Donald Chester); Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 08:01:00; As one of the hardy souls who helped perpetuate amateur interest in 160 by actively using the band during the early 1960's, the recent debate over band plans got me thinking... When I first got on to; /archives//html/Topband/2002-03/msg00252.html (9,010 bytes)
42. Topband: Noise cancellers (score: 1): Author: k4kyv@hotmail.com (Donald Chester); Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2002 23:25:39; I would be interested in hearing what kind of results anyone has had using the Timewave ANC-4 or the MFJ 1025 or 1026 antenna noise cancellers to improve reception on 160. I would be especially inter; /archives//html/Topband/2002-02/msg00036.html (6,774 bytes)
43. Topband: Noise and reception (score: 1): Author: k4kyv@hotmail.com (Donald Chester); Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 21:59:15; Thank you to all who have commented on the electronic noise cancellers by Timewave and MFJ. I'm still browsing the archives. My tx antenna is a full size quarter wave vertical with base insulator and; /archives//html/Topband/2002-02/msg00043.html (9,765 bytes)
44. Topband: Noise and reception (K6STI loop) (score: 1): Author: k4kyv@hotmail.com (Donald Chester); Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 04:29:39; Re the K6STI loop, I built mine directly from the articles. It is 12' above the ground and 21' on a side. I was very careful to set the poles so that all sides are equal and in a perfect square. I be; /archives//html/Topband/2002-02/msg00060.html (9,611 bytes)
45. Topband: Elevated beverage (score: 1): Author: k4kyv@hotmail.com (Donald Chester); Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 01:43:11; Wonder if anyone has ever tried to elevate a beverage above ground, by using relatively tall poles, 20' or so high. Run two wires, one directly above the other, separated by 5-10 ft. The top wire wou; /archives//html/Topband/2002-02/msg00076.html (7,479 bytes)
46. Fw: Topband: Noise and reception (score: 1): Author: k4kyv@hotmail.com (Donald Chester); Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 01:56:19; ...I will add those comments to my I read the articles in Sept 95 QST, but I don't recall anything magic about 450 ohm line impedance. They did say that 300 ohm line would work only with small loops; /archives//html/Topband/2002-02/msg00077.html (10,294 bytes)
47. Topband: Power line communication (PLC) - Trends in Holland (score: 1): Author: k4kyv@hotmail.com (Donald Chester); Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 21:00:13; Also, would the interfererce be mutual? We all know what noisy phone lines can do with dial-up. What happens when data gets lost and currupted every time we go on the air. Does that become the PLC's; /archives//html/Topband/2002-02/msg00086.html (8,834 bytes)
48. Topband: Verticals: shunt vs series feed (score: 1): Author: k4kyv@hotmail.com (Donald Chester); Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 21:26:57; I don't think it makes any difference, if the tower is fed correctly. They will function exactly the same. I use a 127 foot tower on a base insulator. Series feed is more problematic mechanically, bu; /archives//html/Topband/2002-02/msg00128.html (6,583 bytes)
49. Topband: Signal on 1952.250 (score: 1): Author: k4kyv@hotmail.com (Donald Chester); Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 03:00:11; Does anyone know any details about the Radiolocation beacon on 1952.250 kHz? I am curious where it is located, how much power, what antenna, etc. It fades out completely here (in TN) during the day,; /archives//html/Topband/2002-02/msg00130.html (7,517 bytes)
50. Topband: Conditions on 160m last night (score: 1): Author: k4kyv@hotmail.com (Donald Chester); Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002 08:53:04; I just simply refuse to work ANYONE I Why can't the folks who sponsor these contests simply agree that certain frequencies will be off limits to contest activity, and declare that anyone monitored in; /archives//html/Topband/2002-02/msg00159.html (8,193 bytes)
51. Topband: Beverage grounds (score: 1): Author: k4kyv@hotmail.com (Donald Chester); Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 04:15:03; I would like to hear from anyone with experience with the methods of grounding beverages (ground rod, radials or both). I started out with mine using ground rods only. Later, added seven 10' radials; /archives//html/Topband/2002-02/msg00195.html (8,358 bytes)
52. Re: Topband: Radial Plate (score: 1): Author: "Donald Chester" <k4kyv@hotmail.com>; Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2003 21:57:42 +0000; Who makes a good radial plate...I have found one that is made of aluminum but concerned about dissimilar metal corrosion over time...probably brass would be best...or stainless steel...any ideas... D; /archives//html/Topband/2003-08/msg00124.html (9,286 bytes)
53. Re: Topband: Fw: 25G insulators (score: 1): Author: "Donald Chester" <k4kyv@hotmail.com>; Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 07:46:16 +0000; A full size 160 vertical will draw big arcs during thunderstorms. At NR5M they had to short the vertical to ground with an auto battery jumper cable. Better still, install a heavy duty spark gap acro; /archives//html/Topband/2003-08/msg00146.html (9,038 bytes)
54. Re: Topband: AMRAD weighs in on BPL (score: 1): Author: "Donald Chester" <k4kyv@hotmail.com>; Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 08:17:21 +0000; BTW it also does not help that several spelling and editing errors crept into the AMRAD filing. Wasn't there a recently published memo from someone at the FCC or NTIA that was full of typos and spell; /archives//html/Topband/2003-08/msg00147.html (9,075 bytes)
55. Topband: View BPL Propaganda Video (score: 1): Author: "Donald Chester" <k4kyv@hotmail.com>; Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 15:29:27 +0000; To view the video, enter the following URL: http://www.uplc.org/ When the web page comes up, look in the lower lefthand corner. You will see a black rectangle with the text "Broadband Over Powerlines; /archives//html/Topband/2003-08/msg00152.html (7,423 bytes)
56. Re: Topband: Fw: 25G insulators (score: 1): Author: "Donald Chester" <k4kyv@hotmail.com>; Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 23:04:44 +0000; The arc gaps across the insulated section is a simple and very effective way of taking care of the static charge It is much better to use ONE insulator to support the tower at a pivot point than to u; /archives//html/Topband/2003-08/msg00157.html (9,639 bytes)
57. Re: Topband: Critters Eating Coax (score: 1): Author: "Donald Chester" <k4kyv@hotmail.com>; Date: Sat, 06 Sep 2003 17:12:54 +0000; I wonder if anyone on the reflector knows of a remedy that will stop squirrels from eating the black jacket from Rg213 coax? I have had the same problem with critters (probably rodents) eating the ja; /archives//html/Topband/2003-09/msg00029.html (7,462 bytes)
58. Topband: This is from FCC Digest re BPL (score: 1): Author: "Donald Chester" <k4kyv@hotmail.com>; Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 22:44:49 +0000; Addressing the United Powerline Council's annual conference September 22 in Arlington, Virginia, FCC Commissioner Kathleen Q. Abernathy expressed unabashed enthusiasm for BPL and recommended a combin; /archives//html/Topband/2003-09/msg00120.html (11,823 bytes)
59. Topband: 1952 khz beacon (score: 1): Author: "Donald Chester" <k4kyv@hotmail.com>; Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 22:58:14 +0000; I have noticed the last few evenings that the radiolocation beacon on 1952+ kHz has been very weak throughout the evening, sometimes barely audible. Usually it is the strongest signal on the band. Ba; /archives//html/Topband/2003-10/msg00101.html (7,262 bytes)
60. Re: Topband: ~ 1/4 wave 160 doublet (score: 1): Author: "Donald Chester" <k4kyv@hotmail.com>; Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 00:21:32 +0000; I can tune my 80m. open wire fed dipole on 160, and it works pretty well. The tuning is very sharp; +/- 10 kHz at the very most. I had to make some additional feedline to add in to the feeder to get; /archives//html/Topband/2003-10/msg00138.html (7,797 bytes)

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