- 1. Topband: Shunt Fed Tower Info (score: 1)
- Author: k6se at juno.com (k6se@juno.com)
- Date: Mon Aug 4 12:04:50 2003
- Hi, Bill, Even though the beams on your monster tower have all elements insulated from the boom, the driven elements will still add to the top loading because their feedlines running down the tower t
- /archives//html/Topband/2003-08/msg00009.html (8,532 bytes)
- 2. Topband: Shunt Fed Tower Info (score: 1)
- Author: k6se at juno.com (k6se@juno.com)
- Date: Tue Aug 5 17:04:02 2003
- Regarding floating elements be aware that the driven element, although insulated from the boom, acts like it is grounded to the boom on 160m because of the feedline's coupling to the tower on its way
- /archives//html/Topband/2003-08/msg00014.html (8,462 bytes)
- 3. Topband: ZL3IX Visit (score: 1)
- Author: k6se at juno.com (k6se@juno.com)
- Date: Mon Aug 11 05:37:49 2003
- Had a nice visit by 160-meter DXer Greg, ZL3IX (ex-ZS5K) a week ago after he completed some business in L.A. We went to a local ham coffee get-together where Greg got a better sample of the local cre
- /archives//html/Topband/2003-08/msg00050.html (6,531 bytes)
- 4. Topband: IC-756pro2 A/B Test Results (score: 1)
- Author: k6se at juno.com (k6se@juno.com)
- Date: Mon Aug 11 17:24:31 2003
- I have compared the Icom IC-756pro2 with my FT-1000MP and Elecraft K2 in an A/B test on digging real on-air weak CW signals out of the noise on 10 meters and 160 meters. The 756pro2 performed best on
- /archives//html/Topband/2003-08/msg00053.html (9,020 bytes)
- 5. Topband: IC-756pro2 A/B Test Results (score: 1)
- Author: k6se at juno.com (k6se@juno.com)
- Date: Wed Aug 13 12:18:02 2003
- "In my subjective experience, it's often the case that I'm aware that a dx station is transmitting on frequency, and I can tell when he begins and ends xmsn, but I still am unable to actually copy th
- /archives//html/Topband/2003-08/msg00070.html (7,970 bytes)
- 6. Topband: BPL (score: 1)
- Author: k6se at juno.com (k6se@juno.com)
- Date: Fri Aug 15 12:44:52 2003
- As I understand it, the Broadband over Power Line (BPL) proposal by the electric power companies is an attempt to have the FCC relax the present power line radiation limits. Yet, in the same breath,
- /archives//html/Topband/2003-08/msg00077.html (7,949 bytes)
- 7. Topband: 1/2 wave tower (score: 1)
- Author: k6se at juno.com (k6se@juno.com)
- Date: Wed Aug 20 12:27:00 2003
- Hi, Ron, "Is it practical to shunt feed a 1/2^ vertical?" == Yes, you can, but whether it is practical is a moot question. The 50-ohm tap point for the shunt wire onto the tower will be quite high ab
- /archives//html/Topband/2003-08/msg00101.html (7,375 bytes)
- 8. Topband: A/B testing K6se etc. (score: 1)
- Author: k6se at juno.com (k6se@juno.com)
- Date: Tue Jul 1 18:06:53 2003
- "This is a very good point! Earl, how do you know the increase in third harmonic 'copy' is not actually from rig defects??" == If there is actually no 3rd harmonic being radiated by the BC station, I
- /archives//html/Topband/2003-07/msg00008.html (8,565 bytes)
- 9. Topband: Re: [Elecraft] K2 and Ten-Tec Orion (score: 1)
- Author: k6se at juno.com (k6se@juno.com)
- Date: Wed Jul 16 18:26:59 2003
- I received the KDSP2 for my Elecraft K2 Monday, and have been A/B-ing it with my FT-1000MP since Monday night. With the unit's DSP filter set to 50 Hz (normal, not "soft") and and using NR1 with the
- /archives//html/Topband/2003-07/msg00064.html (7,902 bytes)
- 10. Topband: Re: Weak Signal Reception (EME view) (score: 1)
- Author: k6se at juno.com (k6se@juno.com)
- Date: Fri Jul 18 18:00:35 2003
- Please forgive the bandwidth, but I always feel compelled to rebut the naysayers. "What do I feel is the most valid 160 receiver test around? Very simple answer...the CQ 160 CW Contest." == I have co
- /archives//html/Topband/2003-07/msg00083.html (8,147 bytes)
- 11. Topband: Re: Weak Signal Reception (EME view) (score: 1)
- Author: k6se at juno.com (k6se@juno.com)
- Date: Fri Jul 18 18:00:37 2003
- "Regarding not hearing stations calling off frequency, this can be a problem when using such narrowband reception, and especially in contests, it is necessary to always "wiggle" the dial back and for
- /archives//html/Topband/2003-07/msg00084.html (8,244 bytes)
- 12. Topband: Detuning Xmit Antenna while RXing. (score: 1)
- Author: k6se at juno.com (k6se@juno.com)
- Date: Sun Jul 27 05:44:20 2003
- "I'm running an FT-1000MP here and am experimenting with various receive antennae. Can anyone point me to a circuit that I can construct to drive a vacuum relay to unground my Xmit antennas on Xmit..
- /archives//html/Topband/2003-07/msg00114.html (7,752 bytes)
- 13. Topband: Visit from ZS6EZ (score: 1)
- Author: k6se at juno.com (k6se@juno.com)
- Date: Mon Jun 2 19:36:54 2003
- Last Thursday (May 29, 2003) I was paid a visit by Chris Burger, ZS6EZ from the Republic of South Africa. I had worked Chris a couple of times on 160-meter CW and he was in Palmdale to update the sof
- /archives//html/Topband/2003-06/msg00001.html (7,567 bytes)
- 14. Topband: Ten-Tec Orion (score: 1)
- Author: k6se at juno.com (k6se@juno.com)
- Date: Wed Jun 18 20:55:41 2003
- My Ten-Tec Orion arrived about a month ago and I posted my initial impressions, mostly favorable, on this refelctor a few days afterwards. I had not tested that radio at that time for my main criteri
- /archives//html/Topband/2003-06/msg00026.html (8,350 bytes)
- 15. Topband: Ten-Tec Orion, et al (score: 1)
- Author: k6se at juno.com (k6se@juno.com)
- Date: Sat Jun 21 11:29:36 2003
- "In my shack, the Icom IC-746 PRO has exhibited the best receiver characteristics of any HF transceiver I've owned. I wonder how it would stack up against the competition? Especially on 160 CW?" == S
- /archives//html/Topband/2003-06/msg00031.html (7,117 bytes)
- 16. Topband: Omni VI+ A/B Test Results (score: 1)
- Author: k6se at juno.com (k6se@juno.com)
- Date: Sun Jun 22 17:35:22 2003
- I've long wanted to check the Ten-Tec Omni VI+ for diggimg weak signals out of the noise. I was able to finally talk a local ham (who is an avid Ten-Tec'er) who attends our daily coffee get-togethers
- /archives//html/Topband/2003-06/msg00037.html (9,004 bytes)
- 17. Topband: Omni VI+ A/B Test Results (score: 1)
- Author: k6se at juno.com (k6se@juno.com)
- Date: Tue Jun 24 15:11:56 2003
- "I would agree that what you say is true as long as you are sure that the signals you are listening to are well above the receiver's thermal noise floor." == The "band" (atmospheric) noise on 160-met
- /archives//html/Topband/2003-06/msg00056.html (7,089 bytes)
- 18. Topband: RE: Omni VI+ A/B Test results (score: 1)
- Author: k6se at juno.com (k6se@juno.com)
- Date: Tue Jun 24 15:11:58 2003
- "It seems to me that this list is quite meaningless without the inclusion of the other popular radios. Any hand picked (either intentional or not) collection of radios will exhibit quite a bit of var
- /archives//html/Topband/2003-06/msg00057.html (9,972 bytes)
- 19. Topband: RE: Omni VI+ A/B Test results (score: 1)
- Author: k6se at juno.com (k6se@juno.com)
- Date: Tue Jun 24 17:11:04 2003
- "It would interesting to find out if Earl tried the running the Ten-Tec Orion with the narrow analog filters switched out while at the same time cranking down the bandwidth of the DSP filters." == Ye
- /archives//html/Topband/2003-06/msg00061.html (9,179 bytes)
- 20. Topband: A/B Testing Limits (score: 1)
- Author: k6se at juno.com (k6se@juno.com)
- Date: Tue Jun 24 21:43:21 2003
- "Time of year, propagation conditions, location, antenna types and condition, operator skills and preferences, modifications made, all play a critical role." == 1) Time of year: All receivers are com
- /archives//html/Topband/2003-06/msg00063.html (8,337 bytes)
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