- 1. Topband: VK9WI (score: 1)
- Author: k6xt@arrl.net (Art Charette)
- Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 06:11:42 -0700
- Ed W6KUT and I heard VK9WI for a lengthy period before sunrise with beautiful Q5 (S zero) signals on my low dipole lasting until about 5 minutes after sunrise. I called and called on 1823 and 1824. H
- /archives//html/Topband/2000-05/msg00029.html (7,147 bytes)
- 2. Topband: Elevated and ground mounted radials experiment. (score: 1)
- Author: k6xt@arrl.net (Art Charette)
- Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 12:21:37 -0800
- Ken My experience is very similar. My 3/8 wave GP - 160 ft tower, 15 ft mast - is fed at 32 feet with 5 radials. I saw a very minor increase in signal with radial #4, none with radial #5 checking wit
- /archives//html/Topband/2000-02/msg00050.html (7,559 bytes)
- 3. Topband: 160 Tonight (score: 1)
- Author: k6xt@arrl.net (Art Charette)
- Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 23:35:01 -0800
- A banner day, you might say. New ones today: CE0ZY 0359Z ZK2CA 0607Z ZD8Z 0713Z I thought conditions were better today than the past 2. With VP6BR a couple days ago, Feb is hot! Art Charette k6xt@arr
- /archives//html/Topband/2000-02/msg00146.html (6,646 bytes)
- 4. R: Topband: Receiver Dynamic Range (score: 1)
- Author: k6xt@arrl.net (Art Charette)
- Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 12:49:07 -0800
- Tom, please don't stop there. What was the dollar spent on?? Did you get rid of the 775DSP? My 781 probably uses a similar scheme but, except for crossband like JA, I use RIT/TIT for splits under 10K
- /archives//html/Topband/2000-01/msg00082.html (6,941 bytes)
- 5. Topband: Receiver recommendations, please! (score: 1)
- Author: k6xt@arrl.net (Art Charette)
- Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 23:03:25 -0800
- I think you'll be happier with the 775. The R4C has relatively low dynamic range and TOI compared to today's transceivers. Get competitive with it (ie, contesting) and it'll fold early. But, has real
- /archives//html/Topband/2000-01/msg00223.html (8,974 bytes)
- 6. Topband: Comments on R4C from Sherwood Engineering (score: 1)
- Author: k6xt@arrl.net (Art Charette)
- Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2000 12:19:20 -0800
- Rob makes some excellent points, which I've left in this reply. Tnx to K8IBQ. I'm off to the website to see if my 781 is listed. Had a good time last eve for the 3 hours or so I could operate in the
- /archives//html/Topband/2000-01/msg00247.html (10,496 bytes)
- 7. Re: Topband: Aluminum Lattice Tower (score: 1)
- Author: Art <k6xt@arrl.net>
- Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2008 04:21:03 -0700
- Bob My setup is somewhat similar to your plans and very effective. It is a 1/4 wave GP on 80 with radials at 15 ft instead of a ground radial vertical. At about 55 ft up the GP I have a pair of more
- /archives//html/Topband/2008-01/msg00002.html (7,653 bytes)
- 8. Topband: MN8CX (score: 1)
- Author: Art <k6xt@arrl.net>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:06:02 -0700
- Vic Misek distributes these cores for about a buck apiece in small quantity. www.exax.net 73 Art _______________________________________________ Topband mailing list Topband@contesting.com http://lis
- /archives//html/Topband/2008-01/msg00128.html (6,384 bytes)
- 9. Topband: Center fed beverage (score: 1)
- Author: Art <k6xt@arrl.net>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:12:27 -0700
- Due to physical layout the best option for another beverage here is center fed. If I have it all sorted out correctly, matching for the both-way transmission line mode will be two end termination tra
- /archives//html/Topband/2008-01/msg00129.html (6,633 bytes)
- 10. Re: Topband: Topband BCB interference reduction (score: 1)
- Author: Art <k6xt@arrl.net>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:01:40 -0700
- Mike I use a PAR Electronics Broadcast Eliminator. I measure -18dB at 1.700MHz. 73 Art _______________________________________________ Topband mailing list Topband@contesting.com http://lists.contest
- /archives//html/Topband/2008-01/msg00130.html (7,904 bytes)
- 11. Topband: [Fwd: Re: Par BCB filter] (score: 1)
- Author: Art <k6xt@arrl.net>
- Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:43:39 -0700
- In my original post on the PAR BCB filter I quoted 1.7MHz attenuation at -18dB measured. I failed to say it is a high pass filter. It does not attenuate any interference sources above 1.8MHz. As Kerr
- /archives//html/Topband/2008-01/msg00133.html (7,396 bytes)
- 12. Topband: QSL for UA0SC (score: 1)
- Author: Art <k6xt@arrl.net>
- Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:44:28 -0700
- FYI this received from Serge: -- Hi, Art. All addresses are valid, but it is better to send letters on - Serge Filonenko p.o.box 3300, Bratsk-29, 665729, RUSSIA 73 de Serge UA0SC Snip Snip -- _______
- /archives//html/Topband/2008-02/msg00002.html (6,389 bytes)
- 13. Re: Topband: 80/160 trap vertical (score: 1)
- Author: Art <k6xt@arrl.net>
- Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2008 07:42:46 -0700
- Tree I use exactly this system. It consists of 20 ft of R45, insulated at 15 ft. Inside the R45 is R25 to about 75 ft. Extending out the top of the R25 is a 2-3/8 aluminum pipe, adjusted to resonance
- /archives//html/Topband/2008-02/msg00003.html (8,297 bytes)
- 14. Re: Topband: Overcoming severe QRN (score: 1)
- Author: Art <k6xt@arrl.net>
- Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:32:45 -0700
- [Snip] [Snip He also told In ARRL CW this wkend a LZ came up on 40 maybe S5. Only thing, a California 6 was CQn about 50Hz up the band maybe S9++. What's a fella to do? New mult, Sunday AM at sunrise
- /archives//html/Topband/2008-02/msg00093.html (7,427 bytes)
- 15. Topband: TX5C vs TI9KK vs VP6DX (score: 1)
- Author: Art <k6xt@arrl.net>
- Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:32:22 -0600
- OK, OK! We've all been spoiled rotten by the Ducie operation. Now its back to 'normal'! 73 Art _______________________________________________ Topband mailing list Topband@contesting.com http://lists
- /archives//html/Topband/2008-03/msg00031.html (7,888 bytes)
- 16. Re: Topband: 160 Windom (score: 1)
- Author: Art <k6xt@arrl.net>
- Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:36:51 -0600
- Allan I too used a 160 Carolina Windom, height 55 feet. Mostly horizontal. I have no radials beneath it. For my first 3 years in Colorado it was my main antenna. Literally I 'worked the world' with i
- /archives//html/Topband/2008-07/msg00075.html (7,090 bytes)
- 17. Re: Topband: wide band noise generator (score: 1)
- Author: Art <k6xt@arrl.net>
- Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:57:01 -0600
- Tree -- Or you could just buy the *N-gen Wideband Noise Generator.(100 kHz - 500 MHz) *from Elecraft. For $39 it does not seem worth the effort to make your own. This one comes on a classy PC board,
- /archives//html/Topband/2008-08/msg00066.html (10,211 bytes)
- 18. Topband: OJ0B (score: 1)
- Author: Art <k6xt@arrl.net>
- Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 09:54:58 -0600
- Rose out of the noise for about 3 minutes on 23 Sept around 0419 just long enough to work. It was only the second time I'd heard them. Their signal at this time was many dB better than the previous e
- /archives//html/Topband/2008-09/msg00057.html (6,291 bytes)
- 19. Topband: Last couple of days (score: 1)
- Author: Art <k6xt@arrl.net>
- Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:50:50 -0600
- ....have been very productive with many stations heard, some worked and 3 new countries. If only I could stay up really late thru EU SR, then get up early well before my SR! So far this season is goi
- /archives//html/Topband/2008-10/msg00079.html (6,562 bytes)
- 20. Re: Topband: Most wanted on 160 (score: 1)
- Author: Art <k6xt@arrl.net>
- Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:35:54 -0600
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- /archives//html/Topband/2008-10/msg00082.html (8,027 bytes)
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