- 1. Topband: Re: FL DX & Topband Propagation (score: 1)
- Author: Thomas Giella, KN4LF" <kn4lf@earthlink.net (Thomas Giella, KN4LF)
- Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 12:55:07 -0500
- I and KK4SI easily worked 5B4MF and W4MZ worked 5H1RK from Florida's central east coast last night. PW0T was also finally Q5 audible here at my station in west central Florida. We are seeing the best
- /archives//html/Topband/2002-03/msg00012.html (9,633 bytes)
- 2. Topband: Topband RX Ant Reality Check (score: 1)
- Author: Thomas Giella, KN4LF" <kn4lf@earthlink.net (Thomas Giella, KN4LF)
- Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2002 09:18:42 -0500
- To suggest that an op. wait to call a DX station when the DX station bumps up to Q5 is nonsense. If our fellow ops with 200-300+ DXCC countries followed that idea their totals would be much lower. So
- /archives//html/Topband/2002-03/msg00027.html (7,161 bytes)
- 3. Topband: Tail Ending Legitimate (score: 1)
- Author: Thomas Giella, KN4LF" <kn4lf@earthlink.net (Thomas Giella, KN4LF)
- Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2002 22:04:23 -0500
- I think most reasonable people would define the "tail ending" technique as: timing the transmission of ones own call to coincide with the hordes of other DXers all temporarily ending their calling at
- /archives//html/Topband/2002-03/msg00032.html (7,798 bytes)
- 4. Topband: Topband Takeoff Angles (score: 1)
- Author: kn4lf@earthlink.net (KN4LF, Thomas Giella)
- Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2002 17:12:08 +0000
- Bert Asked: Is there any information out there on most useful TOA's on 160m, in particular for the Eastern NA to Europe path? Thomas KN4LF Says: Well most antennas in the real world transmit "some" R
- /archives//html/Topband/2002-03/msg00051.html (7,051 bytes)
- 5. Topband: ICEPAC & PROPLAB PRO (score: 1)
- Author: kn4lf@earthlink.net (KN4LF, Thomas Giella)
- Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2002 12:42:47 +0000
- Carl K9LA is certainly correct, ICEPAC does not give correct results for 160 meters. Unfortunately neither does PROPLAB PRO, though it is better software then nothing. 73, Thomas Giella, KN4LF
- /archives//html/Topband/2002-03/msg00059.html (6,499 bytes)
- 6. Topband: Chain Link Fence Grounding (score: 1)
- Author: Thomas Giella" <kn4lf@earthlink.net (Thomas Giella)
- Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 18:32:41 -0500
- My personal experience with chain link fencing in the ground system of a vertical antenna was negative. Even with the small amount of current actually running on it I got rectification problems, lot'
- /archives//html/Topband/2002-03/msg00108.html (7,507 bytes)
- 7. Topband: Elevated Radial Counterpoise (score: 1)
- Author: kn4lf@earthlink.net (Thomas Giella)
- Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 10:47:37 +0000
- I use an 80 foot vertical Tee with a 46 foot long horizontal linear load five feet above ground and with four 90 foot capacity hat wires. The feedpoint is five feet above ground with thirty five 1/8
- /archives//html/Topband/2002-03/msg00115.html (6,592 bytes)
- 8. Topband: FL 0400 UTC 160 DX Opening (score: 1)
- Author: kn4lf@earthlink.net (Thomas Giella)
- Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 18:24:03 +0000
- The "Topband Phone DX'ers Group" was in session this morning starting at 0400 UTC on 1847 kc. We had a good band opening from New England to Florida and as far west as Texas, with MW0, G's, HB, LA's,
- /archives//html/Topband/2002-03/msg00226.html (6,881 bytes)
- 9. Topband: Fantastic 160 Opening to EU (score: 1)
- Author: Thomas Giella" <kn4lf@earthlink.net (Thomas Giella)
- Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 09:15:08 -0500
- Last night the band was open gangbusters into Florida. CT1ALF peaked at an amazing S9+20 and S57UES peaked at 59+5 with his 100 watts. I was listening on my 80 foot Tee. 73, Thomas Giella, KN4LF Plan
- /archives//html/Topband/2002-02/msg00222.html (7,141 bytes)
- 10. Topband: H7DX & TI9M (score: 1)
- Author: kn4lf@earthlink.net (Thomas Giella, KN4LF)
- Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 15:26:44 +0000
- H7DX and TI9M had 599/59 good signals into Florida yesterday evening and I worked them easily. Good thing they were strong as late season cold weather power line increased load induced QRN is through
- /archives//html/Topband/2002-02/msg00248.html (6,878 bytes)
- 11. Topband: 160 Meter Propagation (score: 1)
- Author: "Thomas F. Giella KN4LF" <kn4lf@earthlink.net>
- Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:49:42 -0500
- Carl K9LA is correct in his assertion that change in height of the ionosphere in the equatorial region during solar minimum does not translate to a change in the height of the mid and high latitude i
- /archives//html/Topband/2009-01/msg00104.html (8,441 bytes)
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