Hi Grant! I worked at WDAE Radio in Tampa, FL back in the 80's and 90's. The engineer before me decided to try the new technology Philly-strand guy lines on the AM directional towers because they had
Sorry, I meant to send this follow-up to the entire reflector. The newer version Philly-strand is excellent - it has become the standard for guying insulated AM broadcast towers, and is also used on
To clarify, it was the original straight fiber version of Philly-strand that we had problems with at WDAE AM 1250 KHz. We were able to successfully compensate for the inner strand slippage characteri
Hello Jack! Thanks for being QRV on 160m! Yes! Very much interest. Please activate your station on 160m again as soon as you can. 73 Lloyd - N9LB --Original Message-- From: Topband [mailto:topband-bo
Any chance for some SSB for us mid-west stations? ( Yes, with amplifier ) FYI Topbanders...tonight is the last night to get W1AW/0 - Missouri on 160m until October. Freq about 1826, receiving "up 1".
Hi Ed! I've got a 1650 KHz 10 KW station about six miles away. I am using a Clifton Laboratories Z10022A high pass filter for 160 meter reception. Works great and very reasonable price. http://www.cl
Hi Ed! I've got a 1650 KHz 10 KW station about six miles away. I am using a Clifton Laboratories Z10022A high pass filter for 160 meter reception. Works great and very reasonable price. http://www.cl
I'm in Wisconsin and I've never worked Haiti on topband either. I believe there is a large stateside demand for HH on 160m. 73 Lloyd - N9LB How about working W6? In 8 years, I'm missing Haiti on Topb
In my case, I started out with four radials, great wideband match ~100KHz When I had some more time and wire, I went to 8 radials, that cut the bandwidth in half, still a good match. Each chance I ha
The bad thing about high SWR in a high powered system are the resulting high voltage points and high current points generated by the forward and reflected waves. Those high voltages and current point
FYI 5-9 plus in southern Wisconsin Lloyd - N9LB It peaks at a heading of about 75 degrees from eastern MA, as best as I can determine on a Hi-Z 8 circle array. I made a video of its spectrum as captu
Pre-dawn here in Wisconsin, the noise is not detectable here as of 1245z Lloyd - N9LB --Original Message-- From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Don Kirk Sent: Monday, Dec
One word of caution. Don't put the radials too far under the surface. 2, 3, 4, or 5 inches down is too deep! Remember that you will be cooking the soil ( introducing losses ) between the radial wires
Rob, I don't know you, but what I stated is absolutely true. I've been a broadcast engineer for 40 years, much of the time with a Potomac Field Intensity meter in one hand and a notebook in the other
I have read and re-read the recently posted 160m RX antenna information presented on the Top Band Reflector and am sold on building a separate low band receive antenna system in my front yard that is
I have received many suggestions and ideas on this subject. Finding a single RX antenna system that nulls the neighbor noise sources at 90 and 270 degrees is proving to be a challenge. Greg has offer
Thanks for the input. Yes, utilities are underground, located by the road - north side of property. This is adjacent to the proposed RX receiving area. I can detect no noise coming from these undergr
All, They just uploaded the missing K1N 160m QSO records to Clublog site a few minutes ago. ~ 7000 entries! ... including my missing 160m QSO :-) 73 Lloyd - N9LB _________________ Topband Reflector A
American Transmission Company built and activated a 345KW line right thru Madison, WI two years ago. Huge towers, huge green glass insulators. The line runs right past my XYL's office window, about 1
ATNO = All Time New One Never worked Navassa on any band or mode. Hello anyone know if the removed 160 mts antenna? Nothing last night, so I think tonight will be no 160 mts, right? PD: what's the di