- 41. Re: Topband: 160M CQ WW SSB this weekend - Frequencies (score: 1)
- Author: Lloyd Berg N9LB <lloydberg@charter.net>
- Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 14:50:34 -0500 (EST)
- Hi Mike! If this year is like other years, 160m will be filled from one band edge to the other. Yes, the lower half will have more stations operating than the upper half. 73 Lloyd - N9LB On Fri, Feb
- /archives//html/Topband/2015-02/msg00738.html (7,929 bytes)
- 42. Re: Topband: Bandpass filters for receive antennas (score: 1)
- Author: "Lloyd - N9LB" <lloydberg@charter.net>
- Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2015 20:10:28 -0500
- Hi Mike! I use filters made by Jack Smith at http://www.cliftonlaboratories.com/current_products.htm Great filters ( and expertly pre-tuned ) at a reasonable price - especially so if you purchase jus
- /archives//html/Topband/2015-10/msg00058.html (12,316 bytes)
- 43. Re: Topband: rohn insulators (score: 1)
- Author: "Lloyd - N9LB" <lloydberg@charter.net>
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2015 07:44:39 -0600
- Nice web site, Stan! One of the pix says you paint your antennas with "icephobic paint". Are you kidding or is there paint that is less likely to build up ice? Can you give us details about that? 73
- /archives//html/Topband/2015-12/msg00243.html (10,300 bytes)
- 44. Re: Topband: Stew Beef (score: 1)
- Author: lloydberg@charter.net
- Date: Fri, 08 Jan 2016 09:43:09 -0600
- Arent we forgetting that the signal report is how well the other station is receiving us, not how well we are getting out. One receiving station may have a high local noise level and reports your sig
- /archives//html/Topband/2016-01/msg00128.html (8,831 bytes)
- 45. Re: Topband: Spotlights (score: 1)
- Author: "Lloyd - N9LB" <lloydberg@charter.net>
- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2016 16:58:21 -0600
- Regarding working DX on 160m... "Luck Is What Happens When Preparation Meets Opportunity" Seneca --Original Message-- "Chance favors those who are prepared." Louis Pasteur. 73 - Steve WB6RSE ________
- /archives//html/Topband/2016-01/msg00636.html (6,528 bytes)
- 46. Topband: FCC Map of Ground Conductivity in US (score: 1)
- Author: lloydberg@charter.net
- Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2016 15:11:55 -0600
- http://www.radiomagonline.com/fcc/0019/fcc-reveals-m3-map-of-ground-conductivity-in-us/37366 [1] FCC M3 Map of Ground Conductivity in US Commission offering printable 43x69-inch map January 28, 2016
- /archives//html/Topband/2016-01/msg00699.html (7,595 bytes)
- 47. Re: Topband: A35T QRG change (score: 1)
- Author: lloydberg@charter.net
- Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2016 11:41:08 -0600
- Here is the Wisconsin RX Report. For RX, I have a YCCC array, RBOG, and two amplified phased loops spaced 135 feet into a DCC-1 box ( along with the TX vertical ). Yesterday, 2/23, I woke up with a s
- /archives//html/Topband/2016-02/msg00118.html (8,360 bytes)
- 48. Re: Topband: VOA Antennas (score: 1)
- Author: "Lloyd - N9LB" <lloydberg@charter.net>
- Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2016 15:50:33 -0500
- I am a retired broadcast engineer. When we'd give tours at the transmitter site in the evening, I'd hand out fluorescent light tubs to all attendees, then we'd all walk out near the tower bases ( but
- /archives//html/Topband/2016-04/msg00071.html (10,568 bytes)
- 49. Re: Topband: BOGs in alley under powerlines (score: 1)
- Author: "Lloyd - N9LB" <lloydberg@charter.net>
- Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2016 14:59:11 -0500
- Assuming the utilities are all in the back yards, I'd suggest you look at running a BOG wire along the edge of the sidewalk in the front yards. Is there any point in trying a 160 foot or so BOG down
- /archives//html/Topband/2016-10/msg00075.html (7,737 bytes)
- 50. Re: Topband: BOG (score: 1)
- Author: "Lloyd - N9LB" <lloydberg@charter.net>
- Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2016 18:15:00 -0500
- Hello Tony! Ground conditions and wire height above ground make a huge difference in best length. I found the optimum for my BOG, using WD-1A wire and operating at 1825 KHz, at my QTH is 290 feet. 73
- /archives//html/Topband/2016-10/msg00087.html (7,772 bytes)
- 51. Re: Topband: BOG (score: 1)
- Author: "Lloyd - N9LB" <lloydberg@charter.net>
- Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2016 23:05:59 -0500
- My Reversible Bog uses the KD9SV transformer set. It was originally 200 feet long, just increased to 290 feet and that made a very significant improvement on 160m front-to-back ratio, but hurt 80m pe
- /archives//html/Topband/2016-10/msg00090.html (10,626 bytes)
- 52. Re: Topband: BOG - Selecting the Optimum Length (score: 1)
- Author: "Lloyd - N9LB" <lloydberg@charter.net>
- Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2016 08:35:15 -0500
- I have been asked how I arrived at the 290 foot BOG length. My original 200 foot BOG had a good F/B on 80m but showed almost no directivity on 160m, so this indicated to me that the BOG needed to be
- /archives//html/Topband/2016-10/msg00092.html (11,128 bytes)
- 53. Re: Topband: BOG - Selecting the Optimum Length (score: 1)
- Author: "Lloyd - N9LB" <lloydberg@charter.net>
- Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2016 11:01:36 -0500
- Just to be clear, my original 200 foot BOG was a success much quieter on RX than the vertical ! In my particular environment, based on my particular soil conditions, I was not seeing a significant di
- /archives//html/Topband/2016-10/msg00096.html (15,336 bytes)
- 54. Re: Topband: RF interference from 160m to GE Electric stove (score: 1)
- Author: "Lloyd - N9LB" <lloydberg@charter.net>
- Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2016 09:58:41 -0600
- Hello Jay! Have you tried putting a string of "RF Suppression Snap-On Ferrites" on the power cord? Are the dimensions of the cord such that it is possible to use "RF Suppression Snap-On Ferrites"? Th
- /archives//html/Topband/2016-11/msg00014.html (9,984 bytes)
- 55. Re: Topband: St. Peter and St. Paul Rocks video from Band TV. (score: 1)
- Author: "Lloyd - N9LB" <lloydberg@charter.net>
- Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2016 10:31:34 -0600
- I would like to show this video at our DX Club meeting, but it says: "Sorry this video can only be watched by viewers in Brazil" Is there some way I can get a copy of this video? 73 Lloyd - N9LB Send
- /archives//html/Topband/2016-11/msg00137.html (8,207 bytes)
- 56. Re: Topband: underground cables question (score: 1)
- Author: "Lloyd - N9LB" <lloydberg@charter.net>
- Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2017 08:13:22 -0500
- I have PVC conduits under my yard because the cables to the towers travel under landscaping and I am not able to dig things up to change or add cables. I have placed a length of half inch hose in eac
- /archives//html/Topband/2017-10/msg00008.html (8,910 bytes)
- 57. Re: Topband: Rotator creating spur on 1820 (score: 1)
- Author: "Lloyd - N9LB" <lloydberg@charter.net>
- Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2017 12:12:20 -0500
- Do you have a heavy gauge flexible strap jumpering the mast pipe to the top of the tower? The mast pipe must be at the same electrical potential as the tower. The thrust bearing and rotor motor proba
- /archives//html/Topband/2017-11/msg00023.html (9,699 bytes)
- 58. Re: Topband: Hygain 18HT feed question (score: 1)
- Author: "Lloyd - N9LB" <lloydberg@charter.net>
- Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2018 20:58:05 -0600
- Hello Frank! Congrats on the Hygain 18HT HyTower. I have three suggestions: 1. top-load it with wires or a yagi or a pipe to extend it's electrical length if you will be using it on 160 or 80 meters.
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-01/msg00047.html (8,329 bytes)
- 59. Re: Topband: WKYW on 1810kc (score: 1)
- Author: "Lloyd - N9LB" <lloydberg@charter.net>
- Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2018 17:06:06 -0600
- Yes, hearing them at my QTH on my SE Beverage, carrier running 15 to 25 dB above my noise floor. Lloyd - N9LB near Madison, WI grid EN52HV Is anyone copying a AMBC stn around 1810kc. They are 30db ov
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-01/msg00068.html (9,015 bytes)
- 60. Re: Topband: WKYW on 1810kc (score: 1)
- Author: "Lloyd - N9LB" <lloydberg@charter.net>
- Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2018 17:21:28 -0600
- Lets light up those phones... WKYW-AM 1490 kHz Frankfort, Kentucky "Passport Radio 1490" Station Format: Oldies Phone: 502-875-1130 Somebody needs to give them a phone call. 73, Mike www.w0btu.com __
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-01/msg00075.html (9,452 bytes)
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