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1. Topband: Critters and Cables (score: 1)
Author: RK <midnight18@cox.net>
Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 16:48:29 +0000
Dear Reflectees, In 2004 I set out to build a midsized 160 m array comprised of 5 elements on some remote acreage in Northern Arizona. The system is located on an active cattle ranch and the antenna
/archives//html/Topband/2008-05/msg00053.html (7,423 bytes)

2. Re: Topband: 160m T-loaded vertical antenna (score: 1)
Author: RK <midnight18@cox.net>
Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 01:44:54 +0000
Greetings Jo, Congratulations on your new Antenna! In your post you said your new vertical has SWR was 1:1 at 1800 and 1.6:1 at 1825 kHz. This would indicate that the top-hat is a bit to long. My per
/archives//html/Topband/2008-05/msg00072.html (9,424 bytes)

3. Re: Topband: Getting started on 160 (score: 1)
Author: RK <midnight18@cox.net>
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 18:35:01 +0000
Dear Joe k7mks, First off all, long time no see but very glad you are interested in Top-Band. You pose some of the best questions I've seen on the reflector in a long time. Bring on the Drake "C" Lin
/archives//html/Topband/2008-06/msg00074.html (8,691 bytes)

4. Re: Topband: The glory days of 160 (score: 1)
Author: RK <midnight18@cox.net>
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 20:18:05 +0000
Yep, the glory days. Never having the chance to operate from the East Coast we Left Coasters in the earlier days of 160 were always struggling to compete and still do with the guys East of the Rockie
/archives//html/Topband/2008-07/msg00027.html (8,458 bytes)

5. Topband: Power (score: 1)
Author: RK <midnight18@cox.net>
Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 16:42:39 +0000
Slashdot style comments   (Score:5, Insightful) I contribute "Big Guns" with big signals mostly superb stations with big antennas. I do believe many top contest stations in the US exceed the maximum
/archives//html/Topband/2008-07/msg00037.html (8,303 bytes)

6. Re: Topband: August Boring Report (score: 1)
Author: RK <midnight18@cox.net>
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:55:05 +0000
The mornings are finally getting cooler in the desert. Now, if I could only get the threat of lightning to diminish on the high plateau 30 miles south of the Grand Canyon, I too would be active at th
/archives//html/Topband/2008-08/msg00036.html (7,378 bytes)

7. Re: Topband: CQ DX...calling protocol (score: 1)
Author: RK <midnight18@cox.net>
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:14:01 +0000
Top Band ops, Jon makes some very valid points. His pursuit of topband operation is focused on the DX aspect of operating. He has devoted enormous time, effort and money to achieve his personal goals
/archives//html/Topband/2008-08/msg00087.html (7,141 bytes)

8. Topband: Inverted "L" vs." T" (score: 1)
Author: RK <midnight18@cox.net>
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 03:42:07 +0000
Hello Gary, Regarding your question: "Is there any advantage in using an Inverted-L if you have to run it up a tree where the vertical run is very close to the tree verses a "T" where the vertical po
/archives//html/Topband/2008-10/msg00041.html (7,974 bytes)

9. Topband: "T" Antenna (score: 1)
Author: RK <midnight18@cox.net>
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:04:19 +0000
Hi Guys, I was away at work the last few days with no internet. Thanks, Rick for filling the gap! Rick's point about the horizontal component is correct. A slightly higher radiation resistance but no
/archives//html/Topband/2008-10/msg00070.html (7,883 bytes)

10. Topband: New CQ160 contest Rules (score: 1)
Author: RK <midnight18@cox.net>
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 02:43:56 +0000
Greetings and Happy Thanksgiving Guys, Hopefully I'm not going off half bent or the deep end.................... While the following may be suited best in another forum, it directly applies as well t
/archives//html/Topband/2008-11/msg00250.html (7,857 bytes)

11. Re: Topband: CQ Rule Change (score: 1)
Author: RK <midnight18@cox.net>
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 19:22:06 +0000
Many thanks to those who responded to my post both direct and indirect. I can and have worked EU and Africa at 2200 Z (2 hours before darkness) from Arizona, but not during the contests with low powe
/archives//html/Topband/2008-11/msg00268.html (7,651 bytes)

12. Topband: Weekend conditons (score: 1)
Author: RK <midnight18@cox.net>
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 15:07:02 +0000
Hola from AZ, I could not participate this weekend as I lost an element in the array affecting key directions last Friday due to a very large Bull Elk who got his rack into the upper guy ropes and br
/archives//html/Topband/2008-11/msg00275.html (7,416 bytes)

13. Topband: ARRL 160 snooze report (score: 1)
Author: RK <midnight18@cox.net>
Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 18:58:40 +0000
Hola from Arizona, AKA W7RH remote A week before CQWW CW a large bull Elk rendered 1/2 of my 160 m array useless metal. :( As it turned out it rained heavily for three days prior to to CQWW turning t
/archives//html/Topband/2008-12/msg00091.html (8,061 bytes)

14. Topband: Holes in Earth's magnetic cloak let the sun in (score: 1)
Author: RK <midnight18@cox.net>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:15:59 +0000
Of interest to my fellow top-banders. By Clare Baldwin SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The Earth's protective magnetosphere has two large holes that are letting in disruptive solar winds, scientists said o
/archives//html/Topband/2008-12/msg00172.html (7,470 bytes)

15. Topband: Resource Information (score: 1)
Author: RK <midnight18@cox.net>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:21:31 +0000
More propagation linked info. NASA: Ionosphere not where it should be by Staff Writers Washington (UPI) Dec 17, 2008 The U.S. space agency says it has discovered the boundary between the Earth's uppe
/archives//html/Topband/2008-12/msg00173.html (6,758 bytes)

16. Topband: Space is just a little bit closer (score: 1)
Author: RK <midnight18@cox.net>
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 23:06:53 +0000
Another Article about Ionosphere height. Space is just a little bit closer By Jonathan Amos Science reporter, BBC News, San Francisco The upper reaches of Earth's atmosphere are much lower than expec
/archives//html/Topband/2008-12/msg00202.html (7,290 bytes)

17. Re: Topband: CQ 160 weird ideas (score: 1)
Author: RK <midnight18@cox.net>
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 07:50:11 +0000
Greetings Top-Banders, Regarding the posts in the last two issues may I offer the following: Most has been done or tried before. Top Band is unique and at rare times the noise will be low enough, the
/archives//html/Topband/2009-01/msg00163.html (10,310 bytes)

18. Re: Topband: 160 to NA (score: 1)
Author: RK <midnight18@cox.net>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 03:30:28 +0000
I arrived at my remote site Thursday to prepare and rest for the 30 hour slugfest. By fate I could not operate Thursday night with such outstanding conditions. Friday and Saturday offered the best co
/archives//html/Topband/2009-01/msg00277.html (8,889 bytes)

19. Re: Topband: Boring Report (score: 1)
Author: RK <midnight18@cox.net>
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 17:55:08 +0000
A quiet month down in the SW. Darned, where are the conditions we had in CQ160 CW? March 2 managed to contact SM7BIC followed on 3rd with contact to G3ROO in a very brief opening and 6 minute battle
/archives//html/Topband/2009-03/msg00014.html (6,842 bytes)

20. Re: Topband: Topband wow! (score: 1)
Author: RK <midnight18@cox.net>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:02:44 +0000
Regarding Polish SWL SP300LG QSL for 2006 CQWW. Same thing here. QSO with VE5UF confirmed via the Buro. Mereck uses a Yaesu FRG8000 and FRA7700 active antenna. Maybe this fella has a secret we don't
/archives//html/Topband/2009-03/msg00084.html (6,457 bytes)

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