Author: Mike Waters W0BTU <mrscience65704@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2010 21:44:07 -0800 (PST)
FWIW, I heard a JA Friday AM here in SW Missouri before sunrise, and several JAs were on the lowband chat. 73, Mike Waters www.w0btu.com _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ...
Author: Mike Waters W0BTU <mrscience65704@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2011 01:30:59 -0800 (PST)
Looks like tonight was a GREAT night to be on 160! :-) From dxscape.com: [US] [1.8MHz] 0925Z = 1825JST SFI=79 SSN=11 A=6 K=2 LA9IAA 0652Z 1834.5 Bjorn W0BV PA4VHF 0643Z 1826.5 Moved hr W0BV G4EIM 064
Author: Mike Waters W0BTU <mrscience65704@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2011 13:30:20 -0800 (PST)
Mark, It IS short on 160, but it sure ought to work a little. And it should most certainly work on 80. I would look at the grounds, for starters. A single ground rod at each end wouldn't work right h
Author: Mike Waters W0BTU <mrscience65704@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2011 22:09:24 -0800 (PST)
When you first drive in a ground rod, it does not make contact with the area near the surface very well. The area near the surface is more important than what is happening farther down, as far as RF
Author: Mike Waters W0BTU <mrscience65704@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 00:55:49 -0800 (PST)
http://www.seed-solutions.com/gregordy/Amateur%20Radio/Experimentation/Beverage.htm http://www.seed-solutions.com/gregordy/images/BevSchem.gif shows grounds at both ends of the coax. That is not a go
Author: Mike Waters W0BTU <mrscience65704@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 03:58:14 -0800 (PST)
Mark, I went back and studied Greg Ordy's page at http://www.seed-solutions.com/gregordy/Amateur%20Radio/Experimentation/Beverage.htm at length. From his chart and animated GIF, it appears that merel
Author: Mike Waters W0BTU <mrscience65704@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 12:39:35 -0800 (PST)
Is anyone here also experiencing this? Here's another one. It is now 2:30 PM CST January 17, and the post below, sent two days ago, just came in within the last hour. I'm trying to determine whether