This thread comes at a good time for me, as I am planning an 8 circle array as we speak. My installation will be an 84' diameter circle as I intend to us it on both 160 and 80m. My installation will
I don't have a problem at all with self spotting, regardless of band, time or mode. However, if you do self spot, you owe it to the community to stick around for 15 mins or so, on or near that freque
This spring I plan to augment my station receive capabilities by installing a array of receive verticals (DXE 8 circle). I live in New England on a glacial moraine; the soil is very rocky and uneven
Bob and the others, I understand (and even agree with, at least to an extent) many of the arguments against remote operation. It seems like most of these arguments are against remote stations that ar
I suspect a well trained and practiced brain may be able to out perform a DSP assisted average brain... However over the course of a contest (24-48 hours of [near] continuous operating) a DSP assiste
I have a 80m free standing 1/4 vertical on 80m, over 60x 65' radials. A coil between the feed-point and the radial plate matches the antenna. Large ferrite beads were added to the feed-line at the fe
Take a look at section 6 of chapter 11 of ON4UNs book. There is a whole discussion on a configuration very similar to what you propose. _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.conte
Frank, he coil of wire on the end will add an inductance... and terminating to a resistor at the other end probably wont make a difference. Basically you now have an unterminated beverage. It will be
I have been having good luck with Commscope F660BEF. It has a tough jacket and has good crush resistance. It is flooded cable rated for direct burial. _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - h
The dual shield direct burial coax that I have received from DXEngineering has been Commscope F660BEF. _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
"More shields in parallel reduces...shield coverage"? This seems counter intuitive, or did you mistype? Greg N2GZ _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
Bob, Take a look at RFU502-H1 from RF industries. They sell for ~$35 each new. I don't have experience with that particular connector, but I suspect it will work just fine with your cable. Otherwise
Hi Rod, Sorry to hear about your troubles. The sticking may not be aluminum corrosion, but might be a burr on one of the through holes, which could be digging into the other member and possibly exace
All of my radials are crimped lugs bolted to a common ring at the base of my antenna (either a stainless plate, or a piece of copper strapping) Copper strapping can be bought with pre-punched holes,
Congrats Joe! I know how you feel. KL7/VE7ACN was also my 50th for 160m WAS. I worked him the same morning as you did. I've been chasing KL7 on top band for quite some time now feels good to have it
Doug, what you describe is similar to what I have been using. I first installed a 80m 1/4 vertical. Its free standing tapered aluminum 3" to 1/4". Mine is over 60 radials about 65 in length. There is
The Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation group, HamSCI, has organized a QSO party to encourage contacts during the eclipse. Many skimmers are being reconfigured to have [RespotInterval]=0 during t
For those of you in the market for a compression tool that can do multiple types of coax compression types (RG 59, 6,7 and 11) take a look at model VT-300 available on eBay from a few sellers for a v