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1. Topband: Radials (score: 1)
Author: rick darwicki <n6pe@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 21:06:18 -0700 (PDT)
Gents, I have a 30' vertical with a 40 meter trap at the top, some horizontal wire to an 80 meter trap and additional horizontal wire for 160 meters. It is mounted on a 20' pole at the end of the roo
/archives//html/Topband/2008-05/msg00043.html (7,048 bytes)

2. Topband: Ferrite for loop antenna balun (score: 1)
Author: rick darwicki <n6pe@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:23:20 -0700 (PDT)
Gents, I am planning another 160 loop with varactor tuning and wonder what the best material is to use for the ferrite balun? Also, any schematic of voltage over the coax would be appreciated. Thanks
/archives//html/Topband/2008-08/msg00047.html (6,681 bytes)

3. Topband: Morning JAs (score: 1)
Author: rick darwicki <n6pe@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 07:14:52 -0700 (PDT)
WOW ! First time in about 10 Years I was hearing JAs at and after my sunrise. JG7PSJ and others were S5-6 down here near Los Angeles. Now I wish I had gotten up earlier. Rick, N6PE __________________
/archives//html/Topband/2008-10/msg00089.html (6,510 bytes)

4. Topband: RFC (score: 1)
Author: rick darwicki <n6pe@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 07:44:02 -0800 (PST)
Gents, I have a raised inverted L with traps and use it mostly on 160-40. I can load it on all bands with my tuner and use it in some contests as a general vertical on 160-10 meters. Can someone sugg
/archives//html/Topband/2008-11/msg00175.html (7,018 bytes)

5. Topband: 160 - N6PE (score: 1)
Author: rick darwicki <n6pe@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 13:40:21 -0800 (PST)
Out to town the first night and thought I would just try and pick up a VK or some PAC stations the last few hours Sunday night. Only a few Asians no VK heard. WOW what a shock to hear EU, only about
/archives//html/Topband/2009-01/msg00270.html (7,286 bytes)

6. Topband: Remote Receiving Antenna (score: 1)
Author: rick darwicki <n6pe@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:43:27 -0700 (PDT)
Hi all, I may have the chance to put up a remote receiving antenna on some property near me (5 miles away) that should be very quite as far as man made noise goes. Question is, how is it done? What e
/archives//html/Topband/2009-08/msg00049.html (7,037 bytes)

7. Topband: Thanks to all regarding remote RX antennas (score: 1)
Author: rick darwicki <n6pe@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 08:07:13 -0700 (PDT)
Great ideas and info, thanks guys. Rick, N6PE == Remember, E = M * C^2 was not the entire equation. _______________________________________________ Topband mailing list Topband@contesting.com http://
/archives//html/Topband/2009-08/msg00092.html (6,458 bytes)

8. Topband: TX5SPA (score: 1)
Author: rick darwicki <n6pe@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 20:51:01 -0700 (PDT)
Anyone know if they are working 160 on this trip?   Thanks    Rick, N6PE == Remember, Some things are not worth doing well _______________________________________________ Topband mailing list Topband
/archives//html/Topband/2009-10/msg00091.html (6,302 bytes)

9. Topband: TX5SPA (score: 1)
Author: rick darwicki <n6pe@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 11:44:57 -0700 (PDT)
Good signal into California last night....... now if I can snag 3D20CR for #70 hi hi Rick, N6PE == Remember, Some things are not worth doing well _______________________________________________ Topba
/archives//html/Topband/2009-10/msg00108.html (6,667 bytes)

10. Topband: 43 foot vertical (score: 1)
Author: rick darwicki <n6pe@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:07:57 -0700 (PDT)
Hi all, I have an elevated inverted L with traps 33' up 80' out plus a DX Engineering Choke. My tuner loads it on all bands 160-10. Anyone using a 43 foot vertical with a Nye Viking 3 KW tuner and ge
/archives//html/Topband/2009-10/msg00137.html (7,064 bytes)

11. Topband: Top Band (score: 1)
Author: rick darwicki <n6pe@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:09:05 -0700 (PDT)
We can probably get more people on 160 if it wasn't only during a contest that someone was on the band. Many nights it is open, but void of signals. I do the 160 thing from a noisy area with a 35' he
/archives//html/Topband/2009-10/msg00286.html (6,947 bytes)

12. Topband: Seeing the light (score: 1)
Author: rick darwicki <n6pe@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:01:21 -0700 (PDT)
Starting in about 1975 I tried every sort of ground mounted 35' high 160 vertical I could put up without scaring the XYL or having the city cite me. Most of the first versions didn't get me east of t
/archives//html/Topband/2009-10/msg00390.html (8,463 bytes)

13. Topband: Contesting comments (score: 1)
Author: rick darwicki <n6pe@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 08:54:55 -0700 (PDT)
As I have said in the past, I have entered the 160 contests knowing full well I would not "win". Several times I actually won the Orange Section. Most like because the big guns here didn't enter. Man
/archives//html/Topband/2009-10/msg00473.html (6,865 bytes)

14. Topband: XR0Y and TX3A (score: 1)
Author: rick darwicki <n6pe@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 18:34:01 -0800 (PST)
XR0 said they will be on 160 a lot tonight and 80 tomorrow TX5A should be up on 160 tonight about 0900Z Rick, N6PE == Remember, Some things are not worth doing well __________________________________
/archives//html/Topband/2009-11/msg00151.html (6,452 bytes)

15. Topband: Noise (score: 1)
Author: rick darwicki <n6pe@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:41:38 -0800 (PST)
Yesterday I did something I have been wanting to do for a long time. I shutoff all the house breakers and unplugged the computer UPS. They I hooked up the PRO III to a 12 volt car battery. Sad to say
/archives//html/Topband/2009-11/msg00315.html (6,403 bytes)

16. Topband: CCD antenna (score: 1)
Author: rick darwicki <n6pe@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 09:28:15 -0800 (PST)
Has anyone had any experience with the CCD antenna on 160 RX or TX? This is a 560 foot long center fed antenna with a bunch of series capacitors. http://www.presenceknown.com/ccd/aboutccds.aspx has a
/archives//html/Topband/2009-12/msg00084.html (7,098 bytes)

17. Topband: 160 RX Loops (score: 1)
Author: rick darwicki <n6pe@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 19:24:41 -0800 (PST)
Hi all, With high local line noise, is a TUNED LOOP or non-resonant RX loop a better option? I've seen blogs that shielding a loop really doesn't do much. Comments? Rick, N6PE == Remember, Some thing
/archives//html/Topband/2009-12/msg00219.html (6,316 bytes)

18. Topband: Tuner balun (score: 1)
Author: rick darwicki <n6pe@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 19:19:15 -0800 (PST)
Hello all, I have a WM. M. Nye 3000 Watt tuner and see that it uses a PI network and Tri-Filar Balun on the output. The Balun is in the circuit on coax, single wire and twin led output and is suppose
/archives//html/Topband/2010-01/msg00079.html (7,036 bytes)

19. Topband: Nye Tuner cure (score: 1)
Author: rick darwicki <n6pe@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 12:03:44 -0800 (PST)
Thanks to all for the suggestions for curing my tuner problems. Adding 500 pf to position 5 allowed me to tune 1800-1820 fine but then in position 4 would not tune 1825-1835 flat. I found a chunk of
/archives//html/Topband/2010-01/msg00094.html (6,727 bytes)

20. Topband: SDR radio for 160 (score: 1)
Author: rick darwicki <n6pe@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 08:44:10 -0800 (PST)
The 160m SoftRock Lite II provides a simple SDR receiver with a fixed center frequency of approximately 1.842 MHz. When used with a stereo input sound card that can sample at 96 kHz, the band coverag
/archives//html/Topband/2010-01/msg00246.html (7,725 bytes)

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