Hi Mike, You're right of course, but some of us small-backyard-suckers suffer from summer season gremlins:) - Neighbors (and/or YL/XYL) sitting in their garden 17/7 object to your visual TX antenna (
FUN That is what this hobby is about, right? This is more focusing on the psychic level and can be had at any kind of station and/or level of achievement. It does require you to do a reality check, v
Jim, This is a matter of semantics. The word "latency" was only shortly introduced to most of us, linking to that "awkward little time delay while doing audio via internet". The true and longer expla
Audio latency 'differences' can be shown in the shack already; my TT ORION vs a K2 vs a Perseus SDR show small but significant time differences. Especially the SDR is 'behind'. 73 Mark, PA5MW _______
Hi Tree, all, I believe there 's a third basic issue here: 3. The change of the leveling playing field Adaptions of shortcuts introduces new opportunities within the rules. **VERY TRUE With the new R
QSL ! Congratulations on the achieved remote RX/TX station setup. I tend to regard my 23x28ft backyard quite a challenge too for Topband, nevertheless found my way too.. 73 Mark, PA5MW --Original Mes
Robin, If you want to level matters and want no discussion (yes there has been a lot), then please refrain from doing it :) You say: This subject has been thoroughly beaten to death and hammered flat
Re-installing the RX antennas for this season, I noticed that OK0EV on 1854 kHz has disappeared. Anyone know what has happened? 73 Mark, PA5MW _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://ww
Ditto here.... So now what? - Buy a K3S +optional 2nd RX? - Or......add a 'second' R4C (+Sherwood mods) to my shack and lock them? 73 Mark, PA5MW _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http
Can they add /RHR or such please? So I can choose if I want to make this kind of QSO. BTW, I require a remote solution for climbing Everest or participate in Car Racing. That is currently not possibl
Exactly my point. I find my fun in this hobby by (mutual) achievement. However, I will not try to dictate how others should have their fun. Still I have a personal choice in what kind of radio contac
And this becomes even more critical if your RX antennas offer less gain like from a BOG where its output level is much lower, near the local background noise. 73, Mark PA5MW _________________ Topband
Now that we are 'sort of in post contest season mode' and sharing some good ideas, there is another question: During recent Field-day setups I noticed severe cross-talk issues between TX antennas and
Hi Bill, I think this is not what I meant here; I also do use BPF's and the Front End Savers. The problem is that while listening to your receiving antennas, there is also some signal from the transm
Hi Terry, I have no access to the K3's as they belong to someone else. But I learned there is no such thing as total isolation. Not even with the Frond end savers, unless they incorporate several rel
Hi Kees, That is what I successfully do at home, because my 160m vertical re-radiates to my RX antennes. But at the recent RDXC PI4YLC FD contest station both the 40 and 80m full-size deltaloops were
Good point. On 160 there was also a relatively nearby 829KHz AM BC station. The RDX PI4YLC Field-Day-style station used an OM-Power 6 BPF in its TX path. But no additional BPF or AM BCB HP filter in
Thanks Jim, Our learning point so far: Our fixed setups usually had harmonic coax stub filters per individual antenna. Antenna interaction was carefully measured with help of a spectrum analyzer (wor
Jim, This "referee" should act only if people start calling each other names or call for a public crucifiction or such. Everyone is entitled to their opinion and response. You can personally filter-o