- 1. Topband: High Dipoles and Bootlace Antennas (score: 1)
- Author: peter.sally@pacific.net.sg (Peter and Sally Cook)
- Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 12:25:13 +0800
- All, We're about to move to a new QTH in Singapore (this 1000sqft apartment = 'aint big enough for the 5 of us), so I've taken down my half wave = dipole (strung between two condo blocks at 300ft). =
- /archives//html/Topband/2002-05/msg00000.html (7,379 bytes)
- 2. Topband: One way propogation or QRM? (score: 1)
- Author: peter.sally@pacific.net.sg (Peter and Sally Cook)
- Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 11:07:32 +0000
- Guys, Managed to work a couple of West Coast yesterday during CQWW 1100- 1400z (28 Jan) but the Rx conditions were superb! Wall to wall US stations CQing for hours ( KV0Q, N7JW, N7DD, N6NA, K7MI, W7R
- /archives//html/Topband/2002-01/msg00209.html (7,770 bytes)
- 3. Topband: Poor Condx from SE Asia (score: 1)
- Author: peter.sally@pacific.net.sg (Peter and Sally Cook)
- Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 08:56:39 +0000
- Folks, Had a nice chat with my near neighbour Ross 9M2AX on 160m last week (500km away). Condx have been very poor with no EU yet this season, just a few very welcome West Coast US QSO's at ~1400z. R
- /archives//html/Topband/2001-11/msg00062.html (6,674 bytes)
- 4. Topband: Singapore -New antenna is up (score: 1)
- Author: peter.sally@pacific.net.sg (Peter Cook)
- Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 16:04:23 +0800
- Folks, my new antenna is up. Parallel fed half wave dipoles for 160m and 75m at 300ft height, fed with 75 ohm twin feeder, with balun in shack. Loads up a treat with 1.2:1 SWR on the interesting bits
- /archives//html/Topband/2001-09/msg00044.html (6,577 bytes)
- 5. Topband: Lightning Protection (score: 1)
- Author: peter.sally@pacific.net.sg (Peter Cook)
- Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 13:33:17 +0800
- Folks, I'm after some advice on lightning protection. I have just put up a center fed half wave dipole for 160m between the roofs of two 20 storey condominium blocks. I live on the 10th floor of one
- /archives//html/Topband/2001-09/msg00063.html (7,994 bytes)
- 6. Topband: New Antenna (score: 1)
- Author: peter.sally@pacific.net.sg (Peter Cook)
- Date: Sat, 04 Aug 2001 10:43:20 +0800
- Folks, I just got word that the condominium management have approved my application for installation of a half wave dipole for 160m. The antenna will be strung between two 20 storey tall condo blocks
- /archives//html/Topband/2001-08/msg00011.html (6,867 bytes)
- 7. Topband: Update on New Antenna (score: 1)
- Author: peter.sally@pacific.net.sg (Peter Cook)
- Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 05:46:44 +0800
- Folks, Thanks for all the kind messages and suggestions. This half wave dipole at 300ft is becoming a bit of a crusade now - I have a team of helpers including some lightning protection experts (one
- /archives//html/Topband/2001-08/msg00023.html (7,897 bytes)
- 8. Topband: Spot Effect to North EU (score: 1)
- Author: peter.sally@pacific.net.sg (Peter Cook)
- Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2001 07:06:06 +0800
- Folks, Got on the air at 2122z early this morning and Svein LA3XI knocked my socks off with a genuine 599+ signal. Then lots more OH, SM, LA. There was a very interesting spot effect, one minute the
- /archives//html/Topband/2001-01/msg00012.html (7,085 bytes)
- 9. Topband: Singapore Report (score: 1)
- Author: peter.sally@pacific.net.sg (Peter Cook)
- Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 07:43:54 +0800
- Folks, Fantastic Rx conditions to EU this morning 2100z-2230z, heard lots of new ones for me OZ, several HA's, SP, UA, YL etc etc. Also some good sigs from southern EU. All very strong. But couldn't
- /archives//html/Topband/2001-01/msg00026.html (6,830 bytes)
- 10. Topband: 9v to East Coast (score: 1)
- Author: peter.sally@pacific.net.sg (Peter Cook)
- Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 08:31:18 +0800
- Folks, a great pleasure to work Tom W8JI at 1215z on 5 Jan, not easy with 449 both sides. Thanks Tom. So tired I missed the alarm clock for my 2100z session and missed all that fine EU DX AGAIN... da
- /archives//html/Topband/2001-01/msg00041.html (6,687 bytes)
- 11. Topband: Conditons near Equator (score: 1)
- Author: peter.sally@pacific.net.sg (Peter Cook)
- Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 14:51:59 +0800
- Yep, agree with these observations. At my Singapore QTH 1.2 degrees North of the equator my peak is normally about 2 hours BEFORE sunrise, at about 2100z. And the vortex of bathtub water going down t
- /archives//html/Topband/2001-01/msg00048.html (6,723 bytes)
- 12. Topband: Fine Condx Singapore to EU (score: 1)
- Author: peter.sally@pacific.net.sg (Peter Cook)
- Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 07:51:51 +0800
- Folks, Alarm woke me up at 5:15am local (21:15z) for my usual dose of 160m, XYL muttered something but went back to sleep (Yes the shack is also the bedroom- that's why I can't run SSB folks- wakes u
- /archives//html/Topband/2001-01/msg00209.html (7,285 bytes)
- 13. Topband: Can 9V1PC hear now? (score: 1)
- Author: peter.sally@pacific.net.sg (Peter Cook)
- Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2000 09:38:29 +0800
- Hi all, In readiness for this season I now have a couple of Rx antennas up- a coax loop kindly donated by Lance Johnson Engineering and a K6SE loop. The QRN here on the equator is still very bad (sta
- /archives//html/Topband/2000-09/msg00000.html (7,697 bytes)
- 14. Topband: Topbanders Meeting in Singapore (score: 1)
- Author: peter.sally@pacific.net.sg (Peter Cook)
- Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 21:09:18 +0800
- Hi, If anyone is going to CommunicAsia Exhibition in Singapore, 6-9 June and would like to meet for dinner etc. I would be pleased to meet up. Please let me know via email, Regards, Peter Cook, 9V1PC
- /archives//html/Topband/2000-05/msg00079.html (6,705 bytes)
- 15. Topband: 9V1PC Website (score: 1)
- Author: peter.sally@pacific.net.sg (Peter Cook)
- Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 22:42:32 +0800
- Guys, As we end the season to the Northern Hemisphere (not sure what will happen here- I'm on the equator), a note of thanks for the many who heard my QRP signals and worked and also to those who tri
- /archives//html/Topband/2000-03/msg00071.html (7,141 bytes)
- 16. Topband: Openings from Singapore (score: 1)
- Author: peter.sally@pacific.net.sg (Peter Cook)
- Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2000 08:14:18 +0800
- Guys, Some nice openings to North EU, VK and JA from here yesterday and this morning at 22:00z, just before our sunrise. Worked many JA stations on 1.826/1.912 split and into VK, SM, OH on simplex. 9
- /archives//html/Topband/2000-01/msg00014.html (7,133 bytes)
- 17. Topband: Conditions in Bangladesh and Singapore (score: 1)
- Author: peter.sally@pacific.net.sg (Peter Cook)
- Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 16:49:43 +0800
- Guys, Interested in the note posted by Bob S21YP yesterday. I often get worken up by my 2 month old daughter at 4am local time here and I have experienced very similar condx Bob reported- Signals rom
- /archives//html/Topband/2000-01/msg00187.html (8,016 bytes)
- 18. Topband: Hi from 9V1PC Singapore (score: 1)
- Author: peter.sally@pacific.net.sg (Peter Cook)
- Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 17:11:11 +0800
- Hi all. I'm a recent convert to 160m and I'm running a real simple setup- FT840 with 10 watt (legal limit on this band here) to an ATU out to a wire hanging from my apartment window on a 30 degree sl
- /archives//html/Topband/1999-12/msg00025.html (7,431 bytes)
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