Gary and group, I too would be most interested in hearing from those using the DXE active antennas. I am able to deploy Beverages sometime in November after life stock are removed from adjacent field
Dear OMs, I note that some use inverted L antennas of 160 feet plus in length and others like myself have them closer to a quarter wave length at 132 feet or so. My antenna runs nearly 100 feet in th
Hi All, I have recently installed a Hi-Z four square receiving antenna and have a couple of questions: 1) Should the delay lines be kept rolled up but of course separated or should they be played out
Jack is a gentleman and good operator. Certainly in EI there are no clicks but perhaps some have such a strong signal that the problem is in their own equipment - it can happen. And yes maybe on occa
George, Well written and true. 73 Doug EI2CN Send Topband mailing list submissions to topband@contesting.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.contesting.com/mail
Rise time set short!!!! Red face Send Topband mailing list submissions to topband@contesting.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo
Bob, I found the NCJ article (http://www.ncjweb.com/k3lcmaxgainradials.pdf) most interesting - thank you. I wonder if there is also an affect on the angle of radiation with ground radial numbers. Is
Dear OMs and Yls A July Stew Perry is an excellent idea!!! We need something to temp more onto the band during the noisy season. One tunes the band a number of times and hears nothing and so resorts
Dear OMs and Yls, I am replacing raised radials for 160M inverted L with ground mounted radials mostly because I could not readily get the raised radials up high enough in my wood and also because of
Brian, I understand that the VF varies with soil type. One could just compensate by being conservative but who wants to use 30/40% more wire than needed. Why does the ON4UN book ignore VF when doing
Dear OMs and Yls, You have been super in your replies and I thank you all. I am laying radials on the top of the ground and stapling them. What you have sent me more or less confirms me in adding app
Dear OMs and Yls, Last night I came back from dinner at our local with the XYL. I sat down at the radio and heard F5IN at about 21:06 UTC working a contest. Ah it is the Russian 160M contest -hmm. Oh
Dear OMs and Yls, The truth is that very few have worked EP6T from EI or G land. There have been all of three TB QSOs from G land, and no QSOs from EI. There have been all of 58 TB QSOs from all of z
Hi Neil, I will follow your guidelines tonight and get up at 02:00 for a couple of hours. This may do the trick. As the CQWW starts tomorrow night, this will probably be the last shot. I doubt they w
Hi Tracey, Ladies tights are often used for tying up garden plants or even staking trees. Your beverage should not have such a great load that these could not be used. Then you can replace them every
Dear OMs, Please do not think I am criticizing the team. So far at 17:27 GMT on Jan16 there has only been one 160M QSO with zone 14 which includes EI, G, DL etc. The propagation gods are not favourin
Dear OMs and Yls, The following link was posted me by Don EI6IL and tells a very interesting story of woe and murder on Palmyra Island going back to the very discovery of the atoll. Slightly off topi
Re Am I the only one Dear OMs, Maybe part of the trouble is that for much of the EU one can not operate higher power above 1850 KHz. To be legal and operate more that ten watts one must be below 1850
Dear OMs and YLs, I also would like to cast myself with those favouring the Stew in the week before Christmas. December 26 is a holiday in much of Europe meant to be shared with family and friends. I
Dear OMs, I just received notification that the second edition of DXing on the Edge is being dispatched for delivery to EI from Amazon UK. The cost was £15.85. 73 Doug EI2CN --Original Message-- ____