Bill, I have some beverages not directly beneath but not too far from HV 32,000 V powerline and even if I cannot say if the power line inducesses some noise or not on them, it is sure that the recept
Eddy, I had the same problem to run my beverages straight into the forest. The solution : Attach with some tape an electric torch (preferably a big one) at the top of a 10 feet (or more) mast (or pe
Good day all, Now that my beverages and vertical are working correctly, I am planning to install a low dipole for sunset/sunrise. But before, I need to understand the real interest of that installati
Thank you to every contributors, you have helped me to take the decision : I will install soon a low dipole. Every contributor have ever verified that there are circumstances (rarely for some and fre
1) Because what you are discribing is exactly what you can do everyday, all the year, during common QSO's, outside contest events. 2) the more information needed, the less number of difficult (limit
This night, at Montreal, for the 2sd time in 4 years (previous time was end of December 2007), my two lows cost European ''atomic'' clocks with 1 inch ferrite antennas had perfectly synchronised (dat
Hello Topbanders, For those who are missing FO on 160m, a DXpediton with emphasis on low bands will take place at Tahiti during February 2010. You can see the website at http://www.fo2010.org/ 73's G
I have tried many things, the best one is the bow/arrow with a 20 lb strength fishing line , the force of a bow is out of any competition. But there are many things to adapt and to know. Some tips :
Hi Top band community, For a comming DXpedition I need to build a specific splitter with the following functionalities: 75 ohms input with common mode rejection, two 50 ohms outputs. The band pass wi
Thanks guys for your direct or via reflector pieces of advise. On the basis of all that, I am in the process to make some cut and try tests with different cores and turn numbers using my VNA 2180 . I
Do not give up guys, in this saturday morning in QC we had some great strong and clear signals with europe at the end of they night. In fact the ARRL 160m problem is that there are not enough partici
I must admit that I have given up understanding how and why so many are calling so far from the zero beat. During this 160 ARRL and more generally all CW contests, at several instances I answered to