I worked T32C at 1am EDT last night/this morning (0500z). A simple inverted L with 16 radials 62.5 long. They could hear me a lot better than I could them (me at 1kw) but I answered their CQ. They di
Dead on Zero Beat is OK if there is only one station ZB. Same is true is there is only one station up or down X number of hertz. The problem with newer transceivers and the skimmers is that several a
Very strong here in GA when nothing else was consign this way from over there. tnx Mike _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
Very, very dangerous to whack a wooden utility pole. Loose hardware, rotted pole, poor ground, loose back guy - all sorts of ways to be injured. Let the utility company check it. tnx Mike ___________
I like this one! Now I know what to put in that Christmas present!! tnx Mike _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
I like the Stew, however, it typically falls at a time when I've traveled away from home for the holidays and don't have access to a station or am actually traveling during the Stew weekend. Bummer.
In my day job with a national wireless carrier, noise from new "green" lighting systems are plaguing our base stations. I've been working with two major lighting vendors that are very serious about r
I worked several EU near my noise floor (S 0-1) with my radio set to 150 Hz (Icom 756 ProII) and an omni antenna sandwiched I between stateside Ops that were S9 or stronger. Yes, the really close in
FYI, I see on the Max Gain site (and local to me) that he is out of the RJ1A series of relays. tnx Mike / W5JR Alpharetta GA The issue with the relay at the antenna is the time to close the contacts
Thanks, Milt. I missed the ID 160 CW due to unknown schedule. Seemed most operation was mornings well after our sunrise here in GA. I caught the 160 SSB op last night but he was not amenable to switc
One option is to do what remote ENG trucks do and make at least a 540 deg or 720 deg (1.5 or 2.0 or more) loops rather than a 180 or 360. This will reduce some of the flexing action as it is more lik