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21. Topband: Re: Rejuvenating WW2 vintage roller inductors? (score: 1): Author: Greg Chartrand <w7my@yahoo.com>; Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2004 12:26:32 -0700 (PDT); I found a kitchen cleaning product called "soft scrub" with bleach to be a very good cleaner for rotor inductors. Squit on a bit and scrub with an old toothbrush. Now I wonder if it is sold down unde; /archives//html/Topband/2004-04/msg00053.html (6,617 bytes)
22. Topband: Re: 160m Ant on 80m? (score: 1): Author: Greg Chartrand <w7my@yahoo.com>; Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 11:48:43 -0700 (PDT); I looked at your picture and from what I think I see I believe the top loading coli will most likely act like a trap thus you will most likely not have an 1/2 wave electrical antenna. I would expect; /archives//html/Topband/2004-04/msg00117.html (6,743 bytes)
23. Topband: Re: Top band Civil war of the 1960s and 70s (score: 1): Author: Greg Chartrand <w7my@yahoo.com>; Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 05:26:45 -0700 (PDT); I agree that 160 is ideally a local and moderate distance band BUT its also the last band that has roots that go back to the beginning of radio and our hobby. The struggle we choose; working DX on a; /archives//html/Topband/2004-04/msg00177.html (7,991 bytes)
24. Topband: R-4B (score: 1): Author: Greg Chartrand <w7my@yahoo.com>; Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 10:19:51 -0800 (PST); I have been thinking about buying an old r-4B and moding it for 160 use. One of the reasons is that I have a 125 hz CW filter from an old TR-7 and it has the same center fq. as the R-4B thus I can in; /archives//html/Topband/2004-12/msg00172.html (7,173 bytes)
25. Re: Topband: Short Receive Antennas MFJ 1026 (score: 1): Author: Greg Chartrand <w7my@yahoo.com>; Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 07:00:55 -0800 (PST); I have used one for years. It works exactly as advertised with a few exceptions. W8JI has a short article on his web page that details its short comings. One thing to note is that it only works well; /archives//html/Topband/2004-12/msg00189.html (7,080 bytes)
26. Re: Topband: MFJ1025 (score: 1): Author: Greg Chartrand <w7my@yahoo.com>; Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 14:34:21 -0800 (PST); I use my 1026 with close spaced antennas to null out electronic birdies which are more bothersome than noise. I use it on my dipole and vertical which are about 20' apart. I also use it to null with; /archives//html/Topband/2005-11/msg00325.html (7,088 bytes)
27. Topband: West Coast Openings (score: 1): Author: Greg Chartrand <w7my@yahoo.com>; Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 09:33:19 -0800 (PST); I would like to also support the notion of giving the west coasters a break when the band opens like it did last night. This was the best opening of the year for me, (my antenna was off-line until th; /archives//html/Topband/2005-12/msg00320.html (7,954 bytes)
28. Topband: Topband and the DX-Window and gentlemen (score: 1): Author: Greg Chartrand <w7my@yahoo.com>; Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 10:56:21 -0800 (PST); The "gentlemen" element of topband mostly resides in the OT's who have chased the elusive DX for decades. There are a few principals I learned that help make it more sane than the other bands: - If y; /archives//html/Topband/2006-02/msg00165.html (8,378 bytes)
29. Topband: Weak signal-fast CW (score: 1): Author: Greg Chartrand <w7my@yahoo.com>; Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 15:47:53 -0800 (PST); I was listening to the JD1 this AM as it was a country many still need to work. He was calling CQ at about 30 WPM with few takers. His signal was weak and the 30 WPM just made it worse for me. Many D; /archives//html/Topband/2006-02/msg00204.html (7,020 bytes)
30. Topband: Weak signal-fast CW Summary (score: 1): Author: Greg Chartrand <w7my@yahoo.com>; Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 07:34:55 -0800 (PST); Thanks to all who responded. The consensus matches my experience. 20 WPM is right at or inbetween the variations of 18 to 22 WPM. I could probably tollorate a faster speed if I wasn't using a 10 HZ a; /archives//html/Topband/2006-02/msg00214.html (6,669 bytes)
31. Re: Topband: Are US Possession DX? (score: 1): Author: Greg Chartrand <w7my@yahoo.com>; Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 09:12:19 -0700 (PDT); One thing consistent about the ARRL regarding the 160 contest is their discouragement of DX participation by limiting multipliers. For better or worse, it makes the contest unique. Greg W7MY -- Sneak; /archives//html/Topband/2006-06/msg00074.html (7,419 bytes)
32. Topband: Subject: Minooka (score: 1): Author: Greg Chartrand <w7my@yahoo.com>; Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 04:48:25 -0700 (PDT); Rick, I have run full legal without any problem with the coil. I will caution you to have a clean whip above the coil in that you can easily generate a corona discharge if the end has sharp edges. Gr; /archives//html/Topband/2006-10/msg00106.html (6,660 bytes)
33. Re: Topband: One way propagation (score: 1): Author: Greg Chartrand <w7my@yahoo.com>; Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 03:57:56 -0800 (PST); OK, if I accept there are two different mirrors taking two different paths thus have a overall different path characteristics to work with, why then does the far end hear me better when I hear him be; /archives//html/Topband/2007-11/msg00076.html (8,439 bytes)
34. Re: Topband: Hy Gain Hy Tower Fire (K7XQ) (score: 1): Author: Greg Chartrand <w7my@yahoo.com>; Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:27:11 -0800 (PST); Jeff, This is a common problem with the "old" style 160 modification. The current design attaches a horizontal wire at the top of the tower making it an inverted L. I have a souped up version of a Hy; /archives//html/Topband/2008-02/msg00123.html (7,637 bytes)
35. Re: Topband: Hy Gain Tower Fire help..Thanks to all (score: 1): Author: Greg Chartrand <w7my@yahoo.com>; Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:23:51 -0800 (PST); If you want to mess around with the Hytower so you can get it to handle 1.5kw on 160, there are a few things you can do. 1- Purchase/install the current 160 horizontal wire and coil assembly 2- Add t; /archives//html/Topband/2008-02/msg00128.html (8,585 bytes)
36. Re: Topband: Inverted U antenna (score: 1): Author: Greg Chartrand <w7my@yahoo.com>; Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:50:04 -0800 (PST); I used an inverted U for several years and worked a lot of DX with it. In my case it was 60' up, 60' over and 60' down. One variation of the U I never tried was terminating the end into a ground syst; /archives//html/Topband/2008-11/msg00223.html (7,485 bytes)
37. Topband: Subject: Topband Puzzle (score: 1): Author: Greg Chartrand <w7my@yahoo.com>; Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 05:55:02 -0800 (PST); A long time ago I had the same problem with a modified SB-220 for 160. The problem was thermal drift of the fixed padding cap. across the plate tuning cap. I would only notice it in contests where I; /archives//html/Topband/2008-12/msg00085.html (7,161 bytes)
38. Re: Topband: T - vertical improvement (score: 1): Author: Greg Chartrand <w7my@yahoo.com>; Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:53:10 -0700 (PDT); I messed around with an extended Tee last season that I could also use as a low dipole; its documented here. http://webpages.charter.net/w7my/page2.html Greg -- Greg Chartrand - W7MY Richland, WA. DN; /archives//html/Topband/2009-07/msg00098.html (7,795 bytes)
39. Re: Topband: Switching Beverages (score: 1): Author: Greg Chartrand <w7my@yahoo.com>; Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 03:58:30 -0800 (PST); I use an RCS-4 but I replaced the remote antenna switch box with my own using $1.25 relays from Allelectronics. The remote box is a small plastic one also from Allelectronics. The isolation is supe; /archives//html/Topband/2011-02/msg00034.html (8,326 bytes)
40. Re: Topband: Noise in the Shack - A new noise! (score: 1): Author: Greg Chartrand <w7my@yahoo.com>; Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 03:36:33 -0700 (PDT); Last month I began a computer up-grade process at home and work by using solid state drives (SSD) in both laptop and desktop systems. The upgrades have been very successful providing a significant pe; /archives//html/Topband/2012-06/msg00223.html (7,708 bytes)

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