- 1. TopBand: BANDPLAN (score: 1)
- Author: w8jitom@worldnet.att.net (Tom Rauch (W8JI))
- Date: Sat, 05 Apr 1997 18:19:39 -0500
- Hi Sam, We should put the challenge in the rest of the bands, by eliminating all segments. There is absolutely no reason why any of the other bands should have segments, while 160 does not. Let's put
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-04/msg00032.html (8,297 bytes)
- 2. TopBand: Band plan (score: 1)
- Author: w8jitom@worldnet.att.net (Tom Rauch (W8JI))
- Date: Mon, 07 Apr 1997 08:26:09 -0400
- Hi Bob, Your response is a carbon copy of the response the ARRL gave me in the 70's when I petetioned to have 160 divided into CW and phone areas. The ARRL's excuses were identical to yours, even tho
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-04/msg00045.html (8,932 bytes)
- 3. TopBand: VERTICAL ANTENNA SELECTION (score: 1)
- Author: w8jitom@worldnet.att.net (Tom Rauch (W8JI))
- Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 09:37:00 -0400
- The Unihat is a good antenna, but don't swallow all the bunk about radiation resistance and the claims it does not need radials. They initially made some incorrect technical claims (including claims
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-04/msg00118.html (8,105 bytes)
- 4. TopBand: Unihat flap (score: 1)
- Author: w8jitom@worldnet.att.net (Tom Rauch (W8JI))
- Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 22:50:26 -0400
- just Hi Dennis, I spoke to Los Alamos back when Uni-hat first started advertising scientists there tested the Uni-hat. I was puzzled by these claims, since I knew Los Alamos had no facilities for mea
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-04/msg00121.html (8,407 bytes)
- 5. TopBand: Vertical squabling (score: 1)
- Author: w8jitom@worldnet.att.net (Tom Rauch (W8JI))
- Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 10:08:24 -0400
- Hi XD, My irritation is not with Uni-hat, it is with McCoys review and his claims about radiation resistance. Such rubbish causes people trying to understand antennas to walk away with total misconce
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-04/msg00125.html (9,428 bytes)
- 6. TopBand: Re: Insults (score: 1)
- Author: w8jitom@worldnet.att.net (Tom Rauch (W8JI))
- Date: Wed, 05 Mar 1997 08:00:52 -0500
- That is the most factual thing you have posted. Indeed, you never get maad when someone agrees with you. Carl, why is it necessary for you to insult everyone and everything you personally don't like?
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-03/msg00037.html (8,322 bytes)
- 7. TopBand: 1910 SSB operation (score: 1)
- Author: w8jitom@worldnet.att.net (Tom Rauch (W8JI))
- Date: Wed, 05 Mar 1997 10:24:50 -0500
- Lately KB3FU and a group have been operating on 1910 SSB at sunrise. Can anyone get these guys to move their sked? The JA's are still coming in quite well, and these guys are trashing them. I asked t
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-03/msg00039.html (6,862 bytes)
- 8. TopBand: JA's Good opening (score: 1)
- Author: w8jitom@worldnet.att.net (Tom Rauch (W8JI))
- Date: Thu, 06 Mar 1997 07:35:26 -0500
- Several JA's were very solid copy this morning starting at 1100Z. JA0MVW peaked 589 at 1210Z. Meanwhile, W3VX and KB3FU were saying something about operating on 1910 SSB and never moving. 73 Tom -- F
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-03/msg00047.html (6,763 bytes)
- 9. TopBand: 160M Contests (score: 1)
- Author: w8jitom@worldnet.att.net (Tom Rauch (W8JI))
- Date: Sat, 08 Mar 1997 13:52:25 -0500
- Hi John, This will turn into another east coast/ rest of the country fight again. In the 70's, after the LORAN moved, I petetioned the FCC to segment 160. At that time I was well acquainted with seve
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-03/msg00060.html (9,281 bytes)
- 10. TopBand: Topband Freq. Allocations (score: 1)
- Author: w8jitom@worldnet.att.net (Tom Rauch (W8JI))
- Date: Sun, 09 Mar 1997 09:57:36 -0500
- <snip> My rig has two VFO's. Since it has two VFO's, the allocations in other countries don't bother me at all. If I want to work them, I set one VFO to their legal frequency, and one to mine. I do t
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-03/msg00068.html (7,853 bytes)
- 11. TopBand: 160M Band PLAN (score: 1)
- Author: w8jitom@worldnet.att.net (Tom Rauch (W8JI))
- Date: Sat, 15 Mar 1997 09:23:04 -0500
- It'll never happen. No other band has segments set aside just for DX listening. We'd be lucky to get a CW only segment. If the east coast wants a clear JA window, the west coast should get a clear Eu
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-03/msg00103.html (7,360 bytes)
- 12. TopBand: Antennas and Radio (score: 1)
- Author: w8jitom@worldnet.att.net (Tom Rauch (W8JI))
- Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 21:40:06 -0500
- I had the same problem with my ICOM 751A, and I "hear" a lot of other people with that problem during contests, hi. I cured my 751A by adding a shunt PIN diode on the receive antenna line. The signal
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-03/msg00127.html (7,540 bytes)
- 13. TopBand: Feeding a grounded tower (score: 1)
- Author: w8jitom@worldnet.att.net (Tom Rauch (W8JI))
- Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 10:48:23 -0500
- Hi Steve, Consider this. If you run an inverted L up between uninsulated guylines, it is almost like shunt feeding the tower anyway as far as losses and unwanted resonances are concerned. Ten feet of
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-03/msg00173.html (8,072 bytes)
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