- 1. Topband: Hurricane Katrina lost 160meter QSLs (score: 1)
- Author: Charles Otnott <wd5bjt@peoplepc.com>
- Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 08:40:44 -0600 (GMT-06:00)
- Dear fellow amateurs, Please excuse the use of bandwidth with this request, but I am forced to use this method. I am just now able to gain access to the internet. My family and I live near Bay St. Lo
- /archives//html/Topband/2005-12/msg00237.html (7,364 bytes)
- 2. Re: Topband: Weak signal-fast CW (score: 1)
- Author: Charles Otnott <wd5bjt@peoplepc.com>
- Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 22:44:51 -0500 (EST)
- Greg, et. al. I pounded brass for the US Coast Guard for over 20 years. When we sent any broadcasts on 500Khz or our working frequencies on MF we had to turn our bugs, (yes, I held a speed key ticket
- /archives//html/Topband/2006-02/msg00209.html (7,861 bytes)
- 3. Topband: Use of an AM BC station antenna on 160meters (score: 1)
- Author: Charles Otnott <wd5bjt@peoplepc.com>
- Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 05:41:38 -0500 (EST)
- Fellas, I have located a dark (read "cold iron" for us ole' timers) AM BC station within a few hours driving distance from my location. The stick is a single tower (omni pattern). I would like to app
- /archives//html/Topband/2006-11/msg00008.html (7,460 bytes)
- 4. Topband: Yaesu FT857D & Secondary Receive Antenna (score: 1)
- Author: Charles Otnott <wd5bjt@peoplepc.com>
- Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 14:19:47 -0500 (EST)
- Fellow Static Crash Listeners, I have searched the archives for this reflector and cannot find any information about using a Yaesu FT857D with a separate receiving antenna such as a Beverage. Contact
- /archives//html/Topband/2007-02/msg00229.html (7,631 bytes)
- 5. Topband: Yaesu FT857D & Separate Rcv Ant (score: 1)
- Author: Charles Otnott <wd5bjt@peoplepc.com>
- Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2007 18:16:11 -0600 (GMT-06:00)
- Fellow Static Crash Listeners, I have received a reply from Yeasu Tech Support regarding a separate rcv antenna. Here is Yaesu's reply for the benefit of those who own an FT857D: Quote: End Quote Sim
- /archives//html/Topband/2007-03/msg00011.html (7,997 bytes)
- 6. Topband: Report from the still devastated Miss. Gulf Coast (score: 1)
- Author: Charles Otnott <wd5bjt@peoplepc.com>
- Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 09:41:32 -0400 (EDT)
- Dear Fellow Static Crash Listeners: I have been reading much data regarding the enhanced propagation effects during the days just prior to, and after, the Spring/Fall Equinox and Summer Solstice. For
- /archives//html/Topband/2007-03/msg00081.html (7,524 bytes)
- 7. Topband: 160 Meter season report (score: 1)
- Author: Charles Otnott <wd5bjt@peoplepc.com>
- Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 10:30:53 -0400 (EDT)
- Fellow Static Crash Chums, Since returning to the air after the devistation caused by Hurricane Katrina, I am using a classic "ON4UN's LowBand DXing" chapter 14 low dipole and 160 meter QRP (100Watts
- /archives//html/Topband/2007-04/msg00125.html (7,865 bytes)
- 8. Re: Topband: Boring Report - first taste of Europe this season (score: 1)
- Author: Charles Otnott <wd5bjt@peoplepc.com>
- Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:55:30 -0400 (EDT)
- Yes, I agree the "season" has started for the northern world. European stations are getting louder here on the southern Mississippi Gulf coast. I used the down time to re-route my end fed half wave h
- /archives//html/Topband/2009-08/msg00096.html (10,253 bytes)
- 9. Re: Topband: VP9KF and VP9/N1SNB (score: 1)
- Author: Charles Otnott <wd5bjt@peoplepc.com>
- Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:20:19 -0400 (EDT)
- Victor, I have the same problem with VP9/N1SNB. Several emails, QSL/SASE requests go unanswered. I have given up on this Amateur's poor operating habits. Operators wishing to confirm VP9 with N1SNB s
- /archives//html/Topband/2009-10/msg00475.html (8,531 bytes)
- 10. Re: Topband: Is this considerd assisted (score: 1)
- Author: Charles Otnott <wd5bjt@peoplepc.com>
- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 01:14:47 -0500 (EST)
- Howard, Those on the local DX repeater well know my subserviant quadraped's callsign as K9MUTT. He cocks his ear when the CW becomes fast and furious. He sits and lays down patiently at my feet when
- /archives//html/Topband/2009-11/msg00259.html (9,488 bytes)
- 11. Topband: Source for Field Telephone Wire WD-1A (score: 1)
- Author: Charles Otnott <wd5bjt@peoplepc.com>
- Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 21:15:19 -0400 (EDT)
- Fellow Static Crash Listeners: My RX antenna plans call for beverages. The forest is very dense and overgrown with bramble and thorn bushes. A robust wire is required for the beverages. I have looked
- /archives//html/Topband/2010-03/msg00152.html (7,719 bytes)
- 12. Re: Topband: T8CC (score: 1)
- Author: Charles Otnott <wd5bjt@peoplepc.com>
- Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:51:31 -0500 (EST)
- I was on Palau back in '82 as KC6CO. My mission there was the chief radio operator on a USCG cutter that tended the buoys and navigational aids. Some problems I encountered were lack of parts availib
- /archives//html/Topband/2011-12/msg00405.html (8,625 bytes)
- 13. Topband: 1820 BCB + My Problem Partially Solved (score: 1)
- Author: Charles Otnott <wd5bjt@peoplepc.com>
- Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2011 12:50:28 -0600 (GMT-06:00)
- May I suggest that those who had their BCB problem reduced or eliminated by the engineering staff at the various stations do one thing. Send the station a letter thanking the management and staff for
- /archives//html/Topband/2011-12/msg00548.html (7,529 bytes)
- 14. Topband: 160m dethroned? 600m the new top band? (score: 1)
- Author: Charles Otnott <wd5bjt@peoplepc.com>
- Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:30:42 -0600 (GMT-06:00)
- Everyone should check out the following link: http://www.500kc.com/ One local amateur - Pat Hamel, W5THT, is participating in this experimental effort. He has been keeping the members of the Magnolia
- /archives//html/Topband/2012-02/msg00196.html (9,588 bytes)
- 15. Topband: COMTEK-ACB-160-A (score: 1)
- Author: Charles Otnott <wd5bjt@peoplepc.com>
- Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:41:58 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
- Fellow 160 meter band ops: My friend, who does not have access to this reflector, has an item which may be of interest you. ITEM: COMTEK-ACB-160-A hybrid 4 square controller. CONDITION: New-in-box, n
- /archives//html/Topband/2012-03/msg00260.html (7,344 bytes)
- 16. Re: Topband: 3B9EME (score: 1)
- Author: Charles Otnott <wd5bjt@peoplepc.com>
- Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 08:51:51 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
- No copy here on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The noise and static were not too horrible. I fell asleep while under the cans. :->> I will be there again tonight as well. --Original Message-- 73 & Best
- /archives//html/Topband/2013-09/msg00156.html (8,506 bytes)
- 17. Re: Topband: KP1 (score: 1)
- Author: Charles Otnott <wd5bjt@peoplepc.com>
- Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 14:29:15 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
- Not to mention one less hop for prop from KP5. Been there (KP5) 1987, done that. 73 & Best DX Charlie WD5BJT See September 2006 CQ Magazine for a published work. www.qsl.net/wd5bjt --Original Message
- /archives//html/Topband/2014-10/msg00111.html (9,540 bytes)
- 18. Re: Topband: ARRL 160m contest and DX Window? (score: 1)
- Author: Charles Otnott <wd5bjt@peoplepc.com>
- Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2014 17:40:02 -0600 (GMT-06:00)
- Mike, I have been very vocal with and to the ARRL about their LACK OF INTESTINAL FORTITUDE when it comes to "do as I say, not as I do." Many of the w1aw/x (emphasis not added) operators have been tol
- /archives//html/Topband/2014-12/msg00011.html (9,153 bytes)
- 19. Re: Topband: Foreign stns using NA remotes for K1N (score: 1)
- Author: Charles Otnott <wd5bjt@peoplepc.com>
- Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2015 12:25:34 -0600 (GMT-06:00)
- David, et. al., The FCC says that RHR is not "radio for hire" and therefore legal (for USA hams). The ARRL Board Of Directors, with the EXCEPTION of Delta Division Director Norris, and 1st VP Roderic
- /archives//html/Topband/2015-02/msg00080.html (10,273 bytes)
- 20. Re: Topband: Yikes (score: 1)
- Author: Charles Otnott <wd5bjt@peoplepc.com>
- Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2015 12:01:19 -0600 (GMT-06:00)
- 73 & Best DX Charlie WD5BJT See September 2006 CQ Magazine for a published work. www.qsl.net/wd5bjt Fellow Static Crash Lovers, Ham Radio is a hobby of learning, leading, and inspiration. We learn, m
- /archives//html/Topband/2015-02/msg00558.html (9,925 bytes)
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