- 81. Re: Topband: 160m antenna help (score: 1)
- Author: Wes Stewart <wes_n7ws@triconet.org>
- Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2018 15:20:45 -0700
- Paul, It would be nice to have a few more data points. The two you supplied when mapped onto the Smith Chart don't give much evidence of a resonant point and the second one doesn't make sense. With
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-09/msg00163.html (9,249 bytes)
- 82. Re: Topband: FW: [cwops] Topband season looking good (score: 1)
- Author: Wes Stewart <wes_n7ws@triconet.org>
- Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2018 11:13:21 -0700
- One problem for us on (or near) the west coast is too many DX stations to the west QRT before our sunrise. I rely on the SR enhancement and, probably more important, the diminished QRN from the east
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-10/msg00023.html (9,447 bytes)
- 83. Re: Topband: antenna analyzers (score: 1)
- Author: Wes Stewart <wes_n7ws@triconet.org>
- Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2018 13:35:12 -0700
- I can vouch for the AA-55 Zoom, although it is not without flaws. I live 5.9 miles from a 50KW BC station on 1550 kHz. On my 160-meter inverted-L they are 70 dB over S9 on a calibrated K3, that's 70
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-10/msg00047.html (9,982 bytes)
- 84. Re: Topband: trying to tune up 80 meter 4-Square (score: 1)
- Author: Wes Stewart <wes_n7ws@triconet.org>
- Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2018 18:21:31 -0700
- Joe is correct. On 10/12/2018 5:45 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: On 2018-10-12 7:10 PM, MrToby wrote: You dont have to lower them but you need to short them to ground to make them electrically invisibl
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-10/msg00053.html (10,632 bytes)
- 85. Re: Topband: antenna analyzers (score: 1)
- Author: Wes Stewart <wes_n7ws@triconet.org>
- Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 15:25:47 -0700
- I can now verify that the FA-VA5 does just fine on my 160 meter inverted-L. As an aside, we've had some rain here in Tucson lately and I've observed a decrease in the feedpoint Z of about 5 ohm due t
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-10/msg00069.html (8,746 bytes)
- 86. Re: Topband: Why no NA 160m Activity? (score: 1)
- Author: Wes Stewart <wes_n7ws@triconet.org>
- Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2018 11:33:17 -0700
- The USA is a big country; four time zones. Sunset on the east coast is three + hours before our sunset here in AZ. By the time we have full darkness (~0100Z) you guys across the pond are all asleep
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-10/msg00078.html (8,783 bytes)
- 87. Re: Topband: VP6D (score: 1)
- Author: Wes Stewart <wes_n7ws@triconet.org>
- Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2018 15:05:27 -0700
- Pity they didn't stay on until our SR in AZ. But that's not atypical. Wes N7WS On 10/22/2018 10:55 AM, David Olean wrote: I am not an expert on DX peditions, coming late to HF and 160 meters in my
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-10/msg00188.html (8,274 bytes)
- 88. Re: Topband: Loss Question (score: 1)
- Author: Wes Stewart <wes_n7ws@triconet.org>
- Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 10:29:46 -0700
- https://ac6la.com/tldetails1.html Thanks! Bob/AA6VB _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.con
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-10/msg00200.html (7,752 bytes)
- 89. Re: Topband: Loss Question (score: 1)
- Author: Wes Stewart <wes_n7ws@triconet.org>
- Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 10:58:07 -0700
- Here's a bit more from Dan, AC6LA, about this: https://ac6la.com/swrloss.html Wes N7Ws That just goes so show you how little I know! I assumed, apparently incorrectly, that there was some loss IN AD
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-10/msg00204.html (10,124 bytes)
- 90. Re: Topband: Loss Question (score: 1)
- Author: Wes Stewart <wes_n7ws@triconet.org>
- Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 11:33:59 -0700
- Whoa. I said no such thing. The AC6LA calculator is definitely not simplified and/or inaccurate. Wes N7WS Hi Bob, As Wes points out, the AC6LA calculator is overly simplified and not very accurate
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-10/msg00206.html (10,063 bytes)
- 91. Re: Topband: Zone 18 is very active (score: 1)
- Author: Wes Stewart <wes_n7ws@triconet.org>
- Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2018 15:04:21 -0700
- I worked him near my SR this morning, although he had a tough time hearing me. Wes N7WS Times are good on the TB , keep an ear to the North 73 Ed N5DG _________________ Searchable Archives: http://w
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-11/msg00014.html (7,009 bytes)
- 92. Re: Topband: ARRL DXCC - 160 Meters (score: 1)
- Author: Wes Stewart <wes_n7ws@triconet.org>
- Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2018 08:18:58 -0700
- I can carry one card to an approved 160 field checker and get it approved. He has no idea what my total are. Wes N7WS Joe ! To the checker was declared all 339. No doubt ! Nick, UY0ZG Joe Subich, W
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-11/msg00151.html (12,086 bytes)
- 93. Re: Topband: Impedance of inv l? (score: 1)
- Author: Wes Stewart <wes_n7ws@triconet.org>
- Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2018 10:16:26 -0700
- To the first order, the feedpoint Z (at resonance) will depend on the height of the vertical portion, which affects the radiation resistance. and the resistive loss of the ground connection which app
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-11/msg00172.html (10,473 bytes)
- 94. Re: Topband: Impedance of inv l? (score: 1)
- Author: Wes Stewart <wes_n7ws@triconet.org>
- Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2018 10:17:40 -0700
- That is not great. It implies excessive ground loss. On 11/18/2018 9:41 AM, JAYB1943@OPTONLINE.NET wrote: Theoretical impedance for a perfect 1/4 wave ground plane is 37 ohms. 60 ohms is great; 1.2:
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-11/msg00173.html (7,843 bytes)
- 95. Re: Topband: Impedance of inv l? (score: 1)
- Author: Wes Stewart <wes_n7ws@triconet.org>
- Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2018 12:31:38 -0700
- That also drives up the current in the horizontal wire with attendant increased horizontal radiation. I chose for a couple of reason to do the opposite; shorten the wire to make the feedpoint capacit
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-11/msg00175.html (8,913 bytes)
- 96. Re: Topband: Impedance of inv l? (score: 1)
- Author: Wes Stewart <wes_n7ws@triconet.org>
- Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2018 05:53:49 -0700
- Yes, the "far end" has minimal radiation; it's the wire getting there that does. Doubt me, model it. Wes The far end is high impedance voltage, and has minimum horizontal current radiation. The inv
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-11/msg00181.html (8,600 bytes)
- 97. Re: Topband: ARRL DXCC - 160 Meters (score: 1)
- Author: Wes Stewart <wes_n7ws@triconet.org>
- Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2018 12:55:30 -0700
- One of our SADXA members just wrote a paper about the possibility of daytime 40-meter DX during mid-December. But on this subject I would like to know who made the ONE 160-meter SSB QSO with VP6D. We
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-11/msg00198.html (9,673 bytes)
- 98. Re: Topband: ARRL DXCC - 160 Meters - Station Location and Boundary (score: 1)
- Author: Wes Stewart <wes_n7ws@triconet.org>
- Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2018 12:35:54 -0700
- Let's just institute the rules for WAS for DXCC. Wes N7WS On 11/23/2018 10:44 AM, Dan Edward Dba East edwards wrote: gotta chip in my $0.02 on this, for what little it may be worth.. i have access t
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-11/msg00237.html (12,577 bytes)
- 99. Re: Topband: Observations on a base-loaded 70 ft vertical (score: 1)
- Author: Wes Stewart <wes_n7ws@triconet.org>
- Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2018 06:23:17 -0700
- If I understand correctly, your base loading is insufficient to bring the vertical down to resonance, It then appears capacitive and that capacitance in concert with the shunt inductance form an L-ne
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-12/msg00012.html (14,209 bytes)
- 100. Re: Topband: Effect of Radial Field on Antenna Impedance (score: 1)
- Author: Wes Stewart <wes_n7ws@triconet.org>
- Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2018 14:13:10 -0700
- I'm not surprised and the results seem reasonable. Wes N7WS I have an inverted L between two trees with 34 radials on the ground. Four radials are 135 feet long, the rest 70 feed long. I choose thes
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-12/msg00116.html (10,890 bytes)
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