- 21. Re: Topband: Elevated Radials (score: 1)
- Author: "Wes Attaway \(N5WA\)" <wesattaway@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2013 11:39:19 -0600
- When I first looked at Eddy's list I laughed. However, it does convey a clear message that there are a lot of ways to achieve the goal of a workable low-band vertical. I certainly won't argue with th
- /archives//html/Topband/2013-03/msg00013.html (14,060 bytes)
- 22. Re: Topband: Elevated Radials EPILOGUE (score: 1)
- Author: "Wes Attaway \(N5WA\)" <wesattaway@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2013 09:18:43 -0600
- Buck ....I think a lot of people have already done these kinds of tests. Tom and others have given a pretty thorough run-down of the different factors and results to expect. And, it all mostly agrees
- /archives//html/Topband/2013-03/msg00024.html (10,657 bytes)
- 23. Re: Topband: Wall warts (score: 1)
- Author: "Wes Attaway \(N5WA\)" <wesattaway@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Tue, 7 May 2013 14:17:22 -0500
- This has nothing to do with wall warts. I am just testing to see where that "fine whiskey" signature is coming from. -- Wes Attaway (N5WA) -- 1138 Waters Edge Circle, Shreveport, LA 71106 318-797-497
- /archives//html/Topband/2013-05/msg00036.html (7,073 bytes)
- 24. Re: Topband: forced signaters (score: 1)
- Author: "Wes Attaway \(N5WA\)" <wesattaway@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Tue, 7 May 2013 14:25:27 -0500
- The signatures are being added by the topband mail server, probably programmed by the owner/moderator. It looks like there may be more than one signature used either at random or by the owner/moderat
- /archives//html/Topband/2013-05/msg00037.html (6,802 bytes)
- 25. Re: Topband: 24th Annual Top Band Dinner in Dayton (score: 1)
- Author: "Wes Attaway \(N5WA\)" <wesattaway@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Tue, 7 May 2013 23:09:20 -0500
- Jim, you have everything backwards. Don't forget that you can enjoy fine whiskey during daylight hours at that particular gathering. -- Wes Attaway (N5WA) -- 1138 Waters Edge Circle, Shreveport, LA 7
- /archives//html/Topband/2013-05/msg00052.html (8,356 bytes)
- 26. Re: Topband: 'Re: fine whiskey is a daylight beverage (score: 1)
- Author: "Wes Attaway \(N5WA\)" <wesattaway@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Thu, 9 May 2013 13:38:53 -0500
- That passage conveys a nice thought. I have seen it before but don't know where it came from. I'm pretty sure it was conceived by someone who was relaxed and happily listening to CW with a bottle of
- /archives//html/Topband/2013-05/msg00072.html (9,906 bytes)
- 27. Re: Topband: Spam on the Reflector! (score: 1)
- Author: "Wes Attaway \(N5WA\)" <wesattaway@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:21:47 -0500
- All of the anti-malware products that have been mentioned do some good after certain malware has been detected. However, none of them are perfect and there are some exploits that go around the anti-m
- /archives//html/Topband/2013-06/msg00083.html (12,604 bytes)
- 28. Re: Topband: Modeling the proverbial "vertical on a beach" (score: 1)
- Author: "Wes Attaway \(N5WA\)" <wesattaway@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 22:55:19 -0500
- I think the essence of what Tom has been saying is that yes there are some differences in a salt water location versus an inland location but that the differences are quite variable and are not "deal
- /archives//html/Topband/2014-08/msg00157.html (15,039 bytes)
- 29. Re: Topband: Soldering radials? (score: 1)
- Author: "Wes Attaway \(N5WA\)" <wesattaway@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2016 11:59:51 -0500
- In past years (when I had a 80/160 vertical, I used normal 60/40 solder to solder radials to some 2"-wide copper strap. Then I just painted over the joints with black "tree paint" that I got from Hom
- /archives//html/Topband/2016-10/msg00051.html (9,665 bytes)
- 30. Re: Topband: 160 m inverted L (score: 1)
- Author: "Wes Attaway \(N5WA\)" <wesattaway@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2016 21:23:28 -0600
- I haven't run any numbers but it seems like you should just shorten the horizontal wire (resonance freq is too low). I would go back to about 65' horizontal. Somewhere in the range of 60' to 70' you
- /archives//html/Topband/2016-11/msg00031.html (8,734 bytes)
- 31. Re: Topband: underground cables question (score: 1)
- Author: "Wes Attaway \(N5WA\)" <wesattaway@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2017 10:44:07 -0500
- I installed 4 runs of BuryFlex through my slab and then out into the backyard about 15-years ago (when we built a new house) and it is still working fine. I have conduit through the slab (open at bot
- /archives//html/Topband/2017-10/msg00015.html (17,103 bytes)
- 32. Re: Topband: FT8 - the end of 160m old school DXing? (long) (score: 1)
- Author: "Wes Attaway \(N5WA\)" <wesattaway@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 08:11:38 -0500
- I agree with all the comments re digital modes such as FT8. I was discussing this recently with a local ham and I told him that I thought ARRL could create a new "DXCC While Being Asleep" award. With
- /archives//html/Topband/2017-10/msg00115.html (13,599 bytes)
- 33. Re: Topband: 160m Vertical matching Help (score: 1)
- Author: "Wes Attaway \(N5WA\)" <wesattaway@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2017 12:02:55 -0500
- Without doing any modeling, an off the top of the head idea, one option would be to drop a wire down from the end of each of the T wires you have at the top. You might be able to move the point of lo
- /archives//html/Topband/2017-11/msg00001.html (9,171 bytes)
- 34. Re: Topband: [TowerTalk] 160 vertical advice (score: 1)
- Author: "Wes Attaway \(N5WA\)" <wesattaway@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2018 08:28:19 -0600
- This is Wes agreeing with Wes re the "too much loss in the system". In an efficient system on 160 the SWR curve should not be so broad. Years ago I had an Inverted L configured like what you have, wi
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-02/msg00069.html (10,141 bytes)
- 35. Re: Topband: OT - US Hams, WWV closure (score: 1)
- Author: wesattaway <wesattaway@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2018 15:59:03 -0500
- Half the clocks in our house check WWW every night. --Wes Attaway (N5WA)(318) 393-3289 - Shreveport, LAComputer/Cellphone ForensicsAttawayForensics.com -- -- Original message --From: Don Kirk
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-08/msg00149.html (13,371 bytes)
- 36. Re: Topband: OT - US Hams, WWV closure (score: 1)
- Author: "Wes Attaway \(N5WA\)" <wesattaway@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2018 21:56:41 -0500
- Whatever it is, my clocks check it. I know it is not WWL. Maybe it is WWV(B)(xyz) -- Wes Attaway (N5WA) (318) 393-3289 - Shreveport, LA Computer/Cellphone Forensics AttawayForensics.com -- --Original
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-08/msg00151.html (9,426 bytes)
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