Hi Jo, I am not familiar at all with the K(n) radios. Rick has suggested that your radio is not going to hear very much below the 160 meter band due to filtering. But - the way to copy AM with an SSB
Hi, I sent a private email to one of the first hams to post about this. Apparently there is a lot of interest on the list about this. I am new to 160 meters and struggling to get my radios and antenn
Hi, When I first joined this list I mentioned having read articles by hams who worked 160 with mobile radios with 10 to 50 watts output to *mobile* antennas. They were not working the antipodes every
I have a new batch of caps and some resistors to put into my 160 transmitter. When I get them in there I'll be looking in the mornings and late evenings, too. It seems my chunk of wire in the trees f
The trump statement (and I have seen it on this list).."propagation rules". No matter about beverages and rotatable 160 meter seven element quads at 1200 feet and 5 kw amps or qrp and a wet noodle. A
Hi, This morning I tuned around the band a little and noted that AA1K was reliably calling CQ DX at ~0938Z. After a few minutes I found W3/JJ5GMJ calling for DX. And then I heard a K6 station come ba
I managed to get out of my lazy bed slightly before twilight this morning and got to the radio with coffee by 1015Z (quarter after 6 AM Eastern daylight time). There was AA1K calling for DX somewhere
Hi Bob, All those features and wonders of propagation are fascinating. I'm presently making a kettle of bean n ham soup. Watching it simmer makes me think of how our propagation shifts and bubbles an
Hi, I tested the waters again this morning. I heard a couple of stations calling for CQ DX and parked the Ranger on a spot that was out of the way near 1818 kc. I had no takers but while I was lookin
Hi, I have been in trouble getting anywhere on top band despite some successful QSOs. The Ranger is working pretty well and I think is close to factory spec on 40 meters now (but still too drifty for
Oh good grief, My antenna was frustrating the heck outta me. I have been using a big commercially built tuner with a clearly marked post for a "single wire antenna". Thats where my end fed wire goes.
Hi, I whizzed up an L network to put on my wire after the Murch disaster. Instead of making something more elaborate using my roller inductor, I used a tapped coil (with alligator clips) and a large
Hi, The RAK 7 that I have certainly changed my mind about regens! I got it in the 80s to look at LORAN signals not knowing it was a regen until I got it home. Then that big "Regeneration" control bec
Hi Carl, I gathered that from some of the RAL/RAL items I have read regarding less than the best power. When you mentioned the regulator I was a little confused so I looked again. Some of the article
Thanks Brian, I plan to be there. Low power. Not QRP. 73, Bill KU8H _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
Hi, Those intellicast pages are new for me and I looked at them and strikestar. According to them I don't have much chance of doing anything at all with my modest station. But I am going to try *anyw
Hi, So far all I am receiving is noise. Not overwhelming, overpowering noise. Noise to let me know my antenna is connected. I'll look at the band again later. Maybe I'll have to wait for that grey li
The votes are in. Wait until dark. I listened again and tried a different RX later on. I heard one, very faint, unusable signal. Probably one of those 10 KW stations - or maybe a QRP op in Ohio <grin
Hi Mike, Listening is a large part of ham radio. I do a lot more receiving than transmitting. I am left to guess as to why you are not transmitting at all. No antenna that will load up? No transmitte