I hear it as well. I went as far as to run off battery power and kill the main breakers but it remained. I live near Amtrak with their overhead electrical lines and thought it might be from some of t
I can tell you they are a major problem for me on 160 as they are far louder than most any DX here except for VE and there are so many of them throughout the CW portion I've come to pass over any lou
3:40z 20 over in SE CT FN31XI Using the Hi-Z 3 el I find it equal between the south position and SW position. The greatest rejection is in the NE direction. I could not hear it this afternoon so I as
Like others here, I was on a call list at one time though it was when I lived in Lafayette Louisiana and it was from one of the members of Acadiana DX association. I never met Jack nor did I get a ca
I had problems with my radio this weekend and was able to get on 160 only after sunrise. I'd planned on taking part throughout the contest but that little wrench sidelined me. But Eddy, I did manage
What do you use to tell you the distance between grids? Gary KA1J _______________________________________________ Topband reflector - topband@contesting.com
I had a 110' Aluminum Heights fold over had a 10, 15 & 20, 5 element KLM monobanders on top. It was raised and lowered by a hand cranked winch. The fulcrum/pulley arrangement was at 24' I was loweri
So here it is in the middle of Sandy and I'm 300' from the water's edge and thought I'd check to see if I had any antennas left. I had a horrific series of SWR readings regardless of band. It was aro
An ATNO! No question on line logs are a benefit to the chase, definitely saves the need for "insurance QSOs" and the resultant QRM and loss of needed contacts by those QRMed out of the game. There wa
I spoke too fast, I'm not in their log for 160 or the 80 Q So I'm guessing there's pirates out there and this is most unpleasant. Back to zero... Gary KA1J ___________________________________________
I know that I've been QRM on top of the DXPedition I've been trying to get, always accidentally but I've been on the Tx frequency & calling when the DX is looking for specific locations ile EU/AF/OC
Thank goodness I made it in there for 160 & 80! I'm stunned at the gang mob on the transmit frequencies. The worst I have ever seen, ever. Gary KA1J _______________________________________________ To
I used to have an ICE model 303 lightning protector which I believe was a gas discharge tube with a toroidal choke in parallel to ground. I recall the toroidal choke was to continually bleed the elec
<snip> When I was in Nursing School we had to learn to administer liquid drug doses by the english measurements by drops, teaspoon, tablespoon & it was a PITA to keep things straight fast and simple.
I've got QRM around the house. I haven't identified where it is coming from but between Amtraks overhead power lines 100' away and a confluence of HV overheads & perhaps a plasma set or two nearby, I
Meaning the background noise from this QRM source is louder on the Hi-Z than the 160 Inv-L. Gary _______________________________________________ Topband reflector - topband@contesting.com
Herb, I managed to work them on 5 bands according to their search page http://pt0s.com/search.html (My log jives except for a 20M SSB in my log that did not win, place or show). LOTW only reflects th
Believe me, I feel your pain. There are stations near me that hear things I can't copy no matter how hard I try. Ticks me off but that's reality whether I like it or not... What I managed on the low
Yeah, I am mostly all dashes and my KA1J comes back to me as Ka1?J, KA1?O, KA1O & KA1TO. I've gotten AE1J & AE1O but the #1 mung I frequently get is KA1O. With all the stupid a-holes repeatedly calli
I'm hearing a lot of noise with my triangle array. I was hearing it close to the house so I relocated 100' away albeit 10-15 feet lower. Unfortunately I can not put it in a clearing and there are tre