...snip... I would love to do the analysis. But it is not an option. The scores database is all I get to work with. No bifurcation of DX vs US/VE mults are provided (mults is mults as they say). The
I noted that during the contest, especially on Saturday night, the popular propagation summary http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/ was reporting an A index of zero (0) and a K index of zero (0). I don't r
By the way, many of you may not be familiar with the 3830 reflector at contesting.com. Dink prepares an excellent summary of claimed scores. It's real simple, just indicate your totals. Get your 160M
This may sound crazy, but I've used a piece of double sided circuit board at up to 1KW to feed an 80M vertical. Cut it to size, and campher the edges back 1/8" or so. Then wrap the edges with electr
...SNIP... Tom, and others... I have been following the 'beacon' thread for some weeks now. It's interesting to observe (it would be more interesting to participate) but the distances to MN are a wa
...snip... ...snip... Pete, I have no trouble working SFL from MN either. But the signals appear, I work a bunch of you guys, and then they are gone. MN is a big place. And you having propagation to
Then let's do it! If a few talented folks step forward and contribute some computer prowess, we could make this an interesting and scientifically significant breakthrough in understanding the physics
...snip... Bob, and others Perhaps what you are referring to is setting up a system by which atmospheric data can be collected simultaneous to a beacon, or series of beacons, used to study propagatio
...snip... Bob, and others... I have access to the Radiosonde data needed for the entire US (world? I dunno--never looked elsewhere but it does appear to be in the data). I can provide the following
I recently purchased a MKV. The 200W variety. Manufacture date of June 2004. I have been told by several that they can detect no clicks, even though the signals were very high (local > 35dB over 9).
...snip... ...snip... John, and others I noticed that last night the QSB was very long between nulls & peaks. I noticed the same thing this AM with KH0A. In fact, with KH0A, more than once he came ba
Jerry, I use a 3 el SteppIR at 45' on a Rohn 25G tower. The tower is also loaded for 160m using a top hat wire of about 125'. A second shunt, loads the system on 80m using a 25' top hat wire. The two
Herb, I have heard some pretty strange stuff. During one recent contest, near solar midnight, a fella called me after my CQ and I thought I was going batty. The signal was strong. But a zero beat si
...snip... Whine limiter off... Let me get my violin and play you a tune! Can you hear it playing just for you guys in the east? Imagine adding about 1500 miles to get to MN. How's about 3000 miles t
...snip... ...snip... Dick, 14kV is nothing to play with. Any you are correct in assuming that non-conducting lines are of questionable non-conductivity over time. The buried lines are not that big a
Long path, short path, skewed path... Obviously, it is the ONLY path open at the time. Long Path is really an upper HF term. Using upper HF as an analogy, I really love it when working a pile-up on t
Topbanders, It appears that a station may have booked a sweep of all 80 sections in this year's ARRL 160m contest. To my knowledge, this is possibly a first ever recorded. The information is a bit sk
One of the nifty features of the Autek VA1 is the F-1/4 mode. Use this mode to set the autek to calculate the factors at the other end of the feedline. Adjust the frequency to the 1/4wL of the line c
The Historical spreadsheets have just been posted to the contest results article on the web. It's a side bar link to the history for Top Ten, Section, Division, and Region records. Or use this link..
Evan, I assume you have a grounded tower? The inverted L does just fine when shunt fed. If you are an ARRL member, check this out... It is a sidebar that I wrote for the 2002 160M contest results. h