Re ladder line: At Dayton, one exhibitor was a small outfit called TennaMax, _http://www.73cnc.com/_ Offered were weighted knobs for various radios--and a very handy spacer for open-wire lines. The b
Hardy, I thought about that choice of THHN as I was concerned also about the cracking of the outer, clear plastic insulation. I don't think that applies to the underlayer of (colored) insulation. It
Bruce, I never had heard of Clarence Hansell until--13 years ago-- I found myself in a cubicle in a Silicon Valley chip company adjoining one occupied by George Hansell, his son. George, then 65, ove
And he is right, iff "power loss in dB at low angles" correlates 1:1 with ground losses. In that case the 16 ohms of equivalent loss dissipate 31% of the power, or -1.6 dB, not -3dB. But perhaps "pow
Aren't there several issues being discussed simultaneously here? 1. The question asked was about the "basic" two-wire Beverage using, in lieu of a reflection transformer, one wire grounded and the ot
In the words of Bob, KN6J, one of the first topband DXCC's on the west coast, "any Beverage is better than no Beverage". Subscribing to that dictum, my first Beverages were 200 ft. long, made of flea
Pete, No, not wrong, and the same as most RG8 and RG213! I have several cutters/strippers-- including, as it happens, that DataShark model. Because the cutter head said "11" and not "8", I had not tr
Fellow Topband DXers, A few years ago at Dayton, Eric K3NA and I discussed doing relatively small-scale lowband trips to counters that perhaps had been well-covered by expeditions on the higher bands
Colleagues, On the strength of Jon's report below and several before and since, please QRX with the survey until this glitch is ironed out. (The several entries to the site before release were smooth
Fellow Topbanders, The Topband Most-Wanted Survey has been relocated to: TopBand2011.hamdocs.com <http://www.topband2011.hamdocs.com> The problems experienced by some early users were server-related
Colleagues, Larry, K8UT tells me that all data entered to the topband survey that were not initially rejected due to the initial server issues are OK. If you entered your data and it was not rejected
This is a reminder to presumably the most-dedicated of topband DXers--those on this list-- that there is an active new Topband Most-Wanted Survey that needs the participation of all serious topband D
Topbanders Several months ago, I announced on this reflector a most-wanted DXCC country survey for topband only. It directed topbanders to a site containing a questionnaire. The survey was driven by
Human nature: the definition for most of us of a "great DXpedition" is one that you just worked. _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
Ain't THAT the truth? This thread has reminded me of all the times I have sat out in the rain and/or dark fixing "RG6" coax lines, only to have the connector fall off in my hand because the "RG6" and
Tod, Your reference below to NI6T should be to NI5T. I was never happy about their callsign choice for their contest station, for obvious reasons, and your observation merely serves to maximize my di
My experience with canid (coyote and wolf) urines suggests that if canids are not the local predator of interest--coyotes in England?--it may not work. Garry, NI6T ___________________________________
Westerners naive about coyotes? That is an interesting concept. DC and NYC are within the natural range of coyotes, but I have serious doubts about England. Coyote urine may "work", but it did not ke
The "common wisdom" passed to me is that they don't like PE as well as they like PVC. However, all my PE-jacketed coax rotator loops 130' up on a redwood tree were munched to oblivion in the past yea
My five coax loops that were savaged by toothy critters were all Super Flex with a PE jacket. I mentioned this to Press Jones at The Wireman and he said PE was marginally better than PVC in this rega