Search String: Display: Description: Sort:

Results:

References: [ +from:jz73@verizon.net: 196 ]

Total 196 documents matching your query.

101. Re: Topband: C52 (score: 1)
Author: Jon Zaimes AA1K <jz73@verizon.net>
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:10:39 -0400
Merv, The pileup here on the East Coast is still huge. They haven't pulled my mobile signal out of it yet! 73/Jon AA1K _______________________________________________ Topband mailing list Topband@con
/archives//html/Topband/2007-10/msg00149.html (7,489 bytes)

102. Re: Topband: ADSL line "mute" when TX on 160 (score: 1)
Author: Jon Zaimes AA1K <jz73@verizon.net>
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:52:29 -0400
Maybe some modems are better/worse than others. I've been using a Westell 2200 for my Verizon DSL here about 5 years. Modem is just a few feet from the shack. No TX or RX RFI problems. 73/Jon AA1K __
/archives//html/Topband/2007-10/msg00150.html (7,694 bytes)

103. Topband: Delaware DX report (score: 1)
Author: Jon Zaimes AA1K <jz73@verizon.net>
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 08:33:30 -0500
C91KDJ was a new one at 0252z Sunday (my Saturday night), after hearing him weak starting around 0230z. He peaked 579 a few minutes later, just after his sunrise, and was still good copy when he left
/archives//html/Topband/2007-11/msg00152.html (7,543 bytes)

104. Re: Topband: 400 Ft. RG6 (score: 1)
Author: Jon Zaimes AA1K <jz73@verizon.net>
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 23:25:28 -0500
Ed, I once had a half mile of feedline, a few hundred feet of it RG6 and the rest 1/2 and 3/4 inch CATV hardline, and found I did not need a preamp. Also piggybacked some DC voltages down the line fo
/archives//html/Topband/2007-12/msg00122.html (7,361 bytes)

105. Topband: noise canceller comparison (score: 1)
Author: Jon Zaimes AA1K <jz73@verizon.net>
Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 11:18:02 -0500
Anyone compared the DX Engineering *NCC-1 with the MFJ-1026, 1025 or others? How much difference? 73/Jon AA1K * _______________________________________________ Topband mailing list Topband@contesting
/archives//html/Topband/2007-12/msg00157.html (6,616 bytes)

106. Topband: Dirt in the way? (score: 1)
Author: Jon Zaimes AA1K <jz73@verizon.net>
Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 21:09:44 -0500
They're getting ready to build some new homes next to me, and the crews have been busy moving dirt around as they put in the sewage lines and roads. A few days ago I noticed the dirt they have been p
/archives//html/Topband/2008-01/msg00193.html (7,193 bytes)

107. Re: Topband: tar on Beverage feed splices (score: 1)
Author: Jon Zaimes AA1K <jz73@verizon.net>
Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:50:18 -0500
Hi Mike, Most of my Beverage runs are hardline with splices at various spots along the way in the woods. I bring the splice a couple of feet above ground . A short copper pipe doubles as a support an
/archives//html/Topband/2008-02/msg00038.html (7,815 bytes)

108. Re: Topband: Beverages and wire fences? (score: 1)
Author: Jon Zaimes AA1K <jz73@verizon.net>
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:51:53 -0500
Neil, I have used numerous Beverages above various wire fences over the years, and generally placed them 3 to 6 feet above the top of the fence. I now have only one of these -- a look-alike (but nonf
/archives//html/Topband/2008-02/msg00078.html (7,954 bytes)

109. Topband: Delaware report (score: 1)
Author: Jon Zaimes AA1K <jz73@verizon.net>
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:53:12 -0400
VK6ABL has been the main activity the past week or so -- we've eeked out a QSO just about every day though often with weak signals around sunrise here. But had a nice surprise this morning when RW0CF
/archives//html/Topband/2008-04/msg00034.html (7,157 bytes)

110. Topband: Beverages and trees (score: 1)
Author: Jon Zaimes AA1K <jz73@verizon.net>
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:02:57 -0400
I use those yellow plastic electric-fence insulators for my Beverages too. They seem to have a good survival rate out in the open -- while some of the black ones, that I thought would have better UV
/archives//html/Topband/2008-04/msg00043.html (7,438 bytes)

111. Re: Topband: Paul Bailey VS6DO - SK -- and 100 watts (score: 1)
Author: Jon Zaimes AA1K <jz73@verizon.net>
Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:25:30 -0400
Sad to hear of Paul's passing at a young 62 years. Though not active in recent years since he moved to the states, he was a legend on Top Band during his years in Hong Kong. I first heard his signal
/archives//html/Topband/2008-07/msg00016.html (8,063 bytes)

112. Re: Topband: CQ DX...calling protocol... (score: 1)
Author: Jon Zaimes AA1K <jz73@verizon.net>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:31:42 -0400
Steve, One op's DX is another's local. I'm on the band much of the year calling CQ DX. There are the occasional callers from stateside, and whether I answer them depends on the mood I'm in, how "hot"
/archives//html/Topband/2008-08/msg00079.html (8,744 bytes)

113. Topband: RFI question (score: 1)
Author: Jon Zaimes AA1K <jz73@verizon.net>
Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2008 19:22:37 -0500
I have a new, loud noise on Top Band. It is a buzz -- S9 on some of my Beverages -- and so far seems to be here for an hour or two, starting around sundown. I'm not sure if it is there around sunrise
/archives//html/Topband/2008-11/msg00009.html (7,393 bytes)

114. Topband: RFI buzz update (score: 1)
Author: Jon Zaimes AA1K <jz73@verizon.net>
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 19:37:02 -0500
Recently I posted a note about a buzz noise that had been plaguing me on 160. This buzz was on for 55 seconds and then off for 55 seconds, at S9 levels. It mostly was there some time after sunset and
/archives//html/Topband/2008-11/msg00186.html (9,809 bytes)

115. Re: Topband: Shunt Fed Tower (score: 1)
Author: Jon Zaimes AA1K <jz73@verizon.net>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 05:12:27 -0500
Yes, if other antennas are on the tower series feeding does require some big RFC. Mine are typically 75 to 100 feet of coax or rotor cable wound on 6-inch diameter PVC forms (size originally suggeste
/archives//html/Topband/2008-12/msg00127.html (7,473 bytes)

116. Re: Topband: Tower-attached guy wires - max length for driven tower? (score: 1)
Author: Jon Zaimes AA1K <jz73@verizon.net>
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:04:15 -0400
Brian, For the guy end attaching to the tower (or guy bracket on the tower), I use a length just long enough to accommodate a preformed grip on each end -- for a total of about 5 feet long including
/archives//html/Topband/2009-03/msg00091.html (7,978 bytes)

117. Re: Topband: down hill slope for a beverage (score: 1)
Author: Jon Zaimes AA1K <jz73@verizon.net>
Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 07:45:30 -0400
In the 1990s, I had a 660-ft Beverage at previous QTH in northern Delaware that went from 90 feet elevation to 30 feet elevation.This was a 10-foot-high single wire with feedlines and relays to each
/archives//html/Topband/2009-05/msg00101.html (7,295 bytes)

118. Re: Topband: One acre arrays (score: 1)
Author: Jon Zaimes AA1K <jz73@verizon.net>
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:33:57 -0400
I'd put a 1/4 wave vertical (tower) in the center of the square (or as tall as you can make it), radials filling the square. Then add parasitic wires spaced 1/8 wave from the tower (66 feet) as in th
/archives//html/Topband/2009-06/msg00060.html (7,653 bytes)

119. Topband: Disappearing toroid (score: 1)
Author: Jon Zaimes AA1K <jz73@verizon.net>
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:24:01 -0400
With the new season starting to get into swing, I discovered a few days ago that my phased JA Beverages (each 935 feet long, spaced 175 feet broadside) were not functioning. Since a JA was hearing me
/archives//html/Topband/2009-09/msg00046.html (7,698 bytes)

120. Re: Topband: 160/M---Time for a new topic--- 160mobile?! (score: 1)
Author: Jon Zaimes AA1K <jz73@verizon.net>
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:33:53 -0400
Don KH6DX is the King of Top Band mobile! W1BB of course was the pioneer -- many will remember the photo of his antenna, which had a big plastic bucket upside down to protect the coil of his base-loa
/archives//html/Topband/2009-10/msg00458.html (10,577 bytes)

Current List: 101 - 120
Page: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
This search system is powered by Namazu