- 1. Re: Topband: Trees and RF (score: 1)
- Author: "Mel Crichton" <kj9c@iquest.net>
- Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 16:23:05 -0500
- Purely anecdotal here... I live in a pretty dense hardwood forest. The only clearing is where the house sits, where there's a 15 foot rooftop tower holding a 2 element quad.... tops of trees are 30 t
- /archives//html/Topband/2009-11/msg00070.html (8,619 bytes)
- 2. Re: Topband: Ks vs IC7600 (score: 1)
- Author: "Mel Crichton" <kj9c@iquest.net>
- Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2009 11:49:46 -0500
- I don't have a 7600 but I do have a K3 and a 1000MP fully loaded with INRAD filters in both IFs. The MP has always been my "contest radio" because it's easier to get to its controls (no menu pushbutt
- /archives//html/Topband/2009-12/msg00076.html (7,269 bytes)
- 3. Re: Topband: The Slingshot Option (score: 1)
- Author: "Mel Crichton" <kj9c@iquest.net>
- Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 08:41:39 -0400
- I am also a die-hard bow/arrow user, having shot lines over 120 footers .... a couple of options to consider: To weight the arrow, tape two 1/2 inch nuts over the end of a target arrow.... be sure to
- /archives//html/Topband/2010-10/msg00080.html (7,312 bytes)
- 4. Re: Topband: Inverted L Question (score: 1)
- Author: "Mel Crichton" <kj9c@iquest.net>
- Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2011 10:36:10 -0500
- By all means make the vertical portion as tall as possible, even if the horizontal part slopes downward a bit. My 90 footer is really an "inverted J" over a hickory tree with the horizontal part slop
- /archives//html/Topband/2011-01/msg00032.html (7,566 bytes)
- 5. Re: Topband: Beverage transformer enclosures (score: 1)
- Author: "Mel Crichton" <kj9c@iquest.net>
- Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 18:13:06 -0500
- I use a standard PVC outdoor electrical box with waterproof cover. It's ABOUT 2 1/2 by 3/2 and maybe 2 inches deep. with a 3/4 inch diameter recessed opening on the bottom (meant for conduit but a ni
- /archives//html/Topband/2011-11/msg00086.html (8,384 bytes)
- 6. Topband: SP remote from DN45 (score: 1)
- Author: "Mel Crichton" <kj9c@iquest.net>
- Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 13:13:38 -0500
- Wish I had an antenna here in MT DN45 for 160, but that can't be. Second best option was to remote operate my station in EM69, even though I can't switch RX antennas remotely (Yet! That will change b
- /archives//html/Topband/2014-12/msg00418.html (7,675 bytes)
- 7. Topband: Pulleys for antennas in trees (score: 1)
- Author: "Mel Crichton" <kj9c@iquest.net>
- Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 12:50:37 -0500
- Speaking as an engineer, the owner of an oak tree farm, and a ham with antennas in trees, please use some caution when using ropes in trees: 1. An antenna tied to a tree branch exerts some force W (l
- /archives//html/Topband/2015-01/msg00238.html (8,184 bytes)
- 8. Re: Topband: Remotes (score: 1)
- Author: "Mel Crichton" <kj9c@iquest.net>
- Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 10:36:28 -0500
- For a number of reasons, I operate my regular Indiana QTH from here in Montana. Here we have CCRs that limit me to very low invisible stealth antennas and fewer bands, and being surrounded by mountai
- /archives//html/Topband/2015-02/msg00721.html (7,646 bytes)
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