This is the way I insulated my topband 1/4 wave Rohn 25 vertical as well. I used the BPH 25G hinged base plate for concrete. I just removed the bolts that attach the triangle plate with the stubs for
I'm in the process of moving this station from the arctic to the Kenai peninsula on a hill top about a mile from the ocean. Sunday we un-installed the Rohn 25 1/4 wave topband vert with insulated bas
Second morning in a row this radar has wiped out the band so I can't hear the US East coast at their sunrise. Loud here in Alaska, wideband noise that sounds like a diesel truck idling in the drivewa
[The next Stew Perry contest will be held on the last weekend of December (29/30). We will also sponsor a warm-up event on the weekend of October 20th/21st.] Yowser, super idea OM. It has been hard t
Yo It's not too early to be thinking about the famous Stew Perry topband DX Challenge and the world famous plaque program that goes with it. I'm expecting the plaque master to announce this sometime
My first thought is the Europe stations hearing Europe calling on your receive freq but can't hear you and of course a few might try calling anyway. When the band is really crowded going split "up 1
The receivers are much better today and everyone uses narrow filters to squeeze into crowded bands. This is a good thing. We still have ops using the older equipment and they tune to what sounds goo
During the normal Dayton hallway chatter someone mentioned that a beverage running down a hill towards the target area worked better or just as well as his beverage running in a flat field. Anyone el
Gary, KD9SV has a new reversible beverage system that uses old military WD1 or WD-1A Field Telephone Wire. I had a roll of that stuff years ago and it is really tough. He also has a twisted wire vers
Yo Tree Never used a gamma matched tower so I'm just an observer here. We did have this discussion on the reflector, maybe before the archive started but some were convincing that you can't do it and
Hi Ed Having operated RTTY in the WPX and WW and of course CW in all the topband contests I vote, "No". In fact I also vote to get rid of SSB on topband but that may be pushing my luck. 160 has a nar
I may not have a better understanding but I lived about 20 miles from Gary's qth with a full size quarter wave vertical for 160 that did the same thing. Adding more radials stopped it and the antenn
Hi Alan One troubleshooting technique is find something that would cause this problem if you were to do it on purpose. Since this is a hybrid I would guess a port not terminated into 50 ohms, (75) w
Hi Ed We see this effect in the Arctic every winter. It is not the leaves but the ground. Once I increased the radials to (A Lot) the vertical antenna stayed put at 1832 or so. I actually made this
Hi Freddy I can't answer your question directly but can report some results using something other then twisted two wire or WD-1A for reverse Beverages. I found a 500 foot spool of lamp cord. This was
Most will mention 250 feet is too short and that might be the reason as it will not match 9:1 or that 450 Ohm resistor. A working beverage is easy to recognize as the noise drops to zero and signals
Hi Barry I was in the contest during your recording but didn't get a good opening to the east coast this year. I never had any luck running so I just went up/down the band calling everyone I could he
Hi Herb Thanks for the dozens of Q's on top. I solved this exact problem by blowing up the DSL modem on 160 and ACS came out with a new one they said was more RFI proof and it was. Westell is on the
I have operated from your part of the world this time of year and know it is a problem but the Stew contest has a difficult exchange to make it a challenge and rewards long distance Q's by extra poi
I will be in the Stew Pot warm-up from Alaska on the Kenai Peninsula . Because of the start time it is one of the contests that has a flurry of activity then nothing for hours as we get daylight-ed.