K6SE was the first guy I saw doing this - with much shorter towers than mine. Somewhere in my files I have a copy of a four-page letter Earl sent to K2UU describing in detail the K6SE phased towers
Anybody on this list have a Rhombic for 160M? W1AW used to use one for bulletins and code practice on 160M but I think it came down years ago (1989?) They come in here literally against the pin which
I would think that with optimized F/R for your Beverages that at least one path would be somewhat quiet. They do indeed sometimes help reduce the QRN from some thunderstorms, particularly if they are
I dont see anything from then that disagrees with what I said today Mike, QRO in those days was a smaller ratio from what is daily these days. There are even a couble of super QRO SWBC stations owned
Those Alpha 77's, DX or SX went thru the Nye tuners shown and they were maxed out at around 4KW. The rack stuff was old school with glass tubes and mercury vapor rectifiers and took a lot of room for
I think this topic has gone from talking about actual radios and antennas and the merits and folklore about each, to disrespecting people. I actually thought it was kind of neat that as a 12 year old
The only way many of us can learn about the big names of years gone by is to listen in on discussions like these; Yes, but right here on Topband we have many current-day worthy replacements for them
This subject has been discussed here plenty of times in the past, and the consensus has always been that trees and other foliage near a 160m antenna has a negligible effect on the transmitted signal.
Seldom mentioned and worth repeating. The L has a bit of high angle radiation which can be useful at times. The T cancels it. Carl KM1H That's exactly what I was thinking. Top load it and forget abou
Assuming that sufficient tower height was available, guy wires are insulated or broken up into short non-resonant sections. Tower face is 12 or 18". Start at 1/4 wave up with a 1/4 wave ground plane
What got my attention was seeing what appears to be stacked groundplanes at the Manchester NH airport. I dont want a collinear or vertical dipole. The basic ollinears are 2 half wave elements fed at
Gee, I wonder if Carl had any idea what a "catfight" he was going to start, when he began this thread? ** Nope but what dissapoints me is that no one has modeled this and one just tells past tales of
Youre getting confused Charlie. 1. My query was about a theoretical installation and not band specific. Maybe I'll try using the 600' UHF TV tower on the next hill over if there is a chance it might
KC1XX ran stacked 80M deltas but dont know if they have been replaced after the ice storm a few years ago. Carl KM1H Wondering what experience there is for 3L Bruce arrays and if a reflector has been
I would expect that after X number of elevated radials it becomes moot. Height and ground conductivity determine the actual number. For my poor ground and 20' elevation it was somewhere around 24 bas
I want to install another 2 wire BOG and experiment with different lengths and at the same time use up some extra lengths of MIL telephone wire. When wiring the sections in series do I have to mainta
Ive had a ZC since 1986 and its been used pretty hard in contests and DXing but I keep it around 1200W. The original Eimacs are still putting out full power. The only problem spot is on the front waf
Most of those birds and other winged predators have been seen or heard here and keep the rodents managable. I take care of some squirrels and chipmunks with .22 shorts in a rifle and a competition gr
There are several on the HP forum that are famililar with that product Hardy. I also have one but claim no expertise since it still works well. hp_agilent_equipment@yahoogroups.com Carl KM1H -- Origi
Congratulations, sounds like another case of high angle N-S propagation Carl KM1H All I can say is to not give up. I have heard "ZERO" from FT5ZM on 160 meters up until tonight and have been there ev