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21. Re: Topband: Made it! 80 Years a Ham (score: 1): Author: Mike Furrey <mikefurrey@att.net>; Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2017 21:15:52 +0000 (UTC); Paul! Great Story! Congratulations! I am curious if our paths crossed in Hobbs. I grew up there and was first licensed as WN5KKA in '64 as a 13 year kid. My test was administered by John Sikes (can't; /archives//html/Topband/2017-01/msg00049.html (12,337 bytes)
22. Re: Topband: Best 160 antenna (score: 1): Author: Mike Furrey <mikefurrey@att.net>; Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2017 17:53:29 +0000 (UTC); Hi Gary, For many years I used an inverted L between two tall pine trees and one elevated radial that was L shaped to fit on the 90' x 60' lot I had in Spring, TX. The radial was about 15' up and it; /archives//html/Topband/2017-08/msg00037.html (7,737 bytes)
23. Topband: (no subject) (score: 1): Author: Mike Furrey <mikefurrey@att.net>; Date: Sun, 20 May 2018 05:32:06 -0500; http://alternative.aliveandwellinkansas.com Mike Furrey _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband; /archives//html/Topband/2018-05/msg00015.html (6,300 bytes)
24. Re: Topband: (no subject) (score: 1): Author: Mike Furrey <mikefurrey@att.net>; Date: Sun, 20 May 2018 16:27:31 +0000 (UTC); It looks like my e-mail account has been spoofed or hacked. Ugh. That last e-mail to the topband list did not originate from me. Sorry Guys I will try to figure it out or for the time being I may hav; /archives//html/Topband/2018-05/msg00016.html (7,155 bytes)
25. Re: Topband: Radials in the desert (score: 1): Author: Mike Furrey <mikefurrey@att.net>; Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2018 15:55:47 +0000 (UTC); Once a driveway was in the way of radials ... a cement blade on a circular saw fixed that. That may work FB on soft sandstone. 73, Mike WA5POK Chet, Have you tried digging a shallow trench with an ed; /archives//html/Topband/2018-06/msg00117.html (8,611 bytes)
26. Re: Topband: Radial plate (score: 1): Author: Mike Furrey <mikefurrey@att.net>; Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2018 16:42:52 +0000 (UTC); A system I used that worked very well was four 81' elevated (up 20') radials after a single coil. The antenna was a tree supported inverted L. This is straight from the ON4UN handbook. Another ham ne; /archives//html/Topband/2018-07/msg00015.html (15,352 bytes)
27. Re: Topband: Call for antenna ideas (score: 1): Author: Mike Furrey <mikefurrey@att.net>; Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2018 04:10:38 +0000 (UTC); Hi Simon,I would like to suggest hanging a 1 wavelength delta loop off of the 50 meter tower. Easy to build, easy to match, about 1.5 db gain and you don't need to do all that work laying down radial; /archives//html/Topband/2018-09/msg00100.html (8,728 bytes)
28. Re: Topband: Inv L in Tree (score: 1): Author: Mike Furrey <mikefurrey@att.net>; Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2018 15:45:41 +0000 (UTC); Hi Ed, Yes, many times. When in Houston, TX on a 60' x90' lot I had one that was in between two 70'+ pine trees (about 5' from each tree at the feed point). I had one elevated radial up 15' that was; /archives//html/Topband/2018-09/msg00177.html (9,210 bytes)
29. Re: Topband: elevated radials (score: 1): Author: Mike Furrey <mikefurrey@att.net>; Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2018 13:33:07 +0000 (UTC); I took a page out of ON4UN's book for four elevated radials. In the 4th edition of his "Low-Band DXing," page 9-25, figure 9-23, I used the left diagram. After I resonated the system, my best SWR was; /archives//html/Topband/2018-10/msg00162.html (8,145 bytes)
30. Re: Topband: launching lines over trees (score: 1): Author: Mike Furrey <mikefurrey@att.net>; Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2018 18:58:53 +0000 (UTC); Nice and Expensive! I use a $10 wrist rocket, a $5 spin-casting rod~n~reel from a yard sale, 3/4 oz fishing weight, ask someone to hold my beer, and tell everyone to go hide ... Subject: Topband: lau; /archives//html/Topband/2018-12/msg00277.html (8,066 bytes)
31. Re: Topband: FCP versus loaded or "T" radialsradials (score: 1): Author: Mike Furrey <mikefurrey@att.net>; Date: Sun, 5 May 2019 23:45:23 +0000 (UTC); Elevated Radials ... In Houston, TX on a 60'X90' lot I had one quarter-wavelength elevated radial bent in the shape of an L to fit on the lot, it was routed around the perimeter of the lot. At an apa; /archives//html/Topband/2019-05/msg00020.html (10,611 bytes)
32. Re: Topband: Inverted L in contact with leaves (score: 1): Author: Mike Furrey <mikefurrey@att.net>; Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2019 14:19:24 +0000 (UTC); My inverted L with elevated radials has touched limbs and leaves and I have still gotten out well. SWR does change (but not appreciably) with the rise and fall of the tree sap and with rain (very wet; /archives//html/Topband/2019-08/msg00287.html (11,093 bytes)
33. Re: Topband: Hairpin match to inverted L? (score: 1): Author: Mike Furrey <mikefurrey@att.net>; Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2019 13:45:54 +0000 (UTC); I did and it was easy and worked well. I could not find much info (Internet found one picture and not much in handbooks for a hairpin on 160). I "WAGed" it and took #10 solid wire and wrapped 12 turn; /archives//html/Topband/2019-09/msg00021.html (9,041 bytes)
34. Re: Topband: Summer Stew Perry (score: 1): Author: Mike Furrey <mikefurrey@att.net>; Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2020 01:20:28 +0000 (UTC); I gave it a 40+ Qs shot from TN. The summer thunderstorm noise finally did me in. Even some of the "beacon" stations in the eastern US were hard to hear. 73, Mike WA5POK The only other decent signal; /archives//html/Topband/2020-06/msg00052.html (8,328 bytes)
35. Re: Topband: K9AY amplifier (score: 1): Author: Mike Furrey <mikefurrey@att.net>; Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2020 15:24:45 +0000 (UTC); Hi Tom, I used a K9AY loop in my small back yard in Houston. I rarely ever found the need for a preamp BUT I used an old Ameco PT-3 preamp inside the shack. That did just fine for me. 73, Mike WA5POK; /archives//html/Topband/2020-11/msg00008.html (7,784 bytes)
36. Re: Topband: K9AY Loop Proximity to Structures (score: 1): Author: Mike Furrey <mikefurrey@att.net>; Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2021 17:27:39 +0000 (UTC); I had the K9AY loop in my back yard at my old QTH in Spring, TX. I quickly learned to orient the loop for noise reduction (had a noisy strip shopping center about a half mile due east) rather than s; /archives//html/Topband/2021-01/msg00209.html (11,794 bytes)
37. Re: Topband: K9AY Loop Questions (score: 1): Author: Mike Furrey <mikefurrey@att.net>; Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2022 17:55:10 +0000 (UTC); I used the K9AY loop on a 60' by 90' suburban lot near Houston. My transmit antenna was an inverted L between two very tall pine trees. and one side of the AY loop was 6' from the single elevated rad; /archives//html/Topband/2022-01/msg00007.html (9,408 bytes)
38. Re: Topband: 1:2 UNUN (score: 1): Author: Mike Furrey <mikefurrey@att.net>; Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2022 20:18:52 +0000 (UTC); Perhaps a "hair pin" match? I used a hair pin coil at the base of a vertical that was 35 ohms. 73, Mike WA5POK 73 Tim K3LR Maybe this will help: I use a 1:2.25 Unun (3 to 2 turns ratio). It will mat; /archives//html/Topband/2022-01/msg00107.html (10,500 bytes)
39. Re: Topband: "Tower Maintenance for Radio Amateurs" (score: 1): Author: Mike Furrey <mikefurrey@att.net>; Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2023 00:07:32 +0000 (UTC); As for a Valentine's Day club meeting ... The YL here is also a ham and understands the show BUT we are skipping our meeting tonight to go to dinner. The club is also a repeater club so ... 73, Mike; /archives//html/Topband/2023-02/msg00044.html (10,658 bytes)
40. Re: Topband: K9AY minimum spacing from TX (score: 1): Author: Mike Furrey <mikefurrey@att.net>; Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2023 17:08:49 +0000 (UTC); Well, on a small suburban lot with TALL pine trees (four and a large sweet gum tree in a square of 50 x60 feet), I had an inverted L with one L shaped elevated radial on the perimeter of the lot. One; /archives//html/Topband/2023-12/msg00029.html (8,705 bytes)

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