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181. Re: Topband: Problem with compression F connectors on Quad RG-6 (score: 1)
Author: Mike Waters <mikewate@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 May 2013 17:49:06 -0500
The way that you are doing it it exactly the way that Belden recommends doing it in their 3' 37" video on YouTube (the video recommended here on May 5 by Paul, W9AC). I forget the exact URL, but it's
/archives//html/Topband/2013-05/msg00044.html (10,102 bytes)

182. Re: Topband: More fishing beacons on 160 (score: 1)
Author: Mike Waters <mikewate@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 May 2013 17:58:28 -0500
I forgot to mention the direction: Southeast. I heard this beacon very well when the sun was still way above the horizon here. It must be running a lot of power, if it's in the Gulf of Mexico. 73, Mi
/archives//html/Topband/2013-05/msg00045.html (7,673 bytes)

183. Topband: 160 and 80 meter QRN prediction (score: 1)
Author: Mike Waters <mikewate@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 11 May 2013 23:24:29 -0500
I've found a web site that tells us if it might be worth getting on the radio during spring through fall thunderstorm seasons. http://www.intellicast.com/Storm/Severe/Lightning.aspx is the current US
/archives//html/Topband/2013-05/msg00077.html (7,462 bytes)

184. Re: Topband: 160 and 80 meter QRN prediction (score: 1)
Author: Mike Waters <mikewate@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 12 May 2013 21:10:02 -0500
Thank you for clarifying that, gentlemen. I should have explained that this was really not for DXing, since from what I can tell, there hasn't been much DX lately (to this part of the USA, anyway). I
/archives//html/Topband/2013-05/msg00080.html (8,837 bytes)

185. Re: Topband: 160 and 80 meter QRN prediction (score: 1)
Author: Mike Waters <mikewate@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 12 May 2013 21:44:33 -0500
Well, mine's not much to look at. I sort of designed it as I was building it, using junk parts that I had on hand. And there's things I should have done differently. A short explanation is at http://
/archives//html/Topband/2013-05/msg00082.html (8,271 bytes)

186. Re: Topband: Thanks! (score: 1)
Author: Mike Waters <mikewate@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 May 2013 00:01:03 -0500
That's true, but 31 material is the closest thing I've come to a "magic cure" here, for several applications in the past year! :-) It's the ONLY material that kept 75 meter RF from getting into my sh
/archives//html/Topband/2013-05/msg00138.html (8,367 bytes)

187. Re: Topband: Thanks! (score: 1)
Author: Mike Waters <mikewate@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 May 2013 01:35:11 -0500
Hi Charlie, You are right, and you can thank Jim, K9YC for that. I used 14 turns of CAT5 on a 2.4" OD #31 ferrite core, per his suggestion. Photo attached. Out of all the info I have ever read on fer
/archives//html/Topband/2013-05/msg00139.html (10,020 bytes)

188. Topband: Stew Perry 160 meter contest (score: 1)
Author: Mike Waters <mikewate@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2013 13:05:00 -0500
Hello Bruce, We love your contest calendar site, but I wanted to mention that a significant 160 meter contest is missing there. It's the summer *Stew Perry Topband Distance Challenge*, June 15 and 16
/archives//html/Topband/2013-06/msg00006.html (7,665 bytes)

189. Re: Topband: Stew Perry 160 meter contest (score: 1)
Author: Mike Waters <mikewate@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2013 13:18:40 -0500
And so far, no one here has mentioned the Summer Stew, either. And it's approaching fast! :-) The XYL (KD0LAJ) and I are going to spend part of our 37th wedding anniversary weekend having fun there (
/archives//html/Topband/2013-06/msg00007.html (6,896 bytes)

190. Re: Topband: BOG antenna (score: 1)
Author: Mike Waters <mikewate@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:08:09 -0500
All of my Beverages are made of bare wire, and I certainly have never experienced this. I think there's something else in play here, such as corona discharge from a sharp point, an unintended spark g
/archives//html/Topband/2013-06/msg00056.html (7,341 bytes)

191. Topband: Lightning QRN season? (score: 1)
Author: Mike Waters <mikewate@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 23:26:49 -0500
Anyone have a guesstimate as to when the QRN will begin letting up a little on 160? 73, Mike www.w0btu.com _________________ Topband Reflector
/archives//html/Topband/2013-07/msg00023.html (6,233 bytes)

192. Re: Topband: Lightning QRN season? (score: 1)
Author: Mike Waters <mikewate@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 21:03:32 -0500
I appreciate the replies and insight. Let me add some details I should have included in my original question. What I really wanted to know was, When do you think that QRN might let up a little, to th
/archives//html/Topband/2013-07/msg00044.html (8,723 bytes)

193. Re: Topband: 160M Rhombics (score: 1)
Author: Mike Waters <mikewate@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 12:41:16 -0500
If we want an antenna just for looks, might as well make it all out of a non-conductor such as plastic rope. :-) Seriously, Tom is right. Take time to study his rhombic page. However, as one wise man
/archives//html/Topband/2013-07/msg00076.html (8,978 bytes)

194. Re: Topband: 160M Rhombics (score: 1)
Author: Mike Waters <mikewate@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 12:46:45 -0500
There were a lot of tall tales told about W6AM's rhombics. Don't base a desire to have a rhombic on those fables. And that's where the term "California Kilowatt" came from. I'm told his rhombics were
/archives//html/Topband/2013-07/msg00077.html (8,368 bytes)

195. Re: Topband: 160M Rhombics (score: 1)
Author: Mike Waters <mikewate@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 13:46:13 -0500
This is interesting! You did all this, Frank? It would be fascinating to hear details of how all this worked, especially the curtain array. 73, Mike www.w0btu.com _________________ Topband Reflector
/archives//html/Topband/2013-07/msg00079.html (8,976 bytes)

196. Re: Topband: Rhombics (score: 1)
Author: Mike Waters <mikewate@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 13:53:43 -0500
Very well said, Rudy. :-) I think rhombics were sometimes chosen for receiving, because they are a type of wave antenna like the Beverage but with a sharper pattern. But how the two compare, I can't
/archives//html/Topband/2013-07/msg00080.html (7,250 bytes)

197. Re: Topband: Lightning QRN season? (score: 1)
Author: Mike Waters <mikewate@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 14:02:05 -0500
Thanks, Don. I do check real-time lightning maps daily, but I have never seen this site. I'll have to study it more soon, but it more or less seems to show what we already know: that lightning can oc
/archives//html/Topband/2013-07/msg00081.html (10,615 bytes)

198. Re: Topband: Lightning QRN season? (score: 1)
Author: Mike Waters <mikewate@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 14:33:21 -0500
They do indeed sometimes help reduce the QRN from some thunderstorms, particularly if they are in a nearby state (higher angle) and perpendicular to the desired direction. But they are only 580' (1 o
/archives//html/Topband/2013-07/msg00082.html (10,301 bytes)

199. Re: Topband: 160M Rhombics (score: 1)
Author: Mike Waters <mikewate@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 15:42:19 -0500
Carl, I based what I said partly on your statements at http://forums.qrz.com/showthread.php?297870-How-to-design-rhombic-antenna . Looking back at that page, I see that perhaps I misunderstood your s
/archives//html/Topband/2013-07/msg00087.html (9,926 bytes)

200. Re: Topband: 160M Rhombics (score: 1)
Author: Mike Waters <mikewate@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 16:38:23 -0500
Could be. Here's some photos of Don's station, FWIW: http://www.qsl.net/ne6i/w6am/shack.html . Alpha amplifiers, and huge tall racks that look like they might require one of those Alphas to drive the
/archives//html/Topband/2013-07/msg00089.html (9,743 bytes)

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