- 1. Topband: Battle Creek Special - 160 Resonance (score: 1)
- Author: "thoyer" <thoyer1@verizon.net>
- Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2016 18:16:09 -0400
- I built this antenna several years ago. I never really had a good resonance on 160 though. Best I could do was 3.5:1 or so. I used the xcvr ant tuner to match it without issue. Since it had been up f
- /archives//html/Topband/2016-10/msg00158.html (7,318 bytes)
- 2. Re: Topband: Band Open - But No Sunrise Peak (score: 1)
- Author: Thomas Hoyer <thoyer1@verizon.net>
- Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2018 07:34:58 -0500
- I must be in a black hole as I have listened every night this week and heard no EU. Probably doesn't help I have an S7 to S9 noise level though.................... Tom W3TA The band has been open for
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-01/msg00109.html (8,143 bytes)
- 3. Re: Topband: Band Open - But No Sunrise Peak (score: 1)
- Author: Thomas Hoyer <thoyer1@verizon.net>
- Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2018 12:51:09 -0500
- I'm using a Battle Creek Special. I had plans to make some form of compact RX antenna - no room for long wire antennas here - this fall, but other things got in the way........ Tom W3TA Hello Tom: I
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-01/msg00123.html (9,933 bytes)
- 4. Re: Topband: Why no NA 160m Activity? (score: 1)
- Author: Thomas Hoyer <thoyer1@verizon.net>
- Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2018 18:58:14 +0000 (UTC)
- In my case I have been listening every night the last few weeks between 2300 and 0200 and find it hard to pick out anything due to the S7 to S9 noise levels at my QTH. Not even worth calling CQ if I
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-10/msg00080.html (9,115 bytes)
- 5. Re: Topband: The band works!! (score: 1)
- Author: Thomas Hoyer <thoyer1@verizon.net>
- Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2018 17:05:56 +0000 (UTC)
- Dave, Was listening to you last night work those stations. Sadly I didn't / couldn't hear any of them - but you were nice and strong in EPA! Just out of curiosity, what is the noise level at your st
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-10/msg00104.html (9,009 bytes)
- 6. Topband: ARRL DX Contest - Small Gun (score: 1)
- Author: Thomas Hoyer <thoyer1@verizon.net>
- Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 15:56:11 +0000 (UTC)
- Typically I deal with S7+ noise at my station and have been stuck at 90 countries for a few years now. This weekend I found the band to be a lot less noisy then usual (S3 to S5) and I was able to add
- /archives//html/Topband/2019-02/msg00177.html (8,271 bytes)
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