It is tricky. The problem is that the bottom of the tower wants to be a high voltage point - not very nice when it is grounded. You would have to try something I played with a while back - which is t
Bill's last sentence sounds like a soundbite from a talk I gave on EME last week at the local radio club. I use the SSB filters when doing EME as I find it easier for my "DSP in the brain" to discrim
In band signals have IMD products - which can get pretty bad. On most receivers I have seen, they are down about 30 or 35 db - when doing just two signals. If you get a bunch of them (or a lot of QR
When I did this, I had a pretty obvious peak in current when running 50 watts or so. I think reducing the number of wires that can conduct is a smart thing. At least insulate from the tower, and mayb
Lots going on: 1. We now have a facebook page thanks to Ash, KF5EYY. Just search for Stew Perry Topband. 2. The results for the 2019 Stew are FINALLY online at http://www.kkn.net/stew/2019_Stew.htm.
All - if you page down below the scores - you will find all of the excellent soapbox comments that were submitted. 2019 Stew Perry Results (kkn.net) <https://www.kkn.net/stew/2019_Stew.htm> Tree ____
The Summer Stew will start in about 48 hours (1500Z Saturday) and run for 24 hours. Get on CW and exchange grid squares! Rules and results - Stew Perry TBDC Home (kkn.net) <https://www.kkn.net/stew/>
All - The big Stew will take place on Dec 18/19th this year - jumping ahead of XMAS - so is less than 11 days away!! The winners of the 2020 Stew Perry plaques have been decided and the results have
The next Stew Perry event is coming up in one week. Oct 22nd at 1500Z for 24 hours. Also - the plaque winners for 2021 have been determine. You can see the winners here: Stew Perry TBDC Plaques (kkn.
The results of the recent Stew Perry event are now complete. You can find them here: https://www.kkn.net/stew/2022_LowBandJack.TXT Also, the plaque listing for the 2021 "Big" Stew has been updated. W
Due to the timing of New Year's Eve, the Stew Perry will move up to the weekend before the holidays this year. That would be on December 17/18th. We understand that this is a bad time for some people
Attention TopBand enthusiasts. The biggest "one night" operating event of the year is coming this weekend. The 27th running of the Stew Perry Topband Distance Challenge starts at 1500Z on Saturday an
The next Stew Perry Topband (160 meter) Distance challenge is this weekend on June 17th starting at 1200Z for 24 hours. The exchange is your grid square. Rules and more info can be found here: Stew P
The Spring Stew is coming this weekend. It starts at 1500Z on Saturday, March 9th and runs for 24 hours. Exchange grid square on 160 CW. More distance = more points. Rules and previous results are he