When a cw station asks for a fill I send my COMPLETE callsign. Why? a) My memory keyer or logging program has my full callsign, no partial callsign. I don't use the hand keyer just in case I have 'de
Nope, Nope. I am a firm believer in one-way propagation on 160m, having witnessed it many times. Let me give you a recent example. In the last weekends contest I worked LY7M. We both run decent stati
George, IMO you have solved the problem ... mental. Your last sentence describes the condition exactly ... your brain goes blank or slows as a defence mechanism from all the noise/signals on the band
Thanks Herb, That certainly removes the operator condition from the explanation. It will be interesting to discover why the transmissions tail off. Is it repeatable? For example if the same station k
The GAP Voyager is not much better than a dummy load on 160m. On 80m and 40m it received fairly well compared to my other 80 and 40 antennas. Doug Original Message-- With the prospect of downsizing a
How long did the KLM last before the light boom folded, or the element to boom brackets failed or the linear loaded insulator let go? One good wind storm? Doug "Think of all the ways you can hurt you
Hi, Is it really necessary to isolate the vertical from the pressure treated 4 x 4 with PVC tubing and is it really necessary to install a 1:1 balun between the antenna and feedline in this 4-square
I successfully use 100s and 100s of feet of copper clad steel RG-6 in my 160m 4-square receive setup with a pre-amp at the station. Copper clad steel works for me. Doug "Think of all the ways you can
The only way to say which location is better is to do a side by side comparison which didn't happen. You are making assumptions which may be wrong or may be right. Blaming it on trees is a guess. The
I checked my email records and see the same story back in year 2008. Some things never change. I hope this time Rob gets his act together for good. Doug "Think of all the ways you can hurt yourself l
Yes K9W had an excellent, easy to work, signal into Saskatchewan this morning. Doug "Think of all the ways you can hurt yourself laughing." --Original Message-- Good signal tonight http://youtu.be/5t
Good that they followed Martti's one-off rule. Some don't (JAXXX). It's refreshing to hear stories of this nature. "Think of all the ways you can hurt yourself laughing." --Original Message-- JUST re
I learned a lesson many years ago where I showed up on a needed band as a NIL. I have more than one callsign and if I need that band contact I will try and work them with both callsigns now. Mistakes
Same here on 80m from VE5. Good signal, listening for NA only, but copying very, very few. Doug "Think of all the ways you can hurt yourself laughing." --Original Message-- Very nice signals from S21
Sam you had no trouble working me on the first call. Doug/VA5DX "Think of all the ways you can hurt yourself laughing." --Original Message-- Worked AZ (N7GP). Very easy! Randy K5ZD said VFB signal :)
I posted this on TowerTalk and I got a couple of responses as to why the ends of ground radials should not be grounded. However no-one has guessed as to how many db I have supposedly lost with the be
If I lay my 1/4 wavelength bare radials several inches below ground; is that not the same as if the radials were grounded along their length? Doug --Original Message-- True, I expect, Carl. Just don'
NH0Z appeared this morning partially covered by a west coast cq er. He wasn't strong but could hear well. Doug "Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deser
I will have to get up earlier. At your time the only good DX here was NH0Z and V63DX. Doug "Think of all the ways you can hurt yourself laughing." --Original Message-- He was first discernable here a
I have used this same setup for my 4-square 160m receive array for years. Since I have to take down and put up this array every spring/fall, I have to re-tune each element for the 160m band. I have f