I have noted skewed paths before, and spotlight prop., but I was hearing all kinds of strong JA stations on the west beverage, which I thought unusual ( that many, that strong). Also noted that I was
I and another local here in WNY managed to catch snippets of 4S7NE on our K9AYs last week: not good enough to make a call, but I was thrilled to hear him. If only the tree trimmers bucket truck hadn'
Anybody interested in how 10.7 acres is good for a dipole, K9AY loops and one sad beverage can email me for the gruesome details. Paul WB2ABD FN02 That is one of the things I really like about 160. I
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Many great suggestions. I have nothing new to add except get rid of the flex-weave ... works OK for a couple of years and then starts disintegrating. Breaks easily and hard to repair once water gets
<The problem you will have on 160 meters is that a 500' beverage is not even one wavelength long ! They will work fine in the woods if they are long enough. Willy K3VW> It will still work, even if le
Not to extend the thread, but I've found that certain plastic bottles are a lot huskier than regular pop bottles: here, 1 liter "Polar" brand refreshments have a pretty husky bottle, and last much lo
I found one of these in box of stuff. The printing on the label has disappeared. Does anyone have one of these, and could you email me which taps on the terminal strip are what impedance? This is a m
There are heavy rubber caps/ w. hose clamps available that will cover the ends of plastic pipe. Allows for easy removal and minimal fussing with sealing. I bring my cable(s) in thru the rubber. Paul
I basically live in the woods, and we have all the perpetrators. The only cable any critter ever chewed through was gray jacketed RG8x. I've never encountered cable or wire damage on anything else, g
And yet another lightning app http://www.intellicast.com/Storm/Severe/Lightning.aspx All kinds of info on that site, including earthquakes Bud 2RU may find this one interesting too http://rochesterwe
Location: FN02mq antenna: 160m inv vee ( sorry no directonal antennas - down for repairs) Last night: 10 over S9, one fade down to S9 over the course of a few hours. This morning: S7, started fading
N1MM: You can press ALT + W , or program one of the function keys with {WIPE}. I have F12 set like this, for those not so rare times that the call I entered is so fumble-fingered that using backspace
Yes, I tried that a few zillion years ago. The upper section of an HF2V was never designed to support a long hunk of wire hanging off the top ... it turns into a noodle, requiring a set of guys at th