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21. Re: Topband: Should Be A Great Night! (score: 1)
Author: Charles Bibb <zedkay@bellsouth.net>
Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 14:37:09 -0600
THUNDERSTORMS I use thunderstorms as harbingers of imminent good conditions on topband. If a thunderstorm prevents me from getting on the band, then you can bet your bottom dollar some juicy DX will
/archives//html/Topband/2006-02/msg00049.html (7,849 bytes)

22. Re: Topband: UA0FZ (score: 1)
Author: Charles Bibb <zedkay@bellsouth.net>
Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2006 13:43:01 -0600
'Tis ever thus... However, if some of the guys who'd already worked a UA0 hadn't coaxed Vlad out of the shadows with their CD DX's, he might not have known how wide open the band was this morning. He
/archives//html/Topband/2006-02/msg00124.html (7,359 bytes)

23. Re: Topband: Working a rare one....again (score: 1)
Author: Charles Bibb <zedkay@bellsouth.net>
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 16:14:32 -0600
I agree with your sentiment, but also consider this: Just about one year ago, I became very frustrated at not being able to hear the FT5XO DXpedition on topband. So, I resolved to light a candle rath
/archives//html/Topband/2006-02/msg00143.html (9,397 bytes)

24. Re: Topband: Working a rare one....again (score: 1)
Author: Charles Bibb <zedkay@bellsouth.net>
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 20:25:13 -0600
I knew this would be misunderstood. I am filled with compassion for everyone (myself included) who tries to work the DX on topband and is often frustrated. But I am mystified by the attitude that if
/archives//html/Topband/2006-02/msg00146.html (9,199 bytes)

25. Topband: Another "I got 'em!" post (score: 1)
Author: Charles Bibb <zedkay@bellsouth.net>
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 12:35:15 -0600
Like Phil, K5PC, mentioned a couple of days ago, the TY5 would start to become readable here (MS) just at my sunset. We got a slight sunset enhancement, then very soon they would either QRT or we wou
/archives//html/Topband/2006-03/msg00204.html (8,107 bytes)

26. Topband: A question of efficiency (score: 1)
Author: Charles Bibb <zedkay@bellsouth.net>
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 18:02:48 -0500
Hello, Topbanders I?ve been mulling over this question for a while in advance of some antenna maintenance and possible upgrades, but I can?t seem to arrive at a definitive conclusion myself. So, whil
/archives//html/Topband/2006-07/msg00028.html (8,055 bytes)

27. Topband: Thanks (score: 1)
Author: Charles Bibb <zedkay@bellsouth.net>
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 12:45:05 -0500
Thanks to all those who responded to my antenna efficiency question. Looks like the only change I'll be making is to remove the linear loading section. 73, Charles - K5ZK ____________________________
/archives//html/Topband/2006-07/msg00034.html (6,174 bytes)

28. Re: Topband: On Using RG-6 Coaxial Cable... (score: 1)
Author: Charles Bibb <zedkay@bellsouth.net>
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 21:17:07 -0500
Ed, I use RG-6 "satellite TV" foam cable extensively for all of my various Beverages and other receive antennas on 160, with runs up to about 400 feet. I found it best to use high quality type-F conn
/archives//html/Topband/2006-09/msg00035.html (8,365 bytes)

29. Topband: Two-wire Beverage error (score: 1)
Author: Charles Bibb <zedkay@bellsouth.net>
Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2006 11:43:30 -0600
Hi, All In the past couple of years I have put up two different two-wire reversible-direction Beverage antennas, and have experience good results with both of them. I constructed the reflection trans
/archives//html/Topband/2006-12/msg00017.html (8,377 bytes)

30. Topband: Soldering ground radials (score: 1)
Author: Charles Bibb <zedkay@bellsouth.net>
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 18:07:07 -0600
Hi, fellow topbanders, (Only) in the past couple of years, I've been reading in several authoritative texts on low band DXing how we should not be using the traditional Lead/Tin alloy solder to bond
/archives//html/Topband/2006-12/msg00143.html (7,471 bytes)

31. Topband: Soldering ground radials (score: 1)
Author: Charles Bibb <zedkay@bellsouth.net>
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:43:42 -0600
Hi, All Thanks to all those who responded to my post about soldiering ground radial connections. However, there seems to be no clear consensus on whether the use of silver solder is really necessary
/archives//html/Topband/2006-12/msg00158.html (7,262 bytes)

32. Re: Topband: Effect of DC on Ferrite Toroids? (score: 1)
Author: Charles Bibb <zedkay@bellsouth.net>
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2007 06:52:59 -0600
Jeff, Some ferrite materials are design to change permeability with DC bias, sometimes by as much as a factor of ten. I'm not sure if all mixes will do this or only those specifically designed to do
/archives//html/Topband/2007-01/msg00144.html (7,473 bytes)

33. Topband: Tower as part of radial system? (score: 1)
Author: Charles Bibb <zedkay@bellsouth.net>
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 16:08:57 -0600
Hi, topbanders I was out in the yard this afternoon, checking on a few things before the storm moves in: First, I rigged a remote vacuum relay, switchable from the shack, from the feed-point of the v
/archives//html/Topband/2007-01/msg00249.html (8,316 bytes)

34. Re: Topband: Beverage Below Power Lines (score: 1)
Author: Charles Bibb <zedkay@bellsouth.net>
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 12:57:04 -0600
Bill, I can answer part of this, sort of. When I became active again on topband in late 2004, I built a Beverage for Europe (NE). It was 870' long. However, while far far better than the TX antenna o
/archives//html/Topband/2007-02/msg00226.html (8,333 bytes)

35. Topband: Matching transformer phasing Question (score: 1)
Author: Charles Bibb <zedkay@bellsouth.net>
Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2007 15:46:10 -0600
This may seem like a silly question at first, but I can't seem to logic my way through it and arrive at a satisfying answer, so I'm asking for additional insight. Does it make any difference which wi
/archives//html/Topband/2007-03/msg00010.html (8,229 bytes)

36. Topband: Coax velocity factor (score: 1)
Author: Charles Bibb <zedkay@bellsouth.net>
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 20:10:59 -0600
Hi, All I'm installing an end-fire pair of phased Beverages here and decided to actually measure the velocity factor of my coax (RG-6, foam dielectric) before cutting the phasing line. Measured out a
/archives//html/Topband/2007-03/msg00129.html (6,932 bytes)

37. Topband: VF - It is what it is (score: 1)
Author: Charles Bibb <zedkay@bellsouth.net>
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 20:21:44 -0600
Thanks to all for the many responses to my post questioning the velocity factor of foam-dielectric coax. After re-verifying (for the third time) the physical length of the piece I was checking, and a
/archives//html/Topband/2007-03/msg00149.html (7,877 bytes)

38. Topband: Sunrise times (score: 1)
Author: Charles Bibb <zedkay@bellsouth.net>
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 15:37:07 -0500
I use the U.S. Naval Observatory's web site to obtain precise sunrise and sunset times. Their definition of sunrise is the time at which the upper edge of the sun's disc it exactly even with the loca
/archives//html/Topband/2007-04/msg00094.html (7,800 bytes)

39. Re: Topband: 160M_AC_BUZZ (score: 1)
Author: Charles Bibb <zedkay@bellsouth.net>
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 15:02:36 -0600
Good luck, George. Sounds very much like the line noise situation at my QTH. Finding the source may turn out to be the least of your problems. I've been trying to get the power company to clean up a
/archives//html/Topband/2007-08/msg00009.html (7,565 bytes)

40. Topband: A Big Mess! (score: 1)
Author: Charles Bibb <zedkay@bellsouth.net>
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 17:57:18 -0500
Hi, Topbanders I'm posting this so that others may benefit from my mistake and not repeat it. I use small PVC boxes to house the matching transformers of my Beverage antennas. These are electrical en
/archives//html/Topband/2007-08/msg00035.html (8,388 bytes)


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