- 1. Topband: contesting in a field (score: 1)
- Author: - <ahhyup@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:52:46 -0600
- So I have a new (to me) travel trailer, and a family farm, and I've made maybe two 160M contacts ever. I don't get to play radio much, usually just sweepstakes phone every year, and I missed last yea
- /archives//html/Topband/2011-11/msg00108.html (7,713 bytes)
- 2. Re: Topband: contesting in a field (score: 1)
- Author: WA8JXM <wa8jxm@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:57:20 -0500
- Chris, If the tall trees are in a location that you can get the trailer near, I would go in that direction. Put up an inverted L and lay a bunch of radials on the ground. If you are close to a good f
- /archives//html/Topband/2011-11/msg00109.html (9,424 bytes)
- 3. Re: Topband: contesting in a field (score: 1)
- Author: "Bill Wichers" <billw@waveform.net>
- Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:55:09 -0500
- I've never personally tried a balloon or kite, but I would suspect with either elevated radials might be a problem due to the extra weight. You could, I suppose, use a few mast sections to hold up th
- /archives//html/Topband/2011-11/msg00110.html (10,517 bytes)
- 4. Re: Topband: contesting in a field (score: 1)
- Author: - <ahhyup@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:05:13 -0600
- That was one thought I had as well, if I could get enough lift to essentially secure the feedpoint via the radials and pull the entire mess up. It would be something to behold but I'm not sure of its
- /archives//html/Topband/2011-11/msg00111.html (10,772 bytes)
- 5. Re: Topband: contesting in a field (score: 1)
- Author: - <ahhyup@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:11:00 -0600
- The last thing I need is a reason to generate flammable gasses in bulk :) We homeschool, so maybe that would fit the stereotype everyone expects. "And then they did a chemistry experiment and blew up
- /archives//html/Topband/2011-11/msg00112.html (8,414 bytes)
- 6. Re: Topband: contesting in a field (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike & Coreen Smith" <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca>
- Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:49:14 -0400
- Chris, For a one time deal, I would go buy yourself a 4' Mylar ballon, a tank of helium and raise a small diameter copper wire up 127'. We used one on St. Paul Island in 1997 as CY9AA and were workin
- /archives//html/Topband/2011-11/msg00113.html (10,364 bytes)
- 7. Re: Topband: contesting in a field (score: 1)
- Author: Darl DEEDS <na8w@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:18:44 -0500
- You mean there is a legitimate reason to use aluminum and lye? I thought they were always put in a 2 liter pop bottle and placed in mailboxes. At least in my area they are. hi hi. ps, for the unschoo
- /archives//html/Topband/2011-11/msg00114.html (9,954 bytes)
- 8. Re: Topband: contesting in a field (score: 1)
- Author: Charles Moizeau <w2sh@msn.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:33:11 -0500
- For one of the early ARRL Topband contests in the 1970s I, then as WB2URU, rented a tank of helium and inflated a World War 2 surplus balloon to support a quarter-wave vertical. Everything went well
- /archives//html/Topband/2011-11/msg00115.html (12,839 bytes)
- 9. Re: Topband: contesting in a field (score: 1)
- Author: <k3ky@radioprism.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:15:04 -0700
- I like resonant, voltage-fed verticals for their simplicity. For field ops, they can be a very quick way to deploy a working antenna. On 40 meters, for example, you're only dealing with 70ft- or 35ft
- /archives//html/Topband/2011-11/msg00117.html (9,311 bytes)
- 10. Re: Topband: contesting in a field (score: 1)
- Author: James Rodenkirch <rodenkirch_llc@msn.com>
- Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:50:03 -0700
- With the caveat that I am not any kind of SME on 160 meter antennas, I would be surprised that you'd need much of a counterpoise for an End Fed Half Wave antenna. My experiences with an End Fed Half
- /archives//html/Topband/2011-11/msg00118.html (11,212 bytes)
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