Bill,
I truly wish that was the case. I think you may be a bit out of touch
On how many "serious" ops have beverages. I can't stick one on my 1/4 acre
lot. You probably have it right that if you don't have room for beverages
you probably can't be a big gun but lack of beverages doesn't reduce my my
"seriousness or enthusiasm for top band. That being said, if you will send
a certified check down here for 400 k I promise that I will move to a 2 -
3 acre lot and put up a 8 beverages to prove exactly how "serious" I am.
Bank wire in lieu of a certified check is ok.
73
Chet N4FX
-----Original Message-----
From: topband-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:topband-bounces@contesting.com]
On Behalf Of K4OWR
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 11:00 AM
To: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: It is not so much propagation
:::: When I switch to my beverage antenna the noise pretty much goes to
almost nothing.
Don't most serious operators have one....or more???
BILL K4OWR
On 3/19/2012 10:22 AM, N7DF wrote:
> During the summer the storm static is the main obstacle to top band
operation here 40 over nine crashes every 30 seconds kind of drown out
everything, QRP or QRO
> In fact the fish beacons still come through around sunrise indicating that
propagation paths are open but SWLing them is not that big a thrill
> Maybe we could get some low power 160 meter beacons operating through the
summer to see what is really happening
> It would be interesting to get more Field Day stations on 160. Maybe our
crowd can get 160 included in local club plans
> a 30 foot high mast with top loading is not to hard to put together and
can get out pretty well with two or three readials
> it might even get some new people interested in top band
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> UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
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