Herb,
No one is questioning your qualifications or expertise Herb. I am an
engineer also. The point
I attempted to get across is that it is in very poor taste for us to
post on a public reflector negative
allegations about anyone in the amateur community whether we feel it is
justified or not. There are other constructive ways to deal with the
issue off the reflector. As our moderator just posted this is not the
type of message this forum is for.
I hope you understand my intent. Please forgive me if I ruffled your
feathers ! I am planning a 160M vertical with elevated radials and will
be asking for some guidance on the reflector. I would like your advice too.
73,
Bob
K6UJ
On 12/17/15 8:12 AM, Herbert Schoenbohm wrote:
Bob. I am a broadcast engineer and very capable of measuring
ground-wave signals. The FCC does exactly that where issuing citations
for pre-dawn AM broadcast stations who are licensed for QRP and
actually running QRO. This method has been used for many years.
Ground wave measurement lack the variables you speak of. Actually my
post was in sorts complimentary to KP4KE's "magic 160 meter antenna"
which should in fact if it works this way should be published in the
Proceedings of the IEEE, don't you think?
Herb, KV4FZ
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Herb,
Herb,
In order for us to respond to your allegations you will need to
provide support evidence. We will need details on his actual antenna
configuration, was he using a counterpoise of some sort, is he on a
hill, how close is he to the water ? Do you have proof that he was
running more than 5 watts ?
Comparing his results to your test is meaningless, there are too many
variables to consider.
You have the burden of proof. Either provide factual evidence to
support your allegations or give
KP4KE an apology for potentially damaging his reputation.
Bob
K6UJ
On 12/17/15 5:38 AM, Herbert Schoenbohm wrote:
Well not to appear to be entirely disputatious we should carefully
consider KP4KE CQ WW 160 meter QRP entry in 2005 which he said he
accomplished with 4.7 watts to a "magical antenna" which he called a
"double bazooka" at 60 feet both for RX and TX. While claiming to
work 42 countries with this magical antenna (which is actually a low
dipole) in a few hours of operating, I thought I would try and see
what 5 watts could actually in fact really do on TB. Using a 1/4
wave vertical and 12 Beverages a few weeks later, and many days
after that when the band conditions where hot, I called CQ for 4
hours each night without a single reply. During this contest I
recall hearing NP4A and Pedro's great set up running full power, and
very high dipole at 200' and the signals were always the same on 160
at my location. So either KP4KE has a "magic antenna" or his "QRP"
entry in the CQ WW 160 meter QRP category totally lacked credulity.
Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ
2005 KP4KE SO QRP 160M 37,345 364/13/42
On 12/17/2015 7:56 AM, Michel Spelier wrote:
The title was changed to better describe the original question.
This topband newcomer asked what had happened to the topband
conditions, given
the rare intercontinental Low Power to Low Power CW QSO’s,
even when riding upon sun propagation enhancements, as noted in
this log, during
the last 6 or 7 winter topband contests.
(the last 3 years = topband newcomer)
(snip)
73,
Michel, ON7EH
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