I am traveling to Eugene Oregon to visit my QSL manager. And he does not do
2 meters. Could someone suggest a route to Eugene from Salt Lake City with
a list of repeaters to use while on the trip??
73
ED AH2BE
>From lburke@pop3.wt.net (Larry Burke) Sun Dec 8 01:07:34 1996
From: lburke@pop3.wt.net (Larry Burke) (Larry Burke)
Subject: 4-Square Mechanical Ideas Needed
Message-ID: <1.5.4.32.19961208010734.00664130@pop3.wt.net>
Hey gang --
Thinking about putting up a four square for 80M, but want to learn more about
the mechanical details of construction. If you've built one of these I'd be
interested in hearing some info on:
1. Base mounting. I assume most designs are series, not shunt, fed. How did
you insulate the radiator from the ground mechanically (commercial insulators
available?)?
2. Radiator construction. Tower sections, tapered aluminum? What worked for
you. Full quarter wavelength or have you gotten something shorter to work well?
3. Support. Guyed, self-supporting?
4. Spacing between vertical elements?
I have ON4UN's book, which has a lot of good info.... just trying to supplement
with info from other's experience.
73 de Larry WI5A
Friendswood, TX
>From n4zr@contesting.com (Pete Smith) Sun Dec 8 01:52:44 1996
From: n4zr@contesting.com (Pete Smith) (Pete Smith)
Subject: DVP Hum Redux (short)
Message-ID: <199612080152.RAA09501@dfw-ix5.ix.netcom.com>
Well, the grounding fix was short-lived. Hum returned, so today I put an
isolation transformer in each leg of the (stereo) audio. No hum on receive
and (I'm told) no hum on transmit. Glad I didn't have to isolate the mic
lines as well.
73, Pete Smith N4ZR
n4zr@contesting.com
West (bigawd) Virginia
>From wrt@eskimo.com (Bill Turner) Sun Dec 8 02:29:18 1996
From: wrt@eskimo.com (Bill Turner) (Bill Turner)
Subject: The secret of WB9Z on 160m.
References: <32AA559F.85E@gte.net>
Message-ID: <32aa2346.30708839@mail.eskimo.com>
On Sat, 07 Dec 1996 21:43:59 -0800, wd4ahz@gte.net (Ron Wetjen) wrote:
>Greeting All,
>Just read a couple of posts regarding stations hearing (or NOT hearing)=20
>on 160 Meters. Well, glad to know I'm not the only one who gets=20
>frustrated and wonders why. I've had the same experiences over the=20
>several years I've worked the 160 Meter Contest. I CAN NOT work the =
guys=20
>who are consistantly over S9, but if I call a weaker station, I can=20
>always get them the first or second try. I even managed to call a few=20
>CQ's last night, and had stations right at the noise level call me ...=20
>worked them right away ... but call and call the loud ones, and they =
keep=20
>on CQ'ing like I'm not even there! Still have no explaination for it! =20
--------------------------------------------------
Here's a possible explanation for it: The guys with weak sigs that you =
can
work easily probably have very inefficient antennas. This causes a =
reduction
in both their transmitted signal strength and the signal strength into =
their
receiver. On 160 meters it is easy for them to make up received losses =
so
they can hear you just fine, but transmitted losses are gone forever.
Therefore, your signal is very copyable at their QTH in spite of the fact=
that
their signal is very weak at your QTH.
In the reverse situation, the station that sounds loud at your QTH no =
doubt
has a good antenna and the above scenario does not apply. If you hear =
him but
not vice versa, it's probably due to either (1) He's running more power =
than
you or (2) He has local QRN or (3) Both.
Make sense?
73, Bill W7TI
wrt@eskimo.com
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