Re: Topband: Low Band DXing??
Some of the applications on the CD have 16-bit wrappers - meaning they won't run under Win7x64. If you have Win7x32, it is fine. So it depends on which flavor of Win7 you have. The alternative for x64 is to use the XP-MODE virtual machine capability built into the pro versions of Win7. That emulates the XP mode with the ability to run the applications. 73/jeff/ac0c www.ac0c.com alpha-charlie-zero-charlie -Original Message- From: k2...@juno.com Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 5:20 AM To: topband@contesting.com Subject: Topband: Low Band DXing?? Hello All, I would like to buy the latest edition on ON4UN's Low Band DXing with the CD ROM. On the ARRL book store it says that the CD ROM is only for Window's XP I am using Window's 7... Any one know if it will work with Window's 7 ??? Many Thanks in advance. 73, Ted K2QMF Gaviscon#174; Official Site Gaviscon#174; Relieves Heartburn Fast! See Products, Heartburn Info More http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/513cf936809f779360147st03vuc _ Topband Reflector _ Topband Reflector
Re: Topband: Low Band DXing??
The book is a pdf so the OS shouldn't matter. The SW on the CD is one DOS program, so the OS needs to run or emulate DOS. Grant KZ1W On 3/10/2013 2:20 PM, k2...@juno.com wrote: Hello All, I would like to buy the latest edition on ON4UN's Low Band DXing with the CD ROM. On the ARRL book store it says that the CD ROM is only for Window's XP I am using Window's 7... Any one know if it will work with Window's 7 ??? Many Thanks in advance. 73, Ted K2QMF Gaviscon#174; Official Site Gaviscon#174; Relieves Heartburn Fast! See Products, Heartburn Info More http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/513cf936809f779360147st03vuc _ Topband Reflector _ Topband Reflector
Re: Topband: Low Band DXing??
Hi Ted, I have the Fourth Edition with CD and even that CD definitely runs on Win 7 64 bit. 73, Thomas, DJ5DT k2...@juno.com schrieb: Hello All, I would like to buy the latest edition on ON4UN's Low Band DXing with the CD ROM. On the ARRL book store it says that the CD ROM is only for Window's XP I am using Window's 7... Any one know if it will work with Window's 7 ??? Many Thanks in advance. 73, Ted K2QMF Gaviscon#174; Official Site Gaviscon#174; Relieves Heartburn Fast! See Products, Heartburn Info More http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/513cf936809f779360147st03vuc _ Topband Reflector _ Topband Reflector
Topband: Titanex verticals
We are quite a few who are very fond of our Titanex lowband verticals. However, Titanex seems to be in sleep-mode so I have been searching for a source to get spare Titan-Alu tubes. Finally a company in Switzerland has emerged and they can supply tubes in what they call GRADE 2 and Grade 9. I have no idea what that means. Do we have somebody with expertise in our fraternity ? There is a minimum order of 50 meters, which means f ex 10 x 5 meter tubes for the top section. I believe there is a demand for spare tops , or what ? I have no pricing yet. What say ? 73 rag LA5HE mail2web LIVE – Free email based on Microsoft® Exchange technology - http://link.mail2web.com/LIVE _ Topband Reflector
Topband: Fwd: CQ WW 160 meter Phone Contest Audio
-- Forwarded message -- From: Saulius Zalnerauskas ly5w@gmail.com Date: Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 3:11 PM Subject: CQ WW 160 meter Phone Contest Audio To: Cq-Contest cq-cont...@contesting.com Hi, Here You can find CQ WW 160 Phone Contest Audio. This is my second audio attempt. Sam LY5W operated from well equipment Arturas LY2W Station. http://www.qrz.lt/ly5w/LY5W-WW160_2013_SSB/ Call: LY5W Operator(s): LY5W Station: LY2W Class: Single Op Assisted HP QTH: KO15LA Operating Time (hrs): 30 Summary: Total: QSOs = 653 State/Prov = 10 Countries = 63 Total Score = 243,163 Club: Vytautas Magnus Univ Radio Club I am looking forward for Your comment's. Sorry, but there is no my voice. 73, Sam LY5W p.s. don't forget call us (LY2W Multi Op) in upcoming Russian DX Contest and WPX Phone _ Topband Reflector
Topband: Antenna terminations
Got a new Beverage antenna up and getting the termination resistor(s) ready. to install? The resistance is spot on, now to keep it dry, you put it in some heat shrink. There, now for a re-check of the resistance... it has gone down in resistance !!! . You may have some of that somewhat conductive heat shrink tubing. Good idea to check the glue for conductivity before use. I do not have a brand name as have purchased from multiple sources. It is more of a problem for higher resistance terminations like for Flag, Pennant, and Delta receiving antennas. 73 Bruce-K1FZ www.qsl.net/k1fz/beveragenotes.html _ Topband Reflector
Re: Topband: gentlemen's band
Right on Mike, About two or three years ago there was a distinct deterioration of operational courtesy on what had been known as the Gentleman's Band. This was noted by an number of posts to this reflector. Again, there was an obvious explanation, although I don't recall it being mentioned. The reason for the bad behavior was caused by the immigration of frustrated HF'ers to 160, which was then in great shape for DX. The improvement over the next couple of years coincided with the (anemic) return of sunspots, which encouraged these migrants to return to their home bands. However, there are still occasions of poor behavior. In many cases this is purely accidental , such as this morning when, still half asleep, I sent my call two or three times on the frequency of 9M4SLL. This was answered by a single gentlemanly up, whereupon I 'silently stole away', feeling like a fool. My embarassment was lessened a few minutes later by a much more prominent top-bander making the same mistake with the same courteous result. No cacophony of up lid, idiot, cops QSY, etc. etc. Bert, VE3QAA On 10/03/2013 2:19 PM, Mike Armstrong wrote: Guys, I think the explanation for why 160 (and the dx crowd on 80, too... not necessarily the 75 meter throw a wire in the air rag chew crowd) are more gentlemanly (and ladies, of course) is very simple. It is REALLY simple to explain: To put a decent signal out on those bands takes some very real effort. Generally speaking you cannot buy your way to a great signal on those bands It takes thought and effort to be successful there. Only the most dedicated of hams will even attempt it and those dedicated hams are gentlemen everywhere they operate. Their dedication to the hobby being the thing. The non-dedicated (lazy, if you will) hams don't even try to put a signal there. Thus, those who don't appreciate the hobby (and what it is for or what it can do) are automatically excluded. Those are usually the people whose manners are less than savory. I can hear the cries and gnashing of teeth already starting, so before it does: I AM NOT SAYING that those who only operate the higher bands aren't dedicated or gentlemen! There are numerous reasons for why an individual ham can or simply desires to operate the higher bands exclusively. One being property limitations, obviously! Inability to get sufficient free time, at night, to operate those bands for DX would be another rather obvious reason. Thus, the 160 crowd seems to be a somewhat older group of people (read that: retired). What I AM SAYING IS that those who make the attempt to put good signals on the low bands must be pretty dedicated because it does take such a terrific effort as compared to the higher bands. A natural follow-on conclusion is that the lousy operators are generally lazy, don't appreciate the hobby to begin with and won't put out the effort involved in low band operation. So, as I said above, they are almost always automatically excluded from the low band DX world. It is like a natural filter. But, like I said, that doesn't mean that ALL high band ops aren't gentlemen. It just means that most, if not all, non-gentlemen will almost surely be high band only operators. There are exceptions, but they are exceptions, not the rule. I guess the correlation is that Gentlemen Hams = Dedicated Hams no matter where they operate Same holds true the other way around in that Dedicated Hams = Gentlemen Hams. At least that has been MY experience over the last 50+ years of my personal ham operation. Show me someone who isn't dedicated to this hobby and I can almost invariably count on the fact that they will be the ones who misbehave or don't care about whether they learn proper operating procedures. They just don't care. Again, you CANNOT be a don't care ham AND put out a worthy signal on 160/80 I just don't think it is possible. Well, maybe, but still you know what I mean. When you add in the difficulties involved in just plain DXing on those two bands, the reasons for gentlemanly behavior become critical. Contact throughput is pretty slow on those bands under the best of conditions Deep fades, high noise, you name it.. If you add misbehavior or rudeness to the mix, it is almost impossible to have successful DX contacts there, right? So those who are simply selfish have a reason to display gentlemanly behavior there. If for no other reason. LOL. Lots of words And I said it was simple to explain LOL Sorry about that :) Take care and great DXing, Mike AB7ZU (who ALWAYS aspires to be a gentleman on any band) Kuhi no ka lima, hele no ka maka On Mar 9, 2013, at 19:26, Mark Lunday mlun...@nc.rr.com wrote: Wonderful. It restores my faith in the hobby when I hear this courteous and professional behavior. Mark Lunday, WD4ELG -Original Message- From: Topband
Re: Topband: gentlemen's band
On Sun, 2013-03-10 at 11:19 -0700, Mike Armstrong wrote: Guys, I think the explanation for why 160 (and the dx crowd on 80, too... not necessarily the 75 meter throw a wire in the air rag chew crowd) are more gentlemanly (and ladies, of course) is very simple. It is REALLY simple to explain: --snipped - see original post for all of the text--- Take care and great DXing, Mike AB7ZU (who ALWAYS aspires to be a gentleman on any band) Hi Mike, I took a couple sips of coffee and opened the pressure relief valve for a few minutes - playing with unsavory adjectives in my head (evil grin). Maybe your doctoral thesis is a bit of an oversimplification but is probably a good, partial diagnosis (grin). I've been a ham only a little over 30 years and I have noticed that Lids have always existed. No band or mode is really an exception. We are not allowed to toss them into a dungeon, burn them at the stake, or anything so we just have to work our way around them the best we can. The only thing that will have any effect and only on a few of them is shunning. That's not very effective among religious sects and probably is futile in ham radio too. Just we don't have to associate with those Lids. Mostly when I encounter those hams I feel more sympathy than rage (yes some irritation, too). They truly have no clue about life itself and being a ham Lid is the least of their problems. It may help your stomach erosion the next time you encounter those *!*#'s to take a breath and say aloud to yourself there but for the grace of God go I. See you on the bands. 73, Bill KU8H _ Topband Reflector
Topband: Re telephone c wire
Thelpone C wire is a copper clad steel wire, as long as the hard plastic sheath remains intact it will be fine, however if the sheath is damaged to expose the wire it rusts rapidly and breaks. I spent many years repairing such wire. Water will migrate inside the sheath and the wire will become very brittle. Message: 2 Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2013 15:09:31 -0400 From: Herb Schoenbohm he...@vitelcom.net To: TopBand List topband@contesting.com Subject: Topband: Telephone C-wire for radials and Beverages Message-ID: 513b88eb.1090...@vitelcom.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed I wonder if regular telephone company C-wire would not make great radials either buried or on ground. I do not know the impedance but it would also be a stronger replacement for WD-1A for directional Beverages as well, although I am not sure what the 40% conductivity comment all means, I would think it would be more suitable to resist corrosion and the dissimilar metal issues than any aluminum product. Just curious, Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ _ Topband Reflector
Topband: help
Chasing down old qsl needs and I am searching for RN6AZ from 1996 QRZ has no listing so I wonder if anyone know this call and maybe his new call if there is one thanks Sam _ Topband Reflector
Topband: Titanex verticals
I have just created a FB-page for Titanex verticals so we can easily exchange info 73 Rag la5he mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://link.mail2web.com/mail2web _ Topband Reflector
Re: Topband: ALUMINUM
I had aluminum covered hardline in upstate NY. Where it was on top of the grass, ground, leaves, pine needles it was fine. Where it went underground for about 25 feet the aluminum turned to goo after 4-5 years. 73, N2TK, Tony -Original Message- From: Topband [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Tom W8JI Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2013 12:49 PM To: Topband@contesting.com Subject: Re: Topband: ALUMINUM I use CATV hardline everywhere here and have had some left over bare coils on the ground for the 24 years Ive been here. Except for staining from leaves, etc it is still fine appearing. The ground is mostly leaves, twigs and pine needles. The bare cable CATV runs in this town have been up even longer and Ive been told by installers the operational life is expected to be 25 years or longer, unless it is subject to physical damage of course which is SOP from storms. This topic, because there are so many variables that affect results, is like the never ending radial bantering. There isn't one answer. There is a huge difference between aluminum just sitting on the ground in coils or laying on dry ground and aluminum connected to things that apply a battery voltage or have moist soil contact with dissimilar metals. Aluminum has a threshold where, if potential is below a certain level, it rapidly builds a protective insulating coating and stops eroding. If it gets above that level, especially in the presence of chlorides, it will erode endlessly until it is gone. There also is a huge difference between CATV cables suspended from rigid messenger lines and wires that constantly flex (like thin wire) or vibrate. Aluminum work hardens and cracks. That's why, on occasion, a #9 aluminum fence wire element for my 160 four square will just break and drop. They do this even though they are under no real stress at all, just hanging there from catenaries lines. They also break on occasion at flex points. Not too often, just one once a year or so. Like radials, some systems make people happy and some do not. The #9 aluminum fence wire is worth the occasional breaks in my 4-square elements because it is cheap to replace, light, thick, and does not weigh the lines down. 73 Tom _ Topband Reflector _ Topband Reflector
Re: Topband: Antenna terminations
Anyone else found a lowering of resistance after heat shrinking terminations after cool down? 73 Bruce-K1FZ You may have some of that somewhat conductive heat shrink tubing. Good idea to check the glue for conductivity before use. www.qsl.net/k1fz/beveragenotes.html _ Topband Reflector _ Topband Reflector
Topband: desktop low band rx antenna for sale = suitable for 630m, 160m and other amateur bands
I recently moved to a new QTH and my shack here is mostly underground thus this superb directional low band rx antenna, which can sit on your rig or operating desk, is no longer suitable for my situation and is therefore for sale. It is the latest and greatest version - the QUANTUM QX LOOP v2.0+ from Radio Plus Electronics - and includes plug in head units for three bands: Long wave (160 - 530 kHz) Medium wave (530 - 1700+ kHz) Tropical band (1.8 - 6.2 MHz) Easy to null QRM and peak weak signals by rotating or tilting the ferrite head unit which feeds a double balanced 40+ dB JFET/MOSFET preamp. Q-Multiplication allows super tight tuning. Runs on 9 - 15 VDC thru 2.5mm miniplug or 9 VDC battery. More info: http://www.dxtools.com/QXv2+.htm Cost over $400 new and is still in EX condition. Will sell for $299 plus shipping via USPS, UPS or FedEx (your choice) or you pick up near Grand Junction CO. Non-smoking shack. PayPal preferred but personal check OK with delay for clearance. Can send photo on request. 73 Bill William Hein, AA7XT ex-AA4XT, NT1Y, AA6TT, KC6EDP Blog AA7XT.com ARRL, CSVHF AMSAT Life Member UKSMG QCWA Member 1st licensed 1969 - WN6NDC 1st W to OH0 6m QSO 1st North America to Asia 60m QSO Founder TopBand email reflector Tel +1 (970) 628-5120 Email bill.aa...@gmail.com Loc: DM59pa AIM / iChat / iMessage william.h...@me.com Skype williamhein _ Topband Reflector
