Re: Topband: K9AY RX antenna

[HP via Topband]

While listening on your RX ant try opening and shorting the feedline to your TX 
antenna -I bet there is a big change in RX signal and F/B on a given station 
will change . 

My model of a 2 el active rx array pattern when I change the impedance 
presented to the center of my inv vee shows that if that impedance at center of 
the inv vee is not above 500 ohms -it will seriously destroy the two el 
pattern. ( For quick look I did it for real part -have not looked at pattern 
degradation vs reactive loads since my feedline to the inv vee happens to be a 
half wave long .) 

Hank K7HP 

- On Jan 31, 2022, at 7:10 AM, Pete Smith N4ZR  wrote: 


My K9AY loop (the commercial version from Array Solutions) seems to be 
kind of an indifferent performer. I believe it is set up properly. and 
I've laid down a radial under each side of the loops, but while it shows 
some directivity on high-end broadcast stations, 160M directivity is 
limited to nil, signal strengths are rarely better than my inverted-L, 
and the adjusting the termination seems to make very little difference. 
Any hints? 

-- 
73, Pete N4ZR 
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Re: Topband: W6WIN/7

[HP via Topband]

Look at N6WIN on his QRZ page -- 

Hank K7HP 

- On Dec 23, 2021, at 12:12 AM, Ed W0YK  wrote: 

| N6WIN/7?73,Ed W0YK
|  Original message From: ok...@atlas.cz Date: 12/22/21 22:44
| (GMT-08:00) To: topband@contesting.com Subject: Topband: W6WIN/7 Hi, does
| anyone know the skimmer QTH of W6WIN / 7?He sometimes spots me, but I don't
| know where he is? Many thanks. 73 Karel OKCF_Searchable
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Re: Topband: Stew Perry Contest

[HP via Topband]

I wonder if the AZ was NA7TB with an 8 circle TX - beverages and legal limit - 

Hank K7HP 

- On Dec 22, 2021, at 2:31 PM, Roger Kennedy 
 wrote: 

| Hi Ed. Yes I since looked up where the various stations I worked were
| located . . . and managed to work into Florida, Colorado, Texas and Arizona,
| so was pretty pleased with that.

| Unlike most 160m DXers I use a horizontal half-wave dipole, 50ft high.

| I'll be on tonight for the Wednesday CW DX Activity Night !

| 73 Roger G3YRO

| ---

| Thanks, Roger. Great results for a short amount of time!

| What was your set-up?

| dit dit
| 73 de Ed, K1RID
| Newburyport Electronics & Radio Society
| www.k1yrd.org

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Re: Topband: For AA1K

[HP via Topband]

He might be using Centurylink - They are putting contesting.com emails into 
spam -ever since they 
improved their email May 14 th - I was also kicked off mailman because of 
excessive bounces -They seem to have fixed that -but contesting.com seems tpo 
be above their skill level - I send 
"view originals " files to them every week day showing their spam shows as " 
spam-low " There were DKIM issues but for now they suspended DKIM . 

Hank K7HP 

- On Sep 10, 2021, at 12:57 PM, Joel Harrison  wrote: 

| Yes John - my emails are not getting to you for some reason.

| 73 Joel W5ZN
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