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No one has yet mentioned the other feedline option: balanced line.
This takes many forms including speaker wire, two-conductor AC line cord (zip
cord), TV twin lead, ladder line / window line, twisted pair, CAT-5 etc.
Characteristic impedances are often in the 100 ohm range
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I wasn't active but I'm very curious as to what everyone else noted over the
weekend based on the reports below.
Mark Connelly, WA1ION
South Yarmouth, MA
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Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2019 16:03:56 + (UTC)
From: N7DF
To: TopBand List
Subject: Topband: really good
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Thanks - saw you logged in.
Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA -
> On Jan 28, 2019, at 7:42 PM, Stewart, Randy
> wrote:
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> Seems to be working fine at around 9:30pm CST/7:30 PST/0330 UT this evening..
> Randy Stewart
> Battlefield MO
>
> From: IRCA on
A small improvement on yesterday, mainly down unders, and for a limited time.
pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least
briefly):
not by any means
Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a
native speaker, though often
Good to see that we've opened the flood gates on this topic, James.
Rodent bites have never been an issue at my coastal location in
western Canada, and I forget that it can be a big issue elsewhere.
OT: It's not like we don't have rodents, but perhaps they're all
fat and happy from the
Seems to be working fine at around 9:30pm CST/7:30 PST/0330 UT this evening..
Randy Stewart
Battlefield MO
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Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2019 10:11:02 PM
To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Subject: IRCA Digest, Vol 177,
You mentioned the setup is destined for Walt's cabin so I assume your Victoria
antenna and attenuation and orientation are not what matters.
They don't apply to Walt's cabin, right?
Chuck
From: IRCA on behalf of R. Colin Newell
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2019
Uhm Walt?
We have all kinds of ideas for antennas - but likely N or NW FLAG OR KAZ.
I’m more interested in whether you can connect and how fast the connection is.
Thanks Charles.
Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA -
> On Jan 28, 2019, at 6:14 PM, Chuck Hutton wrote:
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> Walt won't
Walt won't be using an ALA100, righty?
So should we ignore the antenna, orientation and attenuation aspects and just
comment on connectivity?
Chuck
From: IRCA on behalf of R. Colin Newell
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2019 6:06 PM
To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
184.66.42.39:8073
On for thé evening -
Connected to ALA100 and 5m E-W loop.
+ 16db pad to reduce overload.
25 minute idle limit -
Have at it - performance reports appreciated
Colin Newell
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The coverage is about what one would expect for day/night with the same pattern
and nearly the same powers.
Russ Edmunds
WB2BJH
Blue Bell, PA
Grid FN20id
From: IRCA on behalf of Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2019 7:51:04 PM
To: Mailing
I wish DX'ers wouldnt make claims like this... The KHPY day and night
signals aren't very different at all
https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?call=khpy=0=0=Y=C
On Mon, Jan 28, 2019 at 4:31 PM Mike Sanburn wrote:
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> I just happened to tune past KHPY 1670 the other night on my Ultralight
It runs 9 kW at night instead of the usual expanded band 1 kW and is
directional full time with two different patterns.
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> On Jan 28, 2019, at 3:31 PM, Mike Sanburn wrote:
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> I just happened to tune past KHPY 1670 the other night on my Ultralight and
> it really sounded
I just happened to tune past KHPY 1670 the other night on my Ultralight and it
really sounded like they must have been running day power. I can't confirm or
deny it, but they were booming. ms
From: IRCA on behalf of Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Sent: Sunday, January
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WBZ's tower site in Hull, MA - a peninsula surrounded by salt water on all
sides but a narrow piece south - affords the station great "get-out-ability".
http://www.bamlog.com/wbz.htm
For your listening pleasure, a few recordings of WBZ 1030 at far-flung
locations:
I’ve had a few email - my KIWI WEBSDR is not located at the University of
Victoria -
It’s located at my semi rural home about 4 km away.
It’s only on a few hours a day - working out various connectivity issues with
it — and getting the best antenna relationship with it.
Stay tuned... so to
Thanks for posting this link, Mark.
The DXpedition participants also received WPTX-1690 and WRDW-1680,
the latter before Hokkaido sunset.
These are major DX, even if their night time powers were being uh, unobserved.
best wishes,
Nick
At 05:38 2019-01-25, Mark Connelly via IRCA wrote:
It will be interesting to get a comparison of DU reception
Walt...if/when conditions improve.
With Juan de Fuca Strait just down the road from you, I would hope
that your DU reception should be superior to mine and to Colin's.
73
Nick
At 04:55 2019-01-28, Volodya S wrote:
Thanks to
I use rg6 flooded for all my low band receive antennas. I usually get it
from dx engineering. I have had very good success with it in the midwest
buried and just on top of the soil. The flooded capability has mitigated
small rodent bites. Some of the antennas I use it with are: 4 square, k9ay,
There are a few important issues to consider with coaxial cable.
1) use a cable that doesn't have a cellular insulation that can take on
moisture i.e. RG58c
2) do not use cable that is silver plated especially in a salt environment
because the cable screen may disintegrate over time.
3) Most
I had RG58 in 'moisture' for a decade: in fact 70 metres at the bottom
of a pond! Everybody said, that it won't work, but I didn't notice any
problems. But I had them on the part, which was on the ground: hares bit
it broke and 3 years ago I replaced it with a better one: Tri-Lan RF240.
It
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