Re: Topband: To Topband Contesters ( 1 Day After)

2011-02-01 Thread Gedking
YUP those chair sitters I got on for while. I thought I would pass out a few points so I was just SP with 100 wts. because I have a job here at home now. and can't put in a lot of hours. I ran across some of them, I called that were calling CQ over and over and didn't answer my call even

Re: Topband: Switching Beverages

2011-02-01 Thread Greg - ZL3IX
Hi Pete, As long as your relays have decent isolation, even for high impedances, it may even be better to switch the Bev wires themselves. That way you don't share the ground at the feed end, and avoid any common impedance coupling. 73, Greg, ZL3IX On 2011-02-02 11:29, Pete Smith wrote: If

Re: Topband: 160 contest and SO2R

2011-02-01 Thread Rick Karlquist
Ron Spencer wrote: In this past weekend's contest I ran into this several times. I'd tune the band, find a seemingly empty spot, listen and then send a quick ?. Quick so that if its in use I don't cause QRM for too long. Listen again and if no response a quick QRL? If no response I'd start