Re: Topband: WLW

2013-09-17 Thread JC N4IS
Here is the K7AGE posts video of WLW's 1932 500,000 Watt AM transmitter http://forums.qrz.com/showthread.php?398944-K7AGE-posts-video-of-WLW-s-1932- 500-000-Watt-AM-transmitter Enjoy it Regards JC N4IS _ Topband Reflector

Re: Topband: WLW

2013-09-17 Thread Jim Brown
On 9/17/2013 9:51 AM, Bill Aycock wrote: I HATE it when Topbanders get bored; thing like this WCKYWLW etc flood out. My keyboard has a great Delete key. Look around -- maybe yours does too. 73, Jim K9YC _ Topband Reflector

Re: Topband: WLW

2013-09-17 Thread n8...@yahoo.com
Bill I may be in the minority , but , I don't mind such derailments... Dan N8DCJ Sent from my HTC smartphone on the Now Network from Sprint! - Reply message - From: Bill Aycock billayc...@centurytel.net To: topband@contesting.com, Mark Connelly markwa1...@aol.com Subject: Topband:

Re: Topband: WLW

2013-09-17 Thread mstangelo
Bill, I also enjoy the war stories about the old transmitters. With regards to DX'ing I've been follwoing Mark Connelly's exploits for years and have built some of this designs. Mike N2MS - Original Message - From: n8...@yahoo.com To: Bill Aycock billayc...@centurytel.net,

Re: Topband: WLW

2013-09-17 Thread chacuff
Me neither... My delete key works if I get bored of it... Used it a lot a while back on the stacked vertical thread. I find listening for hets on LW/MW from across the pond a lot of fun..often during the winter I actually get decent audio to the central Gulf of Mexico. Cecil K5DL

Re: Topband: WLW

2013-09-17 Thread Bill Aycock
Mark—I’m sorry. Yours DID have technical merit. Much of the rest did not. I lived through a lot of the best of the old AM Radio days, and reading faulty memories about it IS boring. Bill—W4BSG From: Mark Connelly Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 1:14 PM To: billayc...@centurytel.net ;

Re: Topband: Hairpin Matching Coil Questions

2013-09-17 Thread Charlie Cunningham
Great! I like the spark gap and the 33K static drain much better between the antenna and ground, that between the antenna and radials as in your first post! I was thinking of sending you a note to that effect, but you saved me the trouble, Mike! I expect that your capacitor matching network