Re: Topband: Kostas' point

There is no real point of worrying about what the other guy is using.  We only can control our personal operation, and really have to leave the other end of the Q to manage theirs. 73/jeff/ac0c alpha-charlie-zero-charlie www.ac0c.com On 18-Jan-18 1:24 PM, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote: They are so

Re: Topband: Kostas' point

They are so cheap that people would buy their own and have friends around the world set them up.  It is probably being done now.  There is no way to stop the cheating.   They are individual awards.  Some will cheat and most will do it right.  I could work a lot more DX if I had a remote

Re: Topband: Choke?

Jeff, If a choke at your shack makes *any* difference, then you need a better choke at the base of your inverted-L. 73, Mike www.w0btu.com On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 11:16 AM, Radio KH6O wrote: > I'll be erecting a 95-foot Inverted-L antenna. At the shack end of the >

Re: Topband: Choke?

Jeff, Et. Al., Rather than wrap the wire around the insulator opening or itself, how about a "split bolt" wire clamp with the saddle on the tension side? A good "mechanical knot". I can take photo of one if needed. Here is a website link:

Re: Topband: Kostas' point

As the use of –undeclared- remote receivers increases, it will be (probably already IS) IMPOSSIBLE to be sure that our QSO’s meet all the “Rules” of the ARRL. Remember, except for the specific purposes of awards and contests, one should not care at all how the other station receives his

Topband: Kostas' point

Yes, this is part of the issue we all face with the vaidation of QSO's and its not going to go away either. As more and more people realize whats happening, they are going to question their qso's. At the moment there is perhaps only one way to test the qso, and that is to see if other stations

Re: Topband: Bury beverage wire?

Hi Martin, Matching transformers aren't necessary for your 160 meter Beverage b ecause your coax is only five meters long, b ut its probably best to use a pair of transformers. I ts likely that the loss in the matching transformers will be very slightly greater than the mismatch loss

Topband: Choke?

I'll be erecting a 95-foot Inverted-L antenna. At the shack end of the antenna, right before the insulator, I'll need to wrap the wire around itself a few times so that it doesn't slip through the insulator. Because the wire itself is insulated, is there any negative affect, such as a choking

Re: Topband: Cheating the system

John wrote: Just for being nosey, I ran the ft8 software last night before bed to see what I could see and boy, there were stations from all over the world on topband, happily working each other. 73John - M0ELS = John -- were those

Re: Topband: Bury beverage wire?

Thanks to all. I had a few direct responses to my inquiry. I should haver better described the situation by expressing that it is not a driveway, but rather an opening in a fence separating 2 lawns. I just had no words for it in english. One guy came up with the idea to thread the wire

Re: Topband: sdrWEB not going in my log

terry burge wrote: It was an interesting experiment and later around 08:00Z I did manage to work G4AMN, EI6S and G4PEL direct You have lost the most important point about webSDRs: Terry says that he worked 3 guys direct and 3 guys via webSDR. He didn't logged the last 3. Well done. But he