Topband: The Stew Perry TopBand DX Challenge-160M

Attention 160M RF Connoisseurs Real or Imagined, December 29 and 30 are rapidly approaching. Please mouse on over to: http://www.kkn.net/stew/ and read why this home grown contest is a huge amount of fun to play in. It is unique. It uses a distance mnemonic for scoring. You can play

Re: Topband: Installing Wire Antennas Supported By Lines Over Tall Trees

Hi Dick, This looks like a pretty go launcher for putting lines over trees. I've only seen them while watching some youtube videos of the tree cutting/pruning arborist and never knew where to buy them. Checking out the site I requested a catalog but am a bit turned off by the high prices. My

Re: Topband: tennis ball launcher for antennas

I made one somewhat like the one mentioned below. I actually made two, the one was with a 1" lawn sprinkler valve and the 2nd with a much larger valve. Mine looks like a Bazooka & this one below is folded like a trumpet which is much more convenient. You can see mine near the bottom on my

Re: Topband: tennis ball launcher for antennas

+1 on the Ryobi hand held inflator. Much better than carrying a small air tank or heavy/bulky jump start kit. Makes easy and quick work of pressurizing the spud gun. tnx Mike / W5JR Alpharetta GA > On Nov 28, 2018, at 7:00 PM, Grant Saviers wrote: > > I'll second the success with the CSV19

Topband: Installing Wire Antennas Supported By Lines Over Tall Trees

I use a "Big Shot" arborist slingshot to install my wire antennas from tall Fir and Cottonwood trees. Check it out here ===> *https://www.sherrilltree.com/sherrilltree-big-shot-standard-kit * You can launch a 3/4-inch pipe elbow

Re: Topband: tennis ball launcher for antennas

I made my own. There are tons of plans on the internet for spud launchers or antenna launchers. The designs are basically the same. It costs around 60 bucks to make one, only because you will end up with extra material (PVC tube) that will go along way to making one or two more. These are great

Re: Topband: ARRL 160 Contest

Stan, at least I will be able to work you. Not being able for you to work DX when many are calling (some for a new one) and the band is wide open to EU, is not only embarrassing but a real let down for the EU stations hearing you well. I have thought in personal protest to enter the contest and

Re: Topband: tennis ball launcher for antennas

BTW, note that if the line is coiled on the tarp in a figure-8 shape, it won't tangle when you fire it. Same trick works when you pack up the headset wire to your smart phone -- when you put it away, coil it around your fingers in a figure-8, and you won't have a tangled mess the next time you

Re: Topband: 11-29-2018 80/160 Phoenix

FWIW I don't know about polarization - but this evening/early morning 0700 to 0800 here in Phoenix on a city lot buried in noise - I was hearing CT9/DJ2YA , H7/RM0F, C6AGU LOUD and was hearing several of the JA stations the H7 was working around 0730. I first thought it was WA8AET but