Was on and off for a few hours. My apologies for poor ears here. Coming cold
front was creating huge QRN problem. Managed 10 or so Eu. Hopefully condx
better tongiht.
Bill V31XX
Hey topbanders,during first night CQWW 160m I worked 110 stations NA , also
west coast .Condx were not bad
My health continues to deteriorate and I have reduced the price of the station
to only $359,900 USD. The XYL and I are almost to the point of just dropping
the tower if we don't sell to a ham and just selling the home as a regular
residence, which would be a shame. Lots of details on
399,900 USD. Includes the home, all radio equipment, tower/antennas, all
furniture, and a Toyota 4WD truck, lots of power tools, yard tractor etc.
73 Bill
On Tuesday, July 4, 2023 at 05:59:09 AM UTC, Mamuka Kordzakhia via Topband
wrote:
How much?
On Monday, July 3, 2023,
We thought a fellow ham was going to buy the place, but it just didn't work
out. As a result, the station is back on the market at a reduced price. More
info can be found on QRZ.com and V31XX.com. Or drop me an email for more info.
Not interested? There is a substatial finder's fee for
The 200 ft painted tower rule is not the same all over the world. My tower in
Belize is only around 130 ft and is over 5 miles from the nearest airport in
Mexico. Yet, in permitting my tower, I was forced to paint it the standard
red/white. Things do vary round the world.
Bill
Good quality and the cheapest around. Sandbaggy on ebay. Free ship.
Bill K4XS/V31XX
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Thanks to all who responded. Consensus is the antenna is working as well as
can be expected for a wire vertical with 55 radials over average ground. Not a
4 square or a vertical next to a beach but good enough to work 57 countries in
the test. Now if I only had room for a 800 ft Beverage.
After putting down 3600 yard staples to install 55 radials 130 ft for my 100
ft wire vertical with a 30 ft L I was ready for the 160 test. For RX I used an
SAL-30 which performed well at my old QTH in KH6.
The only other V3 station was V31MA who has an excellent location close to the
water
Just finished my wire vertical for 160 with 35 mostly 130 ft radials, some are
shorter going to the southwest. I'll be on tonight and the next few nights to
check it out. I'll be using the SAL-30 for rx.
Bill K4XS/V31XX
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Brand new still wrapped...5000 ft of AWG 20 insulated wire. It is excess to
what I needed for my 80 meter 4 sq and 160 vertical. $170 and I pay shipping
to the lower 48. Pic is on KA9FOX's classifieds.
Bill K4XS
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"For whatever weird reason, the price of insulated wire is
nearly always lower than the equivalent bare wire. And
Romex sells for less than the equivalent individual wires."
I agree. I recently picked up a 5000 ft roll of insulated 20AWG for a little
over $100 shipped. Plenty enough to run 30
My place in Hawaii was sloped more than about 99% of all locations...a drop of
1100 feet to sea level around 6000 feet away. It does make a difference. I
had the same slope up hill as down and i can tell you 100% for sure the slope
makes a difference. I used a bent full size vertical wire
I don't have a dog in the fight but why not move to 1843 or 1844. Is 1840
sacrosanct?
Bill KH7XS
-Original Message-
From: Jorge Diez - CX6VM
To: Edward Sawyer
Cc: GEORGE WALLNER ; TopBand List
Sent: Tue, May 21, 2019 12:51 pm
Subject: Re: Topband: AM interference on 1840
Ed
FT8 can
They ain't gonna work me. I'm with you. Did the FT-8 last summer for around
400 Qs...that was quite enough. If I don't make 200, 300 countries because I
don't FT-8, so what?
KH7XS
-Original Message-
From: Edward Sawyer
To: topband
Sent: Tue, Apr 9, 2019 10:21 pm
Subject: Topband:
Don't feel too badly. 7P8 is about as far away as you can get from KH6. The
last night I heard them for an hour at 559-569. I never heard them say Oceania
or Pacific. No KH6 got through either. Not complaining about the
operation...it was a good one.
K4XS/KH7XS
-Original Message-
I have had both.
First, the SAL-30 is currently being used at my station and hears considerably
better than my 160 vertical. It exhibits F/B somewhere around 15-20 dBs on
160. It is located about 100 ft from the nearest antenna (the westernmost
vertical of my 4 sq for 80), about 150 feet
I agree. Of course last night was the warm up before the ARRL CW. Result? I
put about 20 EU in the log along with TZ4AM, some Carib stations and lots of
W/'K. Best night on 80 since I hit the Island. Wait for the empty band
after the test.
KH7XS
-Original Message-
From: Edward
If working EU from west coast is exciting, try it from KH6...right over the
pole. This season I have worked around 20-25 or so EU on the top band...a half
dozen of them the last day of CQWW. Throw in a couple of Africans, a few SA
and some JA and that is it, unless you count W/K, some of
I also have found the lack of activity frustrating. I'll call CQ and RBN says
I'm hitting the mainland with a good sig. I call CQ for maybe ten minutes and
either one reply or none.
Look for KH7XS tonight after my sunset..around 0500Z.
KH7XS
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Antenna here is a bent wire vertical with 60 radials and an SAL-30.
As expected they were coming in from due west anywhere from 549-579 an hour
before my sunrise until a little after my sunrise. I called and called for an
hour with no contact, while they were working mostly EU and some
The catch is DAILY operating. Few signals on 160 CW anymore...that's the rub.
KH7XS
-Original Message-
From: w5zn
To: topband
Sent: Fri, Feb 1, 2019 1:33 pm
Subject: Re: Topband: FT-8
This is all very comical to me and reached a hilarious high point last
weekend. All of the CW folks
This thread has been addressed on various reflectors.
I've tried it, made around 400 contacts or so, and found the mode pretty
boring. Even with my pileups on FT-8 the mode left me cold. I felt the same
way with RTTY...tried it and found it boring. Why? With CW SSB/AM I felt a
connection
Conditions kinda sucked out here. A grand total of one EU QSO (UA) and he
called in around an hour or so before my sunrise Sunday. Even most of the New
England guys were pretty weak. Plus, on Friday night static crashes were
really crashing after midnight local time.
There are advanatages to
I agree with John. I'm 3000+ miles away and they were running EU stuff I
couldn't even hear on my shared apex.
Bill KH7XS
-Original Message-
From: John Crovelli
To: topband@contesting.com
Sent: Tue, Oct 23, 2018 6:06 pm
Subject: Topband: VP6D Monday Night @ P40W
The VP6D ops were
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Topband
Sent: Wednesday, June 6, 2018 8:54:59 PM
To: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: Biodegradable staples
I recently laid down about 6000 staples. After several months most of them are
starting to really get crusty rust with all the rain we get at this QTH
I recently laid down about 6000 staples. After several months most of them are
starting to really get crusty rust with all the rain we get at this QTH.
They'll be pretty much gone in a couple of years...no need to worry about
biodegradable out here, or in most wet areas.
-Original
My two cents...
I've got no problem with advances in technology, but I chose to use what I want
to use...and it ain't FT-8. Every mode other than FT-8 requires a person to
tune in a station and to take part in the contact. The idea of being able to
take a nap and make QSOs while my computer
If anyone can find a good detailed map of the Hawaiian Islands soil
conductivity I would appreciate a link.
So far all I have found is a grainy gif of the Islands with very little
detail...and a data sheet that has some longitude and latitude data. Soil here
grows anything instantly, is
Another thought on this.
I visited W8JI's station some years ago where had the usual 4 square for 160
and also an inverted Vee at around 300 feet. He told me that the inverted Vee
seldom played as good as or better than the 4 square The 4 square was usually
much better.
Bill K4XS/KH7XS
My apologies for sounding like a lid last night. Almost continuous static
crashes made rx almost impossible with the exception of a couple of the big
guns and W6/W7. Short skip was definitely in play. 85% of the stations I
worked were W6/W7.
Bill KH7XS
-Original Message-
From:
As requested, one of the members wanted the link to the ebay site 1000 staples
for $46, free ship.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sandbaggy-1000-6-Landscape-Staples-SOD-Staples-Garden-Stakes-Weed-Barrier-Pins/120895612145?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649
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After getting a four square for 80 radial system buried and now starting the
160 system I wanted to pass along a good cheap source of yard staples. A
company called sandbaggy has been my source. You can find their stuff on ebay.
Cost is around $45/1000 for 6 inch staples. Best part is they
Planning on putting up a 160 vertical, but of course a 1/4 wave vertical is out
of the question here in HI since we have a height limitation.
Here's the question: I'm putting up around 50 feet of 3 inch aluminum tubing
(left over from various antenna takedowns). I plan on putting up on top
Although this might not be a gigantic issue on 160 it is a big issue on 20.
During peak time in CQWW I was copying CW contest signals up to around 14125.
Parking spots are hard to come by on 20 and 40. Nobody owns a freq, except the
"pig farmers" on 75.
73 Bill KH7XS/K4XS
Looking for a nice RFI quiet fence charger for my new pig fence. Any
recommendations. Please respond off reflector to:
_cqtestk4xs@aol.com_ (mailto:cqtestk...@aol.com)
73 Bill K4XS
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Funny thing about electric fences...
I lease out 9 acres of my property in KH6 to a farmer who has an electric fence
around that part of the property. As far as I can tell it is totally silent.
I parked my truck next to the fence, tuned to 1710 kHz and other than
background noise, it was
I am not a regular contributor to the top band ...more of a lurker.
I have heard W8JI is leaving the group, which is really a shame since I
valued his posts and the info I gained from them.
Apparently there has been some material that has hit the fan that I am not
aware of since I have
Next year I'll be building a new home and station in Hawaii.
40 through 6 meters is already set in stone, but 80 and 160 are still
cloudy.
Here's the setup:
I'm allowed one tower maximum 90 ft. The tower will be 90 ft of Rohn 55
using a K0XG rotating system with two rings. It will be
I agree. Many times when I was at KH6 at the bottom of the cycle, I would
self spot on 10 or 12 since the band was supposedly dead and no one was
listening. The boys in EU would be very happy and more often than not I'd be
rewarded with a Q on a dead band.
Many times that one Q would be
Thanks to all who responded.
One of the suggestions was to wrap about 40-45 turns of RG8X mini on a PVC
core with a diameter of 4 incheslightweight and easy. Part two was to
ground the braid of the feeder line coax at the point where it reaches
ground level.
What do you think?
I've been using a 160 GP with 4 radials. It's a Tee-top supported with a
rope between two towers, with the top around 165 feet and the base at 70
feet. I'm feeding it with RG8X to keep the weight down on the rope which
supports it.
Although it works well I would like to negate any
Yes, there is a difference between what the power companies use and what
tower hands use.
I spoke to the guys at Preformed Line Products back around 2004 and they
said there IS a difference. The ones used for towers are what you want.
Big Grips.
Bill K4XS
In a message dated
One last thought on this..
When I came back to the mainland in 2010 the only rig I had was my truck,
an ICOM 706 and a Tarheel screwdriver antennanot exactly a super setup.
I was really craving a radio fix so for the 2010 phone sweepstakes I drove
my truck on dirt road that
I'm planning on putting up some Beverages for the fall season...primarily
for use on 160. Unfortunately, they have to be taken down again in the
Spring for crops. The good news is they can be any length up to around
1200-1300 feet.
Many have said that around 880 ft is the sweet spot. Is
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