Re: Topband: Threading radials

2012-08-16 Thread Wayne Rogers
I use 1/2 75 ohm hardline for shunt feed on my tower. plenty of it around, shield is aluminum protected from the elements. Seems to work just fine. Wayne N1WR -- From: HAROLD SMITH JR w0ri...@sbcglobal.net Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 10:28

Re: Topband: Topband Tower Antenna With Two meter Vertical

2012-04-19 Thread Wayne Rogers
mount. I'll advise the results when all is up and running. 73, Wayne -- From: Price Smith w0ri...@sbcglobal.net Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2012 12:11 PM To: 'Wayne Rogers' n...@chesapeake.net; 'topband' topband@contesting.com Subject: RE: Topband

Re: Topband: Deterring Critters was:Re: How Good is Good Enough?

2012-03-12 Thread Wayne Rogers
Go Mustangs! Wayne from Mineola!!! -- From: ZR z...@jeremy.mv.com Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 4:57 PM To: ga...@ni6t.com; topband@contesting.com Subject: Re: Topband: Deterring Critters was:Re: How Good is Good Enough? Gary, the coyotes you and

Re: Topband: 1820 BCB + My Problem Partially Solved

2011-12-25 Thread Wayne Rogers
Interesting stuff. Here's a story. Back in the mid 70's I was an engineer for the FAA up in the New England Region. At the time we were working on improving ground systems on our radars. I was with a team doing ground measurements at the Winthrop, MA long range radar site. It involved

Re: Topband: 1820 BCB

2011-12-23 Thread Wayne Rogers
From a past experience - be very alert to dissimilar metals and rust. Makes for an almost perfect diode mixer. Chased after this on one of my antennas for months. Wayne N1WR -- From: Dan Zimmerman N3OX n...@n3ox.net Sent: Friday, December 23,