And that's how PL259's should be installed...excellent. Do that and you won't
have problems with them. They're great connectors if installed correctly. Most
don't...
I have no argument for a Type N over a propery installed PL259 on braided
cables..
A high wattage iron is important. Want
The shield has to be soldered to be installed properly. If I use 259's I only
use silver plated ones where soldering the shield to the connector is easy.
CecilK5DL
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Original message
From: Paul Christensen
Date: 12/6/18
The old school solder on type N connectors are to difficult for most to do
properly...
I don't fool with them anymore. The Times Microwave EZ series crimp connectors
for their LMR-400 & 600 cable is the only way to go. I use them on all my
stuff. Legal limit is no problem...3kw and up
Not Helpful...
But quite revealing...earning them stripes!
CecilK5DL
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Original message
From: "Richard (Rick) Karlquist"
Date: 9/5/18 8:20 AM (GMT-06:00)
To: Mark K3MSB
Cc: topband , Tree
Subject: Topband: Private
I don't have problems with noise...which may be why RX antennas don't perform a
whole lot better than my TX antenna. I wouldn't say it's extremely quiet but
it's not excessively noisy. Hope to play more with antennas this fall and
winter.
Cecil
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Probably our club station in Gulfport... K5GDX. We operate field day style...
Generator power and all. RX 4 Sq, 550 beverage to Europe added this year.
1/4 wave vertical under a balloon over our radial field. Lots of funbut off
the air tonight. Strong winds this afternoon took
I’m curious if it’s really any different than a two loop K9AY on one support.
Cecil
K5DL
From: Carl
Sent: February 9, 2014 1:36 PM
To: donov...@starpower.net; topband@contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: Shared Apex Loop Array
Is the SAL-30 available piecemeal? I have plenty of
I had a similar experience a couple of years back. Customer support is not
what it use to be years back. Calls went unanswered, emails went
unanswered...I was about to trash the rotor controller and go to something else
when one day I decided to try calling once more and someone answered the
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
I haven’t used the RBN. Guess I need to figure out how so as to quantify the
performance of what I have up.
Is there a tutorial on the site?
Cecil Acuff
Gulfport MS
K5DL
From: Bill Tippett
Sent: August 10, 2013 12:19 PM
To: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: Effect
Hope you don’t mind my use of artistic license
Cecil Acuff
Gulfport MS
K5DL
From: Jim F.
Sent: August 9, 2013 6:06 PM
To: top Band
Subject: Topband: Condo Owners 160m poem.
(1 slight change made with apologies to Joyce Kilmer)
Jim / W1FMR
Joyce Kilmer. 1886–1918
119.
I can understand the practical application for casual DXing but are there
not issues with using such remote RX sites and counting the contacts for
DXCC and for Contesting?
Cecil
K5DL
- Original Message -
From: donov...@starpower.net
To: topband@contesting.com
Cc: Mack McCormick
I truely hope they are licensed and continue to sell their own design.
Because of all of this I have personally made it a point not to do business
with PDS Electronics. The owner has a history of this type of action.
Just a personal thing...
Cecil
K5DL
- Original Message -
From: N1SR
- Original Message -
From: Lloyd Korb k8...@roadrunner.com
To: topband@contesting.com
Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2012 7:51 AM
Subject: Topband: Inverted L Question - Reply
What is interesting to me is the fact that at times the L seems to have a
different polarity than the 6BTV. I can
Well the thought behind the Power Company encouraging conservation of energy
use was to delay or eliminate the need for additional base load generation
construction. That is the most costly thing for a utillity to have to build
is new generation.
Cecil
K5DL
- Original Message -
From:
I've never know of a utillity to give away power...usually when the power
flows to another utillity on the grid it is billed at a wholesale rate...I'm
not sure stock holders would allow a give away.(of course this may be
government owned generation) Certainly any excess capacity should be
QRPers generally do not need Beverages as much as other stations
do.
Think about that one for awhile.
-
Y'all don't work each other...something seems wrong with that...:-)
Cecil
K5DL
jim / W1FMR
--- On Mon, 3/19/12, Milt -- N5IA
Is that QRP QRO (100 watts +-) or real QRP...as in 5 watts or less...:-)
Cecil
K5DL
- Original Message -
From: Jim F. j_fit...@yahoo.com
To: DAVID CUTHBERT telegraph...@gmail.com; j...@audiosystemsgroup.com;
GeorgeWallner aa...@atlanticbb.net
Cc: topband@contesting.com
Sent: Friday,
I had a Gotham Quad once. What a beast...made with aluminum wire that you
couldn't solder to of course...
Hurrican took it in 1979. Nothing left but the spreadersall pointed
the same direction...west if I remember correctly...HA!
Cecil
K5DL
- Original Message -
From: Bruce
Anyone care to comment on last evenings propagation for the CQ SSB contest?
From the deep south there just was no DX going on. Spots were very slim as
well...
I'd be curious what others experienced...
Cecil
K5DL
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UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB -
So, in these times of I want it all at no effort, let's raise the bar.
Create new thresholds, filters etc. at which only serious new ops will get
through.
Or move to the new Topband500Khz
Cecil
K5DL
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UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB -
Times LMR-400 is an RG-213 equivilent. PL-259's can be put on both and will
need to be properly done. (no folding back the braid and screwing them
on..not wild about the new fangled crimping device either) Silver plated
connecters are much easier to install when it comes to soldering the
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