Topband: an antenna problem

2016-01-10 Thread w7dra
. pulling it all down would be difficult.. the original inserted L was fed against an FCP thanks mike w7dra 4 Common Foods 'Destroying' Your Digestive Health ... Hattaka K et al, "Effect of long term consumption of prob

Re: Topband: Stew's Beef

2016-01-05 Thread w7dra
1958 frank w1wy had both stew and myself turn in CQWW 1.8mcs logs mike w7dra On Tue, 5 Jan 2016 21:16:12 + (UTC) Greg Chartrand via Topband <topband@contesting.com> writes: > > Mark, > I asked Stew a very similar question. He said in effect- > "Contests are only

Topband: me and my big mouth

2015-12-26 Thread w7dra
the plans of mice and men due to sickness i will NOT be going to Aberdeen WA to work the stew perry as w7dra/7 i WILL be home at the noted 160 meter superstation running 7 watts input (yes i can measure final plate voltage and current) with back up power determination of observing a 7 1/2 watt

Re: Topband: QRPers calling CQ in the SP ?

2015-12-25 Thread w7dra
with several politically incorrect (1978, 1987, 1993) i probably won't be using. i don't expect VE3CX or N8OO will be answering my CQs like in the ARRL 160, but i will be down there pounding away anyway mike w7dra/7 Ally Bank, Member FDIC

Re: Topband: re topband QRP

2015-12-25 Thread w7dra
i have always sent /7 or /something when i was away from the home shack. i am too old to change now mike w7dra 1 Secret To Cut 15 Years Of Mortgage Payments HARP Gives Homeowners a Once In A Lifetime Mortgage Bailout http

Re: Topband: The Stew Perry is Coming. Are You Ready?

2015-12-23 Thread w7dra
fear!! i will bring my NC125 and 6AU6/5763 5 watt rockbound transmitter and a piece of wire to put in their tree now i got to find out what grid square Aberdeen WA is in mike w7dra/7 what? you didn't know S40s have a roofing filter

Re: Topband: RFI - and lots of it

2015-10-30 Thread w7dra
corrrect me if i am wrong (seems i get more wrong than i used to) the "Central Point" is where the white neutral buss, the green ground buss and the ground rod return all come togtether mike w7dra American Express Trav

Re: Topband: loops and half square antennas

2015-07-01 Thread w7dra
of the 1954 ARRL handbook, called the 160 meter bent antenna. Now that it is up I won't have to worry about getting out on 160 any more. mike w7dra Want to place your ad here? Advertise on United Online http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com

Re: Topband: 160 QSO K1N

2015-02-14 Thread w7dra
i did actually hear K1N on 80 meters, but what was most fun was reading about the last trip there, when the old guy (my age) climed up the metal chain ladder, and the box with a rig carried on the plane labled bomb material or some such designation mike w7dra On Sat, 14 Feb 2015 14:20:51 -0600

Topband: SP test -

2014-12-28 Thread w7dra
well, last night about 0600z i went out and heard signals on the NC183, and my 211 PA was able to light dimly the 300 watt dummy load light bulb, so i worked about ten stations. a good SP mike w7dra The #1 Worst Carb Ever? Click

Re: Topband: 160 activity

2014-11-06 Thread w7dra
exist ant contest QSO. nowadays you can find me most every night rockbound on 3560 while combing the Barry the cat. mike w7dra Map Your Flood Risk Find Floodplan Maps, Facts, FAQs, Your Flood Risk Profile and More! http

Re: Topband: Modeling the proverbial vertical on a beach

2014-08-13 Thread w7dra
im ny life i have never been is a quieter radio location than rarotonga! mike w7dra On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 09:47:06 -0400 Tom W8JI w...@w8ji.com writes: this brings back a lot of memories..i arrived on rarotonga a week after a French Dxpidition did, who was set up in the K2KW motel

Re: Topband: Modeling the proverbial vertical on a beach

2014-08-12 Thread w7dra
this brings back a lot of memories..i arrived on rarotonga a week after a French Dxpidition did, who was set up in the K2KW motel room with vertical antennas on the beach just as you would imagine. the motel management said she was sorry, and set me up in a cottage (from the same motel) on

Re: Topband: Field Day Classic 1950s

2014-06-25 Thread w7dra
an SX71 and ARC5 transmitter, 25 watts input, 125 foot wire in a tree. stick and dupe sheet as i said, a classic field day mike w7dra The Fall of Microsoft Bill Gates has realized the technology that could mean the end of his $300B

Re: Topband: on the webcam issue

2014-01-02 Thread w7dra
to go home brew all the way.. mike w7dra On Thu, 2 Jan 2014 16:16:22 -0500 Kenneth Grimm gr...@sbc.edu writes: I remember contesting with a straight key once. I don't think my arm was ever the same after that. Thanks for the memories. 73 and HNY

Re: Topband: on the webcam issue

2014-01-02 Thread w7dra
I made three shots of my shack, here is the last two mike w7dra http://youtu.be/Yeiwumu54Ew http://youtu.be/LO_bL6Pe8ZM On Thu, 2 Jan 2014 18:10:55 -0500 Steven Raas sjr...@gmail.com writes: Mike, I thoroughly enjoyed this video. Can we look forward to anything more ? -Steve Raas N2JDQ

Topband: on the webcam issue

2014-01-01 Thread w7dra
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Re: Topband: Stew Perry Streaming Audio

2013-12-28 Thread w7dra
i am planning to do something not useful to anyone, let alone me.i plan to make a youtube video and post it on W7DRA. i have paralleled my earphones and cut down the sound with three attenuators (2 RF, 1 audio), so that i can use a hifi amp to make a room loud radio. even though i

Topband: getting ready for the STEW

2013-12-15 Thread w7dra
to touch up 8 different knobs (5 RF, 1 band set, 1 regen control, 1 MOPA final tune). Now we are back with a station that like that in the movie: (Honey, I contacted the moon!) where every contact makes for an exciting radio moment! mike w7dra What? You never heard of a Pullen mixer? Live

Re: Topband: Contest and DX-100 project

2013-12-07 Thread w7dra
them's a fighten words, still mad at myself for getting rid of the DX100, had to replace it with an ARC5 VFO driving an 833a mike w7dra On Sat, 7 Dec 2013 19:50:47 -0500 Tom W8JI w...@w8ji.com writes: 160 sure is a target rich environment right now. Running a DX100

Topband: inbverted L antenna question

2013-12-01 Thread w7dra
feet lower than the center of the antenna thanks for your help! mike w7dra any radials are out of the question, i am using an FCP with the high Z feed International Travel Travel Guard Travel Insurance. Protect Yourself - Get A Quote

Re: Topband: Wall warts

2013-05-07 Thread w7dra
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Re: Topband: FO8AJ - TX5K

2013-03-08 Thread w7dra
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Topband: FO8AJ - TX5K

2013-03-05 Thread w7dra
. i looked on the web and there is about 5 more days of operation looks like i will go stoke up the old worm warmer on 160 (833a) and see if i can make a contact!! mike w7dra Woman is 53 But Looks 25 Mom reveals 1 simple wrinkle trick

Re: Topband: Vertical dipoles in the real world

2012-09-21 Thread w7dra
I once heard an old wives tale ..I think... verticals on the beach, horizontals high on the hill me laddie, cackle cackle, or whatever old wives say... mike w7dra On Fri, 21 Sep 2012 00:20:09 -0400 Joe Subich, W4TV li...@subich.com writes

Topband: the other inverted L

2012-08-04 Thread w7dra
way up the vertical leg. now no ground return is necessary on the tank curcuit I am not saying that if I had a perfect ground screen below the antenna that that would not be a good thing to do mike w7dra 53 Year Old Mom Looks 33

Re: Topband: Mother of all ferrite common-mode coaxial chokes

2012-07-13 Thread w7dra
no flames, but it makes me embarrassed to say all i do is use extension cord material i buy at big lots and solder directly to the connectors. the wires break less than real coax and i can use my radio shack soldering iron... REAL coax (RG8) is only used between my 866s and the PA mike w7dra

Topband: golden ear award

2012-06-17 Thread w7dra
from a BB in Canterbury as M/W7DRA/P. An HA3 (I can't remember the whole call) sent a ? and about 5 minutes later of me sending my call in groups of 3 he got my call correct, and then we started on the message. this technique flies in the face of the Rate King (or maybe it should be called

Re: Topband: Summer Stew Results...

2012-06-17 Thread w7dra
gosh, thanks, was going to ask, but thought i would look dumb.. mike w7dra On Sun, 17 Jun 2012 21:25:40 -0500 Sam Morgan k5oai@gmail.com writes: translated into miles :-) KB5NJD 245mi WD5R 640mi N7DF 244mi K7CA 800mi N03M1308mi N0TT 650mi W5XZ 359mi

Re: Topband: Stew Perry, Summer Edition, less than 24 hours away!

2012-06-15 Thread w7dra
there should be a stew class that has three powers - 6V6, 211, 833a if you can't work 'em with the 6V6, go up to the 211, etc etc and mark each qso accordingl;y that should keep the score keepers busy mike w7dra On Fri, 15 Jun 2012 18:22:16 -0500 Sam Morgan k5oai@gmail.com writes

Re: Topband: staying up with the latest technology, receiver evaluation.......oops

2012-05-20 Thread w7dra
Bob, W7LR commented that in my original missive I left a dit off of W7EKD's call it should have been W7EKB sorry mike w7dra 53 Year Old Mom Looks 33 The Stunning Results of Her Wrinkle Trick Has Botox Doctors Worried

Re: Topband: It is not so much propagation

2012-03-19 Thread w7dra
him mike ol' 6V6 final w7dra On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:55:43 -0700 w7...@juno.com write On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 13:55:11 -0700 (PDT) Jim F. j_fit...@yahoo.com writes: QRPers generally do not need Beverages as much as other stations do. Think about that one for awhile. jim

Re: Topband: TB season

2012-03-16 Thread w7dra
tubes... mike w7dra 57 Year Old Looks 27 Local Woman Reveals Wrinkle Secret That Has Doctors Angry. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4f63b4d9a6f212444bb9st02vuc ___ UR RST

Re: Topband: Noise problem question

2011-12-20 Thread w7dra
if i may quote my neighbor trying to find his 160m receiver noise problems: mike w7dra . ... Hi Mike, there were four (4) major noise sources: (1) A wall wart power supply for my Comcast cable converter box

Re: Topband: QRP Question

2011-12-12 Thread w7dra
pencil if all you can make is 12 contacts in a CQWW contest. mike w7dra LifeLock® Official Site Identity Theft Can Happen to Anyone So Get Protection with LifeLock. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4ee64674ef80e9e5b00st05vuc

Re: Topband: QRP Question

2011-12-12 Thread w7dra
i think i was M/W7DRA/P, ah yes, in Canterbury..if i remember... mike w7dra, back when i had money to travel On Mon, 12 Dec 2011 10:21:01 -0700 W0MU Mike Fatchett w...@w0mu.com writes: Legally signing /M is only legal if you are in England or one of the countries

Re: Topband: in defense of the QRP Question

2011-12-12 Thread w7dra
when calling CQ, ending with QRP can be informative, like when i am in a DX location like Nebraska, and ending with /NE after a CQ mike w7dra come to think of it when i was W7DRA/3D2 i never had to say what island i was on LifeLockÂ

Re: Topband: Nice QRPP QSO

2011-12-11 Thread w7dra
I have an 1825 crystal so that is where i usually hang out, with a vairied power level depending upon which final in use: 833a, 211, or 6V6. mike w7dra On Sun, 11 Dec 2011 10:52:05 -0500 Ken wa8...@gmail.com writes: On Dec 11, 2011, at 9:52 AM, Eddy Swynar wrote: One bit of advice

Re: Topband: K2AV 160m Folded Counterpoise Antenna - New Details Posted

2011-12-09 Thread w7dra
inverted L or vertical to not burn up all the power in their back yard barbecue area. my 120 up 130 out has a very driving point high impedance, so the current going into the counter poise would be very small compared to what would go into it with a 1/4 wave radiating element mike w7dra

Re: Topband: K7RAT QRP Experience in ARRL 160

2011-12-08 Thread w7dra
when every contact is important as when you run 160m QRP the N6RO approved method is the best MY GOD!!! if N6RO approved it, why isn't every one doing it?? mike w7dra, who always sends N6RO approved we should get a sticker saying this like the ones you see on QSL cards On Mon, 05 Dec 2011

Topband: Hi Z antenna coupling

2011-11-20 Thread w7dra
of statistical confidence (was too busy thinking about ham radio or girls to remember exactly what he said) so with a sampling of 10 we shall make a comparison.. mike w7dra Invest in Gold Today Diversify your investment portfolio

Topband: my slightly modified inverted L

2011-10-14 Thread w7dra
of the vertical portion, giving a vertically polarized radiation component. i think this was written up in the 1956 ARRL antenna handbook... mike w7dra 57-Year-Old Mom Looks 25 Mom Reveals Free Wrinkle Trick That Has Angered

Re: Topband: Chat Room Confirmation

2011-02-22 Thread w7dra
and an 833a and a long piece of wire, to me that is fun!! mike w7dra On Tue, 22 Feb 2011 06:45:25 -0800 (PST) mrtman777 mrtman...@bellsouth.net writes: I am 16 years old, and I come from a generation that generally has little use for amateur radio. In the past, being a ham was a novelty