Topband: K5P 160m run

2016-01-16 Thread Mike via Topband
What a run K5P has had on 160 the last 2 nights! I run an inverted L with the vertical portion up 65" and 90 radials of which 60 are 120'. It's not a bad Tx ant, but not so hot on Rx, and I need a bit better Wx to put up the Hi-Z array I bought. I usually hear stations in the pacific for

Re: Topband: K5P 160m run

2016-01-16 Thread Art Snapper
I was surprised how much stronger they are here on TB than on 80. Art NK8X ᐧ On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 10:09 AM, Mike via Topband wrote: > What a run K5P has had on 160 the last 2 nights! I run an inverted L with > the vertical portion up 65" and 90 radials of which 60

Re: Topband: K5P 160m run

2016-01-16 Thread Tim Shoppa
They had huge signal on 160M here in W3 last night. On 80M... my unconfirmed suspicion is that they have one ?Battle Creek Special? and maybe one ?lowband receive system?, and cannot activate both 160M and 80M simultaneously with the good stuff. Right now the stats in clublog say they 120 in

Re: Topband: K5P 160m run

2016-01-16 Thread George
Cc: kd8...@aol.com ; 160 Subject: Re: Topband: K5P 160m run They had huge signal on 160M here in W3 last night. On 80M... my unconfirmed suspicion is that they have one ?Battle Creek Special? and maybe one ?lowband receive system?, and cannot activate both 160M and 80M simultaneously with the good

Re: Topband: K5P 160m run

2016-01-16 Thread Mark K3MSB
80 m > action from some antenna. > > GL > > 73 George W8UVZ > > -Original Message- From: Tim Shoppa > Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2016 10:32 AM > To: Art Snapper > Cc: kd8...@aol.com ; 160 > Subject: Re: Topband: K5P 160m run > > > Th