Re: Topband: YB0ARA/9 QSL

2014-08-09 Thread W8AV--- via Topband
Thanks everybody for the input. I also took a chance and contacted Art again this morning. He is going to put a card in the mail to me next week. Must have just mislaid the one I sent back in 2007. Will let you all know when I receive it. 73...de Goose W8AV _

Topband: Dull and Boring

2014-08-09 Thread jeremy maris
The BBC had a news article today about Dull twinning with Boring - hope Tree is amused! Will see about planning a DXpedition to Dull so that I can work K7RAT :) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-28691197 Jeremy G3XDK/G4AGC _ Topband Reflector Archives -

Topband: Modeling the proverbial vertical on a beach

2014-08-09 Thread Richard Fry
Just to note that the low-angle radiation produced by monopoles is not accurately shown by a NEC model/study that does not include the surface wave, regardless of whether one or two ground-plane media are specified in the model. Below is a link to a NEC study of the low-angle fields of a

Re: Topband: Modeling the proverbial vertical on a beach

2014-08-09 Thread Guy Olinger K2AV
Just to mention that the prior opinion is controversial and not universally agreed upon. Nor to date has anyone surfaced with actual measurements made at the distances (25 to 50 km) and with span of altitudes (0 to 10 km) to either prove or disprove either side. It remains unproven modelling from