You left out location, location, location...:-)
Wes N7WS
On 12/1/2020 4:21 PM, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote:
Hi Nick,
I have a limited setup, only an inverted L over an FCP on 160 (not like
W3LPL's 160m 4 square cannon). With basically no time to operate, I managed
about 60 minutes in three spells
Wes
You got that right,you gotta walk a mile in the other guys shoes!!
When I lived in New Hampshire working EU on 160 was a walk in the park
compared to the kind of propagation we get down here in FL
or what the guys out west have to EU ( I did a stint as N7EX for a while
in Spokane) ...
When I purchased this property in Hawaii, there were two 830kc towers
left from the
KAIM 50KW station. I made a matching network and loaded up for the
Stew perry,
only had my exciter so ran low power, if I remember correct I was
number 1 low
power world wide.. but my memory is corrupted
Thanks Frank
These numbers speak volumes:
1455
1547
16 5
I've seen you here many times :
http://www.reversebeacon.net/dxsd1/dxsd1.php?f=3
But I never heard it even once ..
For all my CQ WW I don't remember such weak conditions ( (towards NA).
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Nick, UY0ZG
Hi Jim
My point on feedlines is that you can’t assume all is good. You do need to test
and confirm.
And chokes are a must.
Mike va3mw
> On Dec 1, 2020, at 3:29 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
>
> On 12/1/2020 10:00 AM, Michael Walker wrote:
>> - How old are your feedlines? Are 100% sure they are
Preventive maintenance methods should be employed to detect faults
in contest stations and antennas before they impact competitive results.
Its not that time consuming with modern, inexpensive tools like TDRs,
VNAs and antenna analyzers. It costs much less to purchase all three
than even the
Nick UY0ZG not only on East Europe still good user of websdr also here,
condition still very bad also here, work only VY2ZM, W3LPL, N0NI, N4XD,
VO1HP, KC1XX, K7GM, NR3X, KA1R, K1TTT, only this, also condition poor with
Asia, hope better next week end.
Rino IK7JTF
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On 12/2/2020 12:02 PM, Joe wrote:
Our club is working on a project where we will be able to use a AM
Broadcast antenna on 160 meters.
Don't get your hope up. Roughly 40 years ago, I did that, along with
another ham, at a daytimer for which another ham friend was the chief
engineer. As I
Our club is working on a project where we will be able to use a AM
Broadcast antenna on 160 meters.
It should be fantastic! on 160 the antenna will be almost a perfect 5/8
wave antenna.
Between that and the incredible AM broadcast band radial system, it
should be incredible.
BUT And
For the answer to that question see this tribute post by ON5AU:
http://on5au.be/Homage_to_ON4UN.html
Dan, AC6LA
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Yes. About 7 years ago, I bought a VNWA3E, designed by German EE prof
DG8SAQ, built and sold by some hams in the UK. It runs on Tom's firmware
and Windoze software, powered via the USB port that feeds data to the
computer and controls the unit. It has an excellent TDR function -- you
perform a
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