Re: Topband: 160M EWE Problems

Bjorn, Tim: Thanks for your comments. I don't have much time to play with the antennas until the weekend, but I did manage to hook up an SWR Analyzer. The analyzer says 1.5:1 at 1820 Kc (35 ohms R). So, there is an antenna out there. A need to clarify that the noise level is the same between

Re: Topband: 160M EWE Problems

> A reversible array is far and away the best way to convince yourself > that you have a working receive antenna system. If you reverse it and > nothing ever changes, well, you're listening to some other antenna! > Some (e.g. YCCC array) are supposed to be far more sensitive to near-field >

Re: Topband: 160M EWE Problems

Hi folks I would like to add some comments to receiving antennas issue. Any resonant thing (wire, cable, rotor cable tower, TX antenna...) will interact with the RX antenna if they are in the same polarity, different polarity has 27 dB or more of isolation due the polarization itself. The

Re: Topband: 160M EWE Problems

I would like to concur with SM0MDG's comments about receive coax connections. I betcha the OP's system is leaking in at levels way higher than the Ewe actually produces. I know everyone loves to detune their transmit antenna, but there's no way an Ewe should sound noisier than the inverted L. A

Topband: CX/W1UE Tonight

Guys Last night was frustrating. I know a lot of you were calling, but I was only able to pull out 7 stations, all W5 and W7. The noise level here was a constant S9. If you translate the seasons into the northern hemisphere, it is now May 10- and, as an operator there, you know what that means

Re: Topband: CX/W1UE Tonight

Hi Dennis, In Europe you can go as low as 1.810 MHz for TX. 73's Filipe Lopes CT1ILT - CR6K F4VPX - TM3M 2015-12-10 16:07 GMT+01:00 Dennis Egan : > Guys > > Last night was frustrating. I know a lot of you were calling, but I was > only able to pull out 7 stations,