Over the years I have developed my own criteria for what constitutes
a valid contact:
1. I MUST copy the call of the DX station off the air. Not from packet
or a chat room.
2. I MUST copy my signal report off air.
3. I MUST hear the DX station roger my report.
I will admit to slippage on
Is there such a thing as RG6 type coax with the following specs?
Solid Cu center conductor
PE jacket
Flooded
Quad shield ( or double or tri shield
73, Roger
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On my Cushcraft MA160V, the resonant SWR point has lowered from almost 5:1 to
1:1 without the Amidon unUn in line. All 26 of the buried radials are attached.
The main difference is that the normally dry ground is saturated from 6 inches
of rain in the past two weeks. Can the water saturated
Speaking as one who lives in the US, there used to be a 275 mile (approx 450km)
limit for counting QSOs for DXCC. If you moved more than that distance, you had
to
start your DXCC over again. Personally, I think that was too restrictive but
removing
the limit entirely is worse! Conditions from
Many of the stations had very clicky signals making it almost impossible
to hear anything between them. As this prevents someone getting close to
them and not having any reason to generate a clean signal, this problem
will persist.
73, Roger
On 12/4/2011 12:02 PM, Brian_ve7jkz wrote:
I was
You may have the wrong connector. The color band indicates the type of
coax that they are designed for. In general, double shield connectors will
not work on quad shield coax.
73, Roger
On 12/12/2011 2:00 PM, Gary Smith wrote:
Nice, but I can't seem to figure out how to get the snap-n-seal
can stuff it into a sleeve .022
smaller in diameter.
73, Roger
On 12/12/2011 4:06 PM, Phil Duff wrote:
On 12/12/2011 20:45, Roger D Johnson wrote:
There are different color banded F SNS connectors for different RG6
shield configurations.
But now there is a new style
My pet peeve is the use of QSL. It's supposed to indicate the receipt of a
message. A simple roger will suffice for the receipt of a signal report.
73, Roger (no ten impunded)
On 12/12/2011 4:06 PM, Carl Clawson wrote:
Another constant irking remarks extant is the use of Roger
in place of
http://www-public.tnb.com/shared/inst/ta03533-tb2.pdf
Note instructions for quad shield cable!!
Here is another PDF that has cable to connector compatibility chart at the end.
http://www.beldenbroadband.com/pdf/LRCHB-DROP.pdf
This does not display properly on my computer. Illustrations are
I've advised Eugene that it's better not to transmit on even kHz frequencies due
to BC spurs and drift net buoys; that 1815.5 is better than 1815.0.
73, Roger
On 12/19/2011 7:14 AM, Herb Schoenbohm wrote:
I got this short E-Mail from Eugene RA0FF about his upcoming trip to
Palau where 160 and
I'm sure that I'm like a lot of Top Banders in that I have a bunch of
receiving antennas (5 at present) that I would like to switch to
several different receiver type inputs. At present, I have a patch
panel but am looking for something quicker and more convenient.
It occurred to me that some sort
Many have suggested the K9AY switch. Unfortunately, I need more than
two outputs. I have the two inputs to the K3, one to an auxiliary rx and
one to a low freq converter...that's a minimum of 4. To cover possible
expansion I'd like to have a 6x6, 8x6 or 8x8 matrix. I don't need any
filters or
The Gentleman's Band has been dead a long time, Eddy. It's now inhabited by
the same
type of operators that infest all the other bands.
As for QRL? It's often used by lids on the DX's frequency to cause QRM and
provoke a
response. A version of sending someone's call on the DX transmitting
The problem is that there is nothing to prevent someone from using YOUR
call, making a complete ass of himself on the air and thus trashing your
reputation.
73, Roger
On 2/25/2012 8:06 AM, Eddy Swynar wrote:
Hi Guys,
A look back through my late 1920's issues of QST magazine reveals a monthly
I sometimes see spurious signals at the 5kHz points when using my K7JTR 8 circle
array. I tracked them down to powerful short wave station booming in when
propagation
is good. I think this is the curse of most broadband antenna sytems.
73, Roger
On 8/13/2012 10:36 AM, Wayne Willenberg wrote:
It's SE of the Portland, Me area on my 8 circle.
73, Roger
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I seem to remember that an AM BCB transmitter with a high efficiency modulator
can produce this type of crud when it's not working properly. My money is on a
BC
station in the NYC/Phila area.
73, Roger
On 10/3/2012 8:59 PM, ZR wrote:
Has anyone listened down around 452 KHz for a sick sounding
It seems to be back. Or perhaps it's another one. On 1813 now.
73, Roger
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Remember the Liberty (AGTR-5)
http://www.usslibertyveterans.org/
http://www.gtr5.com/
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Remember the PreStew coming on October 20th. http://www.kkn.net/stew for more
Does anyone make an RG-6 type cable with a solid Cu center conductor,
flooded and Polyethylene jacket?
73, Roger
--
Remember the Liberty (AGTR-5)
http://www.usslibertyveterans.org/
http://www.gtr5.com/
All good topband ops know fine whiskey is a daylight beverage.
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As I recall, BC stations tried 5/8 wavelength antennas to maximize their
groundwave
coverage. Unfortunately, the high angle lobe produced a skywave that caused
severe
interference fading at night out in their desired coverage area.
73, Roger
--
Remember the Liberty (AGTR-5)
Anyone else hearing this? It's south from Maine.
73, Roger
--
Remember the Liberty (AGTR-5)
http://www.usslibertyveterans.org/
http://www.gtr5.com/
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, K4OTV
-Original Message-
From: Topband [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Bill
Stewart
Sent: Friday, November 01, 2013 12:16 PM
To: Roger D Johnson
Cc: Top Band Reflector
Subject: Re: Topband: TEST on 1830
Roger, if you are testing you might
use the reverse beacon network
It may not be obvious but often you can get better bandwidth by NOT tuning
for 1:1 at the desired frequency! Those familiar with the Smith chart probably
already know this.
A narrow band antenna will produce a curve between a U and a V on the
Smith chart. If you tune for a 1:1 SWR, you bring the
Well, V73MW was a bust here. I've heard him the last two mornings but,
just as he comes out of the noise before my sunrise, he switches to 80m!
he comes back to 160m about an hour later and works the midwest.
Very frustrating!
73, Roger
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Does anyone know what the software was that Craig used to show the contacts vs
time
on the map?
73, Roger
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If you look around, you can find galvanized after weaving chicken wire. It
doesn't have this problem. It's easy to spot
by looking at the twisted sections.
73, Roger
On 6/24/2014 7:52 PM, Carl wrote:
New chicken wire is good but once the twisted sections start rusting there
wont be good
At my SR (0704 local) it was -68 dBm on NaP3. At 0815 it was -96 dBm.
Obviously skywave coming from the east. Canadian Maritimes?
73, Roger
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The lowest frequency for the Seasonde (long range) is 4.8 MHz. Is this what
we're
hearing???
73, Roger
On 12/9/2014 9:23 AM, Mike Waters wrote:
I found something interesting on http://www.codar.com . Take a look at the
changing graphic on the main page, which shows different places in the
Sorry! I phrased that badly. Is what we are hearing really a Seasonde? Perhaps
a lower frequency version or is it something else entirely?
73, Roger
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Here is a YouTube video of a CODAR signal. Doesn't sound like what I'm hearing
at all!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zupfLO1PjrA
73, Roger
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I believe 1900 to 2000 kHz is shared with radiolocation in the US also.
I'm just thankful it's not on 1815!!
73, Roger
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I just drafted a reply to Mack's question delineating the problem I've had with
my
vertical arrays. After I sent the e-mail, an idea popped into my head. I wonder
if
my problems have to do with ground conductivity? The soil here in New England
is poor (2 mS) and beverages are known to perform
I think Mike has a point. In TV use, the messenger cable is isolated from the
signals
flowing thru the interior of the coax. For a Beverage antenna, it's the outside
of the
shield that picks up the signal. I don't know if the closely coupled messenger
wire
would have a detrimental effect or
I can't believe that an unterminated wire hundreds of feet long in parallel
with the
Beverage wire and, in close proximity to it, would not have a deleterious
effect.
73, Roger
On 2/8/2015 1:13 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
On Sun,2/8/2015 6:45 AM, Milt -- N5IA wrote:
There has never been any
I see VE1PZ is one of the few that worked the E3! Who is he? I've
never heard him on Top band. Is this another remote contact?
73, Roger
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The RHR team is also expanding to the State of Maine with multiple Ocean Front
Properties…. more details to follow.
More local QRM from clueless remote operators. Why don't you expand on the west
coast? Can anyone save us
from this plague?
Roger
On 4/1/2015 7:47 AM, HVT wrote:
This is my
I regret to announce the death of my good friend, and Top Band mentor, Landean
(Lanny) Bailey, W1OO.
Lanny, unfortunately, had some issues that prevented full employment.
Consequently, he died broke without
insurance. His daughters are raising money to offset funeral expenses. If you
would
My point exactly. Several years ago I asked the ARRL if DXCC was an
operator award or a station award. Never did get a coherent answer!
On 1/29/2015 7:13 PM, Tom W8JI wrote:
Where does it say this?
73, Roger
Rule ten of DXCC makes it all about the operator's call signs (multiple). It
Where does it say this?
73, Roger
The ARRL says it is the operator who earns the contact awards, not the station.
73 Tom
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I've been looking for a way to switch multiple receiving antennas to multiple
receivers. I know some hams are
using video switchers but info on them is scarce. There is a Dynair SVA-100B for
sale on eBay but no real description
of it's functions.
It seems obvious that you can, for instance,
. At present, I'm using
a switcher used in RV units. It has 5 inputs and 3 outputs. I use a separate
switch for Beverage selection.
Thanks for all the inputs!
73, Roger
On 7/4/2015 21:47, Roger D Johnson wrote:
I've been looking for a way to switch multiple receiving antennas to multiple
receivers
Having some time to fritter away, I decided to see the zone distribution
of the countries I need on Top Band. (I still call them countries as entity
sounds like something that arrived in a flying saucer.)
Here's the result:
ZoneNr Needed
131
172
202
Although I don't consider myself among the highly-skilled and talented, I
can't think of an instance where DSP made the difference between making
a contact or not. I do have an Autek QF-1A wired into the audio of the main
receiver of the K3 as the AudioPeakingFilter on the K3 is too sharp.
73,
I just did a quick perusal of the current DXCC rules. If I understand them
correctly:
1. Another ham can operate my station, using my call, and the contacts count
towards my DXCC.
2. I can go to his station, sign my call, and the contacts count towards my
DXCC.
So...the station doesn't
I sat down to write an intelligent response to the remote question but realized
I don't really care anymore. The Amateur Radio that I grew up with, and loved,
is gone forever. Thanks to the ARRL and the FCC, it has been dumbed down
and deregulated to the point where it's just another Citizens
If you believe in the "belt and suspenders" approach, you can get sealing nuts
for
the threaded end of the connectors. I use these plus a dab of silicone grease.
http://www.newark.com/thomas-betts/ns500/nut-snap-n-seal-connectors/dp/18C2287
73, Roger
On 12/15/2015 9:43 PM, Larry K4AB wrote:
Wow! I heard Harry this AM for the first time ever! Unfortunately, he was weak
and in the noise most
of the time. Here's hoping propagation makes it's way a bit further north soon.
73, Roger N1RJ
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In these days of deregulation, a QSO can be whatever you want it to be.
Operating another station using your
callsign, having another ham make the contact for you or even on a chat room
where little or nothing is actually
exchanged on the air.
73, Roger
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I heard from a friend, who talked to his uncle who stated that he heard on a 20m
net, that hams
are allowed to disregard any FCC rule that they find inconvenient.
73, Roger
On 1/15/2016 4:18 AM, Ed Sawyer wrote:
Thankfully, this is not the case. The FCC rules are quite clear on this issue.
The big problem is that this "system" works! It's simple statistics. The more
times you
send your call, the better chance of the DX picking it out of a pileup.
I don't think the people that do this give a rats behind if they're calling on
top of
someone else. They are like people who cut in
It's apparent that some people have a very "creative" way of interpreting FCC
regulations. If
you want to operate YOUR station within the law, read and understand Part 97.
Do NOT
believe what anyone tells you. They are usually WRONG!
73, Roger
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There are some Top band operators that call incessantly no matter what station
the DX comes back to. Of course that is not limited to 160m.
73, Roger
On 1/17/2016 8:55 AM, Mike Smith VE9AA wrote:
What surprised me (why, I don't know-It just does, even after many decades)
was when K5P would
1QJ
-Original Message-
From: Roger D Johnson <n...@roadrunner.com>
To: topband <topband@contesting.com>
Sent: Sat, Jan 16, 2016 7:09 am
Subject: Re: Topband: strange propagation
Sounds a lot like the RHR folks!
A friend of mine at the Georgia State Public Service Tra
Sounds a lot like the RHR folks!
A friend of mine at the Georgia State Public Service Training Center (right
down my street) says this social trend, made pandemic through Internet, has
even been assigned a name now. It is called Homogeneous Clustering. This is
where groups of people
One final comment and then I'll be silent.
I recently found this at:
http://wireless.fcc.gov/services/index.htm?job=call_signs=amateur
Call Sign Systems
A unique call sign is assigned to each amateur station during the processing of
its license applications. Each new call sign is
According to Clublog's Leaderboard stations east of the Mississippi are almost
nil.
73, Roger
On 1/16/2016 12:58 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
On Sat,1/16/2016 9:31 AM, Doug Turnbull wrote:
The propagation gods are not favouring us at all. K5P is a hard
reach on most bands and once you go away
And, what happened to identifying with the call of the station you were
operating?
It's still in the regs.
73, Roger
On 1/14/2016 4:44 PM, Brian Mattson wrote:
-Original Message- From: Louis Parascondola via Topband
Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2016 3:27 PM
To:
Just wondering what provisions have been made if a drunk operator gets on
the remote station and wreaks havoc or if a remote transmitter malfunctions
and starts spewing garbage?
73, Roger N1RJ
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I've made two LP QSOs with VK6. First was on 23 Feb 2007 at 2210Z with VK6HD the
second was on
14 Feb 2010 at 2208Z with VK6GX. I thought there were more but I probably was
thinking of 80m.
73, Roger N1RJ
On 12/8/2017 9:45 AM, John Kaufmann wrote:
I have also observed enhanced, and
The one big problem with parasitic arrays is that you must have low enough
ground resistance to get the proper current to flow in the element. With a
driven array, you can force the elements to have the proper current
distribution.
73, Roger
On 2/5/2018 4:18 PM, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote:
I'm an Old Timer. I'll be 76 next month and have 299 confirmed on 160m.
My goal is to join the magic 300 club. If that happens, and the digital
modes become the modes of choice, I think I'll retire and devote more time
to my other hobbies. The "my computer talked to your computer" QSOs have
I worked them at 0402Z for number 300 on Top Band! Yea! I was beginning
to get worried!
The evening was notable in that I saw three different propagation modes
here in SW Maine.
The first, beginning at about my sunset, 7P was weak and fading in and
out of the noise. Not hearing any NA (note at
These test were in late morning to early afternoon.
73, Roger
On 9/12/2019 9:02 PM, Roger D Johnson wrote:
I've been running some tests on my 8 circle array with K1JB. Joe is 17 miles
away and I sometimes notice deep fading on his signal. Makes plotting the
antenna pattern very difficult
I've been running some tests on my 8 circle array with K1JB. Joe is 17 miles
away and I sometimes notice deep fading on his signal. Makes plotting the
antenna pattern very difficult. Is it possible to have skywave contamination
at this short range?
73, Roger
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I wish there some sort of inoculation that hams could get that would allow
them to discern the difference between a power line safety ground (required
by code) and a lightning ground that is designed to dissipate large amounts
of energy due to a lightning strike. The ham reflectors are full of
There is no way an organization such as the ARRL can prevent cheating in the
DXCC program. It has to depend on the honesty of the hams involved. Yes..some
people will cheat but I can't see how they can derive any satisfaction from
that.
Last year I worked VU2GSM on Top Band. I heard rumors that
when the dx uses a remote to hear
them
Sent from my iPad
On Oct 12, 2019, at 1:21 PM, Roger D Johnson
wrote:
There is no way an organization such as the ARRL can prevent cheating
in the DXCC program. It has to depend on the honesty of the hams involved.
Yes..some
people will cheat but I
Every time the issue of station callsigns comes up I hear all kinds
of very inventive distortions of the rules to justify what hams are
doing. A quick trip to the FCC site elicited the following under:
"Amateur Call Sign Systems"
"A unique call sign is assigned to each amateur STATION during
This does NOT satisfy the requirements of 97.119(a)!
Give us the FCC part number that allows the type of operation that
you describe here.
Roger N1RJ
On 10/13/2019 12:32 PM, m.r.c. wrote:
Part of the anomalies in the regs that I am trying to show. They are "fixing"
the problem with some
Darn! Forgot the URL!
http://www.ka7oei.com/syn_blank.html
73, Roger
On 1/20/2020 10:43 AM, Tim Shoppa wrote:
My horrible utility line noise (which afflicted me in ARRL 160) continues
and I'm looking to operate in the CQ 160 test this weekend and not be an
alligator. I've located the
This may be of help. New product for MFJ?
73, Roger
On 1/20/2020 10:43 AM, Tim Shoppa wrote:
My horrible utility line noise (which afflicted me in ARRL 160) continues
and I'm looking to operate in the CQ 160 test this weekend and not be an
alligator. I've located the offending pole but lack
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