Reading this got me to thinking. I'm one of those "contestors" that
seem generally despised, especially on 80 and 160 meters. I maintain a
fairly decent station and listen as often as I can, especially on 160. .
My experience during contesting, and this is over 40 years on the band,
has
I have an antenna of very similar design and performance. It is an
all aluminum lawn chair on a pole.
BILL
On 4/22/2016 1:42 PM, Rob Atkinson wrote:
> Throw bricks all you want to the end of time but you'll never change
> the fact that we tested that antenna and saw its performance first
>
A carbon resistor is what you need, NOT a non-carbon.
You can get them here...among other places. Not real hard to find
http://www.dxengineering.com/parts/dxe-ecm-r470-2
BILL
On 4/13/2016 9:29 AM, K3RAG LB3RE Brobakken wrote:
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> Hello
>
> Where do you buy stuff for beverage like 470 ohm non
OMG, this is so sad I almost cried:'( :'(
BILL K4OWR
On 4/8/2016 9:30 AM, Katz Ajamas wrote:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zcsbny8PFZw
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At the risk of opening an avalanche of comments...
Here's what I use. You can use it in a relatively shallow hole and it
works very well. This materiel is used by utility companies at the base
of power poles.
Here's the info on it: https://www.erico.com/category.asp?category=R2387
And
Serious multi-op contest stations face this issue all the time.
Most use individual band filters and they almost completely eliminate
the issue.
At our station we used the Dunestar filters for operating positions on
different bands. As for 160 I personally use the KD9SV "front end saver"
Heard you loud and clear here in Tennessee but you were answering
another station who refused to let me give you a quick call. I quickly
called cq above and below the frequency but could not attract you
attentionmaybe next time! It was the first time I have ever hear VK
on top band
Spent a total of 4 hours in the SP. Activity, at least from here in
east TN, was lower than previous. The logger got to the point where it
said "dupe, dupe, dupe"constantly.
DX would just appear out of nowhere...Italy, Germany, Venezuela.
This morning I caught a VK6 working a K1 and tried
com> wrote:
yes it is
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is this thing on?
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