Re: Topband: E51D and OHQP

2023-08-26 Thread Raymond Benny
Condx and distance make so much difference. In California my 160m DXCC total was abt 60 over a 20 year time period. I retired to Arizona in 2009 when condx were great and using a 30ft tall TV mast for the vertical section and abt 80ft horizontal sloping to 20ft at the end, I easily worked over

Re: Topband: E51D and OHQP

2023-08-26 Thread Jim GM
Jim not a bad count. Here I am at a count of 86. Been working at it for 38 years here in the city on a tiny lot. Working 100 for DXCC on 160m better happen before I die. Age here is 70. Its what it is. Jim Borowski K9TF jim.gmfo...@gmail.com _ Searchable Archives:

Re: Topband: Topband DX/NVIS

2023-08-26 Thread Stan Stockton
When first married, 48 years ago, I ran a wire around the small yard at the house we rented. I don’t think any part of that end fed wire was more than 15 feet off the ground and there was nothing more than a short piece of pipe driven in the ground. I had a Drake B Line and no amplifier. One