Re: Topband: FD in the 60's

Interesting thread! My first FD was in 1963 as a newly minted General. The group had all wire antennas set up top of Huntington Mt (PA). Most of the other guys were pretty much fone ops so I got a crack at 20 40 CW with a Collins S-line. Thought I was in radio heaven! The S-line was about

Re: Topband: Outdoor rope suggestions

I've dealt with this outfit in the past. http://www.jamestowndistributors.com They carry Harkin blocks, rope, marine hardware, etc. Lots of good outside stuff. 73, Stew K3ND I am not using multi-hundred pound counterweights, but only 15 or so

Re: Topband: K1N 5,399 q's on 160 M

Exactly the point, Steve! A bunch of the guys around here worked them on 160 at 0800Z (that's 3AM here). My 160 QSO was around 1030Z. I'm really dating myself but back in the day the only way to snag some new ones on 80/160 was to be checking the bands in the middle of the night. No internet

Re: Topband: Commercial 160 antennas?

I have to agree with Jim on this. At one time, I had both a 80M and a 160M inverted vee at the top of a 100ft tower. The location was on the top of a ridge and much better than average. While the 80M inverted vee was a very good DX antenna (could work JA's LP from SE PA at sunset), the 160M was

Re: Topband: NORD antenna for top band.....

FYI, The original NORD was designed for shipboard use. It's described in N6PL's book, "The Amateur Radio Vertical Antenna Handbook". 73, Stew K3ND From: James Rodenkirch To: Top Band Contesting Sent: Tuesday, February 2, 2016 11:12 AM

Re: Topband: K5P good job !

They had a great signal on 160 this AM. Worked at 1145Z here in SE PA. There was a nice SR peak here on 80M also. Worked at 1228Z. Stew K3ND _ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband

Re: Topband: K1FZ ground rod difficulty

Harger Lightning and Grounding shows a copper plate as an alternative to ground rods. This is an interesting website... Copper Ground Plates | | | | || | | | | | Copper Ground Plates | | | | 73, Stew K3ND From: "donov...@starpower.net"

Re: Topband: K1FZ ground rod difficulty

That link got screwed up. try this... www.harger.com From: GALE STEWARD via Topband <topband@contesting.com> To: topband <topband@contesting.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 6, 2016 7:28 PM Subject: Re: Topband: K1FZ ground rod difficulty Harger Lightning and Gro

Re: Topband: VOA Antennas

WOW! That is wild! Not sure that I'd want to be standing that close... Stew K3ND From: Chuck Hutton To: "topband@contesting.com" Sent: Saturday, April 9, 2016 3:21 PM Subject: Re: Topband: VOA Antennas And for those that like to be

Re: Topband: ma160v

Totally agree. It would have to A LOT higher to obtain anything but a cloud warming radiation pattern. Stew K3ND From: Hardy Landskov To: w5...@towerfarm.net; topband@contesting.com Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 11:58 AM Subject: Re: Topband: ma160v Don't waste your

Re: Topband: Working Europe

Well, not exactly EU but I worked HZ some years ago in 160 in July. 73, Stew K3ND From: Guy Olinger K2AV To: Tim Shoppa Cc: Topband ; Bruce Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2016 3:13 PM Subject: Re: Topband:

Topband: BOG Question

I'm thinking of trying a BOG as I could run it across the corner of my neighbor's field (after he's finished mowing for the season.) My questions are: Can a BOG be used un-terminated and is it then bi-directional, as is a conventional beverage? In a terminated BOG, is the maximum received signal

Re: Topband: 80m rotatable dipole load coil questions

Here's a link to a 80M yagi designed and built by VE6WZ. Some good loading coil info. 73, Stew K3ND 80m 2-el Yagi | | | 80m 2-el Yagi | | | From: Grant Saviers To: Ray Benny ; "topband@contesting.com"

Re: Topband: 80m rotatable dipole load coil questions

Hmm, the link didn't take! The info is on QRZ.com/VE6WZ 73, Stew K3ND From: GALE STEWARD via Topband <topband@contesting.com> To: "topband@contesting.com" <topband@contesting.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2016 11:59 AM Subject: Re: Topband: 80m rotatable dipo

Re: Topband: 1809.2 kHz constant dashes

Yes, and it sent a correct Morse letter/number every so often! 73, Stew K3ND From: ersmar To: Don Kirk ; topband Sent: Tuesday, December 6, 2016 1:54 PM Subject: Re: Topband: 1809.2 kHz constant dashes It's a Coke

Re: Topband: DXing on the Edge - Ordering Information for International Amateurs

DXE wants $20.18 for the book and $12.95 additional for shipping. Seemed really excessive and I told them so. The reply was that I can order another $79.82 worth of stuff and will then get free shipping on all! Nope... I got a signed copy direct from K1ZM for $25. 73, Stew K3ND From:

Re: Topband: "Thinking out loud"

Years ago at the W3GM M/M station, Gerry had several crystal filters (50 ohm Z input & output) in the 40M RX path. As I recall, these were about 20-30 khz wide (each) and were of slightly different center frequencies so that most of the 40M CW band could be covered. I DO remember that they

Re: Topband: FT8 - the end of 160m old school DXing? (long)

I have to agree with Steve's assessment. I guess that having been licensed for 54 years makes me a "geezer" of sorts and we aren't supposed to like anything "new". I think that the new technology is great to a point. I'm on the internet all the time and the radios are all tied to the computers