Re: Topband: Elevated Radials

2013-03-03 Thread Wes Attaway (N5WA)
thing up and get on the air. A new country might show up while you are fiddling with one more radial. - Wes Attaway (N5WA) --- 1138 Waters Edge Circle, Shreveport, LA 71106 318-797-4972 (Office) - 318-393-3289 (Cell) Computer Consulting and Forensi

Re: Topband: Elevated Radials EPILOGUE

2013-03-04 Thread Wes Attaway (N5WA)
levels, buildings, overhead wires, and so on. Then, there are economic factors. About all you can do is to put up whatever you can live with at your locale. Or, you could buy a perfect location somewhere and operate a remote station via an internet link. - Wes Attaway (N5WA

Re: Topband: Wall warts

2013-05-07 Thread Wes Attaway (N5WA)
This has nothing to do with wall warts. I am just testing to see where that "fine whiskey" signature is coming from. ----- Wes Attaway (N5WA) --- 1138 Waters Edge Circle, Shreveport, LA 71106 318-797-4972 (Office) - 318-393-3289 (Cell)

Re: Topband: forced signaters

2013-05-07 Thread Wes Attaway (N5WA)
The signatures are being added by the topband mail server, probably programmed by the owner/moderator. It looks like there may be more than one signature used either at random or by the owner/moderator manually changing it. - Wes Attaway (N5WA) --- 1138

Re: Topband: 24th Annual Top Band Dinner in Dayton

2013-05-07 Thread Wes Attaway (N5WA)
Jim, you have everything backwards. Don't forget that you can enjoy fine whiskey during daylight hours at that particular gathering. ----- Wes Attaway (N5WA) --- 1138 Waters Edge Circle, Shreveport, LA 71106 318-797-4972 (Office) - 318-393-3289

Re: Topband: 'Re: fine whiskey is a daylight beverage

2013-05-09 Thread Wes Attaway (N5WA)
That passage conveys a nice thought. I have seen it before but don't know where it came from. I'm pretty sure it was conceived by someone who was relaxed and happily listening to CW with a bottle of fine whiskey close at hand. ----- Wes Attaway (N5WA) ---

Re: Topband: Spam on the Reflector!

2013-06-19 Thread Wes Attaway (N5WA)
replaced with your "good" system image. ----- Wes Attaway (N5WA) --- 1138 Waters Edge Circle, Shreveport, LA 71106 318-797-4972 (Office) - 318-393-3289 (Cell) Computer Consulting and Forensics -- EnCase Certifie

Re: Topband: Modeling the proverbial "vertical on a beach"

2014-08-16 Thread Wes Attaway (N5WA)
hours and that require scoring to be determined by contacts in every direction and every distance. ----- Wes Attaway (N5WA) --- 1138 Waters Edge Circle, Shreveport, LA 71106 --- 318-393-3289 (Cell) --- Computer Consulting and

Re: Topband: 160 m inverted L

2016-11-07 Thread Wes Attaway (N5WA)
I haven't run any numbers but it seems like you should just shorten the horizontal wire (resonance freq is too low). I would go back to about 65' horizontal. Somewhere in the range of 60' to 70' you should get close enough. ----------- Wes Attaway (N5WA) (318) 3

Re: Topband: underground cables question

2017-10-05 Thread Wes Attaway (N5WA)
deep). ------- Wes Attaway (N5WA) (318) 393-3289 - Shreveport, LA Computer/Cellphone Forensics AttawayForensics.com --- -Original Message- From: Topband [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Dale Putnam Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2017 10:13 AM Cc: topband@contestin

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

2017-10-25 Thread Wes Attaway (N5WA)
you could just be dozing while the computer is making a few QSOs. You really don't have to be awake while the QSOs (if you want to call them that) are being made. ----------- Wes Attaway (N5WA) (318) 393-3289 - Shreveport, LA Computer/Cellphone Forensics Attaw

Re: Topband: 160m Vertical matching Help

2017-11-01 Thread Wes Attaway (N5WA)
Without doing any modeling, an off the top of the head idea, one option would be to drop a wire down from the end of each of the T wires you have at the top. You might be able to move the point of lowest SWR down to 1.8 with 2x 15' +/- drop wires. ------- Wes Attaway (N5WA)

Re: Topband: [TowerTalk] 160 vertical advice

2018-02-12 Thread Wes Attaway (N5WA)
is when you have to start working on your RX antennas and stop worrying too much about your TX antenna. ------- Wes Attaway (N5WA) (318) 393-3289 - Shreveport, LA Computer/Cellphone Forensics AttawayForensics.com --- -Original Message- From: TowerTa

Re: Topband: OT - US Hams, WWV closure

2018-08-25 Thread Wes Attaway (N5WA)
Whatever it is, my clocks check it. I know it is not WWL. Maybe it is WWV(B)(xyz) --- Wes Attaway (N5WA) (318) 393-3289 - Shreveport, LA Computer/Cellphone Forensics AttawayForensics.com --- -Original Message- From: Topband [mailto:topband-boun

Re: Topband: Capacitor for Inverted L

2011-10-13 Thread Wes Attaway (N5WA)
make horizontal wire adjustments as well. - Wes Attaway (N5WA) --- 1138 Waters Edge Circle, Shreveport, LA 71106 318-797-4972 (Office) - 318-393-3289 (Cell) Computer Consulting and Forensics -- EnCase Certified Examiner ---

Re: Topband: radial wire source

2012-06-05 Thread Wes Attaway (N5WA)
solder, but otherwise it was real good stuff. I got a few thousand feet for not much money. - Wes Attaway (N5WA) --- 1138 Waters Edge Circle, Shreveport, LA 71106 318-797-4972 (Office) - 318-393-3289 (Cell) Computer Consulting and Forensics

Re: Topband: Laird ferrites

2012-07-02 Thread Wes Attaway (N5WA)
I agree. - Wes Attaway (N5WA) --- 1138 Waters Edge Circle, Shreveport, LA 71106 318-797-4972 (Office) - 318-393-3289 (Cell) Computer Consulting and Forensics -- EnCase Certified Examiner --- -Original Message- From

Re: Topband: Progress with ugly computer noise

2012-07-04 Thread Wes Attaway (N5WA)
never heard a peep from either of the brands mentioned above. - Wes Attaway (N5WA) --- 1138 Waters Edge Circle, Shreveport, LA 71106 318-797-4972 (Office) - 318-393-3289 (Cell) Computer Consulting and Forensics -- EnCase Certified Examiner

Re: Topband: FCP model

2012-07-31 Thread Wes Attaway (N5WA)
What a wonderful test it would be for Tom and Guy to do this analysis. I would love to know the results. - Wes Attaway (N5WA) --- 1138 Waters Edge Circle, Shreveport, LA 71106 318-797-4972 (Office) - 318-393-3289 (Cell) Computer Consulting and

Re: Topband: THE ITINERANT 160 METER ANTENNA PROJECT

2012-08-02 Thread Wes Attaway (N5WA)
will be in their online archives. - Wes Attaway (N5WA) --- 1138 Waters Edge Circle, Shreveport, LA 71106 318-797-4972 (Office) - 318-393-3289 (Cell) Computer Consulting and Forensics -- EnCase Certified Examiner

Re: Topband: ITINERANT 160 M ANTENNA - Response Summary

2012-08-03 Thread Wes Attaway (N5WA)
Well said. - Wes Attaway (N5WA) --- 1138 Waters Edge Circle, Shreveport, LA 71106 318-797-4972 (Office) - 318-393-3289 (Cell) Computer Consulting and Forensics -- EnCase Certified Examiner --- -Original Message

Re: Topband: Fw: Re: Radials over a stone wall

2012-08-10 Thread Wes Attaway (N5WA)
miles (or more) away whether the radial ran straight and undeterred on the ground, or through a hole in the wall, or humped up over the wall. I think it has something to do with fields. ----- Wes Attaway (N5WA) --- 1138 Waters Edge Circle, Shreveport, LA 71106

Re: Topband: Radials through heavy brush

2012-08-14 Thread Wes Attaway (N5WA)
in a surprisingly short time. Once you get radials under some of the grass and pine straw (but not into the dirt) you really never see them again. Among other advantages, it gives you an opportunity to get very well acquainted with your yard. - Wes Attaway (N5WA

Re: Topband: electrical wavelength

2012-09-10 Thread Wes Attaway (N5WA)
Tom I think everything is real quiet while a bunch of folks are busy looking at manuals and crunching numbers with their analyzers. Someone wants to find a mistake in your opinion. Stand by. - Wes Attaway (N5WA) --- 1138 Waters Edge Circle, Shreveport, LA

Re: Topband: RX epiphany?

2012-09-14 Thread Wes Attaway (N5WA)
That is a terrific, common-sense, ranking of options. - Wes Attaway (N5WA) --- 1138 Waters Edge Circle, Shreveport, LA 71106 318-797-4972 (Office) - 318-393-3289 (Cell) Computer Consulting and Forensics -- EnCase Certified Examiner

Re: Topband: Response to W8JI's comments about using a K2AV foldedcounterpoise at VK6VZ

2012-09-23 Thread Wes Attaway (N5WA)
ther this or that antenna will work then you won't be on the air having some fun. There is both a technical and a practical side to this whole discussion and I think Jim and Tom are each worth paying attention to. - Wes Attaway (N5WA) --- 1138 Waters Edge C

Re: Topband: The Remote Question..

2015-07-12 Thread Wes Attaway (N5WA)
Amen. On 2015-07-12 16:28, Dave Heil wrote: Bill, There was no competition among those who walked to school, no matter what the distance. There were no awards, annual listings, pins, certificates, plaques or such. The internet is akin to telephones and cable television more than to amateur ra

Re: Topband: 160M EWE Problems

2015-12-07 Thread Wes Attaway (N5WA)
It sounds like you have a problem with either the terminating resistor or the matching transformer. Or, there could be a problem with your switching if you have more than one EWE. There is no reason why a EWE would behave the way you describe unless it is simply acting as a shortened U-shaped

Re: Topband: Soldering radials?

2016-10-12 Thread Wes Attaway (N5WA)
about 10-years ago. I still have some to the copper strap rolled up in my current workshop and the ends of the radial wires are still there, nice and tight. ----------- Wes Attaway (N5WA) (318) 393-3289 - Shreveport, LA Computer/Cellphone Forensics Attaw

Re: Topband: A word from the moderator

2011-04-26 Thread Wes Attaway (N5WA)
ppear or disappear for no reason. I think the "return current" statement is a reflection of the "sum of currents" analysis idea. --- Wes Attaway (N5WA) -- 1138 Waters Edge Circle, Shreveport, LA 71106 318-797-4972 (Office) - 318-393