Bill, I truly wish that was the case. I think you may be a bit out of touch On how many "serious" ops have beverages. I can't stick one on my 1/4 acre lot. You probably have it right that if you don't have room for beverages you probably can't be a big gun but lack of beverages doesn't reduce my my "seriousness or enthusiasm for top band. That being said, if you will send a certified check down here for 400 k I promise that I will move to a 2 - 3 acre lot and put up a 8 beverages to prove exactly how "serious" I am. Bank wire in lieu of a certified check is ok.
73 Chet N4FX -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of K4OWR Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 11:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Topband: It is not so much propagation :::: When I switch to my beverage antenna the noise pretty much goes to almost nothing. Don't most serious operators have one....or more??? BILL K4OWR On 3/19/2012 10:22 AM, N7DF wrote: > During the summer the storm static is the main obstacle to top band operation here 40 over nine crashes every 30 seconds kind of drown out everything, QRP or QRO > In fact the fish beacons still come through around sunrise indicating that propagation paths are open but SWLing them is not that big a thrill > Maybe we could get some low power 160 meter beacons operating through the summer to see what is really happening > It would be interesting to get more Field Day stations on 160. Maybe our crowd can get 160 included in local club plans > a 30 foot high mast with top loading is not to hard to put together and can get out pretty well with two or three readials > it might even get some new people interested in top band > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK > _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
