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Re: RBOG - wire fence (Charles Moizeau) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2016 15:03:22 -0800 > From: Lew Sayre <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, > [email protected] > Subject: Topband: The 21st Stew Perry is Afoot! > Message-ID: > <capqms-mn2jlqxu19fycz+bsjmcq8gxyqq28b0emiu54t4yn...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Greetings 160M Contesters and Pretenders, > The event is under way. RF is being unleashed all about the globe. > If you've forgotten what to do with the log post contest or if you wonder > about a specific rule you might have fractured then motor on over to: > http://www.kkn.net/stew/ > Listed below are the current plaques and sponsors. If you have a > blinding flash of revelation, that wasn't caused by accidentally turning > off your AGC, and you wish to honor some facet of this contest, it > is not too late to sponsor a plaque and join this group. Just email me > after you've recovered a bit and we can make your plaque happen. > It is never too late for a plaque. > > KL7RA Top # of QSOs by a S/O > N0TT Top Score, S/O, <21Y/O, > 200 QSOs > K7CA Longest DX, S/O, Low Power from Zone 3 > K7CA Top Score S/O CQ Zone 19,24,25,27,28 or China > KH6LC VK/ZL Challenge- Top S/O VK-ZL > AA6VB Top Score Big City >50K, Little Pistol <100W > AA6VB Top Score Base Loaded Vertical < 60' tall > N6TQ/A25TQ California Dreaming- Top # of QSOs with Cal > VK0EK Stations by a non-California station > Rochester DX Assoc Top Score,S/O, L-P, Outside N. America > UX1UA Top # NA + SA QSOs by Zone 16 station > K7FL Top Score 100% Search and Pounce > K9JWV/WC7S Top QRP Score,West of Mississippi,wire antennas > Dr. Beldar-L1AR Top Score,S/O, Temporary Antenna erected > Dec.3 > (All parts of temporary antenna including radials must be > installed after Dec. 3, 2016. This antenna must be the only antenna > for TopBand at the station and may be left erected because as we > all know "temporary" means "until I die") > KR2Q Golden Log Award > K2PO Top Score, S/O, Low Power, Zone 3 > N6TR Top Score,S/O, Hi Power from CN Grid Field > W2GD Team Top # QSOs, NA/SA by EU Station > K6ND K6SE Memorial- Top Score, S/O, World > WA6CDR N5IA Memorial- Top # of Grids Worked > WA8WZG Top Score, S/O, by a 6 character call (Example- KA2BFD > or WD6XYZ) > W7RH Top Score, Low Power Asia > K1EP Top Score (>100 QSOs) by YL or XYL > VE9AA Yr Trees Ants? If you have your TX wires in the trees or even > attached to 1 tree and your adjudicated score is closest one to > tree tree tree tree (3,333), then you win this plaque > N9TF Top # of Grid Squares, QRP, S/O, North America with a > non-resonant TX antenna <40' above ground > VK6GX QRN Fighters- Top Score QTH +/- 15 degrees of equator > WQ4RP Top Score QRP, Multi-Op, North America > EI2CN W/VE/XE Station with most QSOs with EI/British Isles > Long Island DX Society Top Score S/O, IOTA recognized Island > VK6VZ VK6HD Memorial- Top Score by N. hemisphere station working S. > hemisphere stations. > Winner gets a new, fresh Flying Doctors of VK baseball hat > > Please remember to state clearly in your log comments what plaque or > plaques you are sitting all night in front of your radio for. We have some > pretty straight forward plaques and some unique ones that are destined > for a particular population. > The Boring Amateur Radio Club thanks you for your participation in this > 21st edition of The Stew Perry TopBand DX Challenge. > 73 and I remain, > Lew w7ew > The Boring Amateur Radio Club Committee on Participation > [email protected] > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2016 16:23:16 +0000 > From: Charles Moizeau <[email protected]> > To: Mike Waters <[email protected]>, topband <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Topband: RBOG - wire fence > Message-ID: > > <cy1pr08mb189585c60d4d59a76f80991a9b...@cy1pr08mb1895.namprd08.prod.outlook.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > The two big-box home improvement stores carry more expensive, heavy-duty > garden hose, some with 5/8" and maybe 3/4" IDs. that might be used to protect > a moderately long run of coax. > > > I have some galvanized steel "hardware cloth" (I think) with 1/2" squares > that I use to cover some rain water drains, but a husky ground hog eats > through that as if it were candy. Had to coat it liberally with a mixture of > very fibrous wheel bearing grease (Valvoline) and a deadly serious hot sauce > (Ghost Pepper sauce sold by the SC Trading Co., > www.info<http://www.info>@sctrading.com). That's working so far. Still, my > next-door neighbor, a police officer; has been promised a bounty of liquid > holiday cheer if he wastes the S.O.B., that also ate all his tomato plants in > September. > > > 73, > > > Charles, W2SH > > > From: Topband <[email protected]> on behalf of Mike Waters > <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2016 4:18 PM > To: Roger Parsons; topband > Subject: Re: Topband: RBOG - wire fence > > Well, there's always animal repellent. I've used a woman's nylon stocking > filled with sweepings off of my barber's floor; rabbit repellent spray; and > my own scent. ;-) Having said that, I used those methods in ONE area, at > the base of my 160m Inverted-L. That likely would be impractical along a > long run of coax. > > This was discussed here in the past, and there were a lot of good ideas. > Maybe some hams will chime in here with just the one you need. Running it > inside tubing or conduit comes to mind. > > 73, Mike > www.w0btu.com<http://www.w0btu.com> > W?BTU's Radio Communication Technical Articles and File > ...<http://www.w0btu.com/> > www.w0btu.com > Amateur radio technical information by Mike Waters, W0BTU. Mention promo code > BTU20150907 when ordering residential models above and receive 10% discount > or rebate. > > > > On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 2:12 PM, Roger Parsons <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Don't think it is squirrels in my case - it always seems worse deep in the > > bush where there are fewer of them and it only ever happens to coax lying > > on the ground. Suspect mice or rats but I really don't know. I had one case > > where I laid some coax out in the bush and by the time I had got back to > > the shack it had been chewed right through! But I have many thousands of > > feet of coax feeding lots of Beverages. > > > > > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > Topband Archives - Contesting<http://www.contesting.com/_topband> > www.contesting.com > Topband Mailing List Archives. Search String: [How to search] Display: ... > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Topband mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/topband > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Topband Digest, Vol 168, Issue 24 > ****************************************
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