On 9/14/2021 9:14 PM, Andree DL8LAS via Topband wrote:
Nice signal from Steve VE6WZ today....but not much activity from NA
Steve has built himself a magnificent super-station on property that he
carefully selected on a knoll north of Calgary, where he lives. He's
done a lot to document it, with links on his qrz.com page. It's a great
example of classic engineering -- design to solve specific
problems/needs. He's in the middle of nowhere with excellent RX antennas
and custom-built TX antennas. It's a whole lot of classic stuff done right.
Start with this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upyHWBUAdk4
Then this paper.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eVklkZtlJW93JIJ9oDqbCyl-Jkik6YEX/view
And this, about his 160M TX antenna.
https://youtu.be/VXDTEj0xDJU
Bottom line -- Steve is loud because he's a great engineer and has built
a great station in the middle of nowhere where he can hear! My hat is
off to him!
73, Jim K9YC
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