Hello David, On Fri, Aug 25, 2023, 5:16 AM <[email protected]> wrote:
> Mike > > Not to put people off using topband with limited resources: You have spoken well. It was not my intention to do that, but I realize it could have been taken that way. I have limited resources myself. As financially challenged as I have been, I landed on 10 acres here in 2004 and made do without a tower or anything. W8JI, whom I lived near 43 years ago, taught me much and lit the desire to try and do well on 160 with little means. my friend G4IUF (Honor Roll) has a good collection of topband dx around 90 > confirmed contacts using a very low and very bent dipole averaging about 7 > m agl. It takes patience, good ears, planning and practice, which are > probably in short supply in these times of instant gratification. > > I admire your efforts and dedication but don't forget the little pistols > rubbing along with the big guns. We work with what we have. As I said, no harm or ill will intended. Just trying to save some folks from misinformation. :-) David G3UNA > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Topband <[email protected]> On > Behalf Of Mike Waters > Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2023 11:28 PM > To: Jim Brown <[email protected]> > Cc: topband <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Topband: E51D and OHQP > > Contrary to what you hear repeated on the bands year after year, what Jim > said is *exactly* right! :-) > > I'll add that NVIS is rarely —if ever— useful for working DX on 160m. > > 73 Mike > W0BTU > https://web.archive.org/web/20190827040547/http://w0btu.com/ > > On Thu, Aug 24, 2023, 1:40 PM Jim Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > > > ... the optimum height for an NVIS antenna is a quarter-wave. > > Higher reduces upward radiation, lower increases ground loss. This > > study was peer reviewed. > _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
