Topband: South Coast British Columbia 160M Beacon

2011-01-02 Thread Martin Mac Gregor
Running a temporary QRSS3 and standard CW experimental beacon on 1970 kHz to test new antenna <1W into new 3/8 wave inverted L antenna. 90 'vertical and 90' horizontal. Location .South Pender Island BC, CN88jr ID as VE7MM at rac.ca Any reports appreciated. Thanks Martin ve...@rac.ca ___

Topband: W1FB preamp failure

2011-01-02 Thread WD8DSB
Built a W1FB preamp (Aug 1988 QST) for use with my 4.5 square shielded loop which is located in my shack, and the MC1350 IC gets permanently altered when I transmit on 160 meters using my 53 foot base loaded vertical. Originally the preamp gain pot causes the gain to continuously increase an

Topband: CQ 160 Contest results now available on web

2011-01-02 Thread Andy Blank
The results for the 2010 CQ 160 Meter Contest are now available on the web site at: http://cq160.com There are some corrections to the article: -*ND8DX* is the winner for zone 4 single op ssb not K5RX. -The club score for *Arizona Outlaws Contest Club* was incorrectly listed as Central Arizona