Re: Topband: EZNEC circular loop

2011-08-25 Thread W2PM
There is a standalone tool to create loop files for EZNEC too .. that is perhaps what they built into V5 ... I have it on a pc around here if someone wants it - it was a freeware thing. Worked well with dumping a file which then read by EZN Sent from my iPad On Aug 25, 2011, at 3:58, Guy Oling

Re: Topband: RF attenuators

2011-08-25 Thread Pete Smith
I highly recommend the articles by Jack Smith, K8ZOA on the Clifton Labs web-site. One title talks about 6 dB splitters, but there is much more test data there, including tests of a TV splitter. See and

Re: Topband: Testing for common mode noise

2011-08-25 Thread Don Kirk
You won't believe what I found last night in the latest edition (5th edition) of the ON4UN Low-Band DXing book related to my proposed common mode noise test. Page 7-109 discusses using a battery powered receiver, and connecting the receiver to the antenna using a "very short piece of coax" in or

Re: Topband: EZNEC circular loop

2011-08-25 Thread Guy Olinger K2AV
In version 5 EZNEC, in the WIRES window, click on Create in the menu bar, then click on "loop" in the drawdown menu. 73, Guy. On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 1:46 PM, DF3KV wrote: > Just create a loop with 200 sides > > 73 > Peter, DJ7WW > > -Original Message- > From: topband-boun...@contesting

Re: Topband: RF attenuators

2011-08-25 Thread Missouri Guy
On Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:01:56 -0600 "Tod" writes: > Jim is correct. You can look in the ARRL Handbook for resistor > combination > that will give you the attenuation you desire while keeping the > impedance at > a suitable value. > > 73, Tod, K0TO FWIW...there's also a rather old, but very us