Topband: HWF or VWF Materials

2011-10-03 Thread Larry Emery
I have all materials for a VWF or HWF. 34ft boom (from HyGain 205CA, four new insulated 22.5 ft. elements, Phillistran boom support, Belden 100 ohm Twinax cable , resistor banks and transformer boxes. All hd construction. This may be configured in either the vertical or Horizontal configurat

Re: Topband: T32C and 3D2R

2011-10-03 Thread Mark Lunday
Similar observations from US East Coast. I was able to work T32C and 3D2R on 40 CW and 80 CW during my gray-line this morning. Simple inverted L and 300 watts from NC. Excellent ops on their end, I am sure, was a big factor. Pileups were there when I heard them, but nothing like on the higher b

Re: Topband: T32C with QRP

2011-10-03 Thread Garry Shapiro
Human nature: the definition for most of us of a "great DXpedition" is one that you just worked. On 10/3/2011 6:41 AM, N7DF wrote: > This morning T32C was 25 over 9 on1815 and I tried QRP with 1 watt. He came > right back to my call and said I was a real 599 so I dropped my power to a > measur

Topband: H40KJ

2011-10-03 Thread Ryszard Tymkiewicz
Hello All, Jacek SP5DRH left Poland Saturday morning to London and later to LA. Today (Monday) at 1700 he landed on Fiji and 2 hours later at 1900Z he boarded a plane to Honiara where he will spend 3 days. He should be on Pigeon Island Temotu on late 8th October so probably he will be on TB around

Topband: Rx antenna suggestions

2011-10-03 Thread Gary Smith
Hello again, Rig is a fully loaded K3. Tx antenna is an inv-L. I need to do something with my Rx antennae; I have a couple 500+ foot bi-directional Beverage antennae set up from a couple of years ago but they have never done well. I live on the ocean and the beverages (& radial field) is on a

Re: Topband: T32C and 3D2R

2011-10-03 Thread Herb Schoenbohm
Jorge, Welcome to the club. I am amazed by the difference in attention that has been given to 160 by T32C and 3D2R. It appears that based on the missing container with more equipment the 160 and 80 positions are shared...or have interaction so only one can be on. IMHO it would make more sense t

Topband: T32C and 3D2R

2011-10-03 Thread Jorge Diez - CX6VM
Hello, hope you guys good QSO´s with this stations. T32C is very active and doing the things very well. I was surprised to hear them, and that they heard me, 2 days ago. I want to know what antennas system they have, because when they copied CX they switch in my direction and the signal

Topband: T32C with QRP

2011-10-03 Thread N7DF
This morning T32C was 25 over 9 on1815 and I tried QRP with 1 watt.  He came right back to my call and said I was a real 599 so I dropped my power to a measured 50 milliwatts output and he was able to get about 30% copy.  This was with my Collins folded cage monopole through 450 feet of RG213. 

Re: Topband: coax cable counterpoise

2011-10-03 Thread Bob Kupps
Hi Terry well you certainly put lots of effort into that study thanks! As I recall I got the idea from a mid 70's Ham Radio or 73 mag article. But that was long before modeling software was around! Anyway I gather from your study that this approach is of somewhat dubious merit... I read all of

Re: Topband: coax cable counterpoise

2011-10-03 Thread Terry Conboy
On 2011-09-24 6:32 PM, Bob Kupps wrote: > Hi when I lived in the Mojave desert I fed my 70' crank up tower as a folded > monopole on 160m and used 8 radials made from electric 1/4 waves of old coax > cable laying on top of the ground. The center conductors of the radials were > fed with the shie