Topband: Electric Fence Post Insulators for FCP

2012-08-13 Thread W0UCE
Electric Fence Post Insulators do work but... Check every so often, as trees grow the plastic insulators pop off the nails. This has happened to me three times in the past three years. Not every one of them but this year four popped. Two of them were on adjacent trees and allowed my double FCP w

Re: Topband: 160 M FCP Alternatives - Comments Invited

2012-08-13 Thread Guy Olinger K2AV
A couple of things going on here. Loss to the ground from the FCP increases as you go lower. Do it as high as you can and "get away with it". That is something only you can figure out. Remember that the unconnected end of the FCP wire has some considerable voltage on it key down. The fence woo

Re: Topband: 160 M FCP Alternatives - Comments Invited

2012-08-13 Thread Jim F.
Hi Rick,   My FCP will be in the woods in trees with the 2 element leg visible and the 3 element side in the trees to keep down visibility.   I will try these electric fence insulators mounted in trees.  They allow the FCP to be lifted and removed because of an open slot in the top of the insulato

Topband: 160 M FCP Alternatives - Comments Invited

2012-08-13 Thread Rick ve3mm
Hello I am planning a 160 M FCP and inverted L installation for the upcoming winter season. The space available for both the inverted L and FCP are limited and I have to make the installation neat to please the XYL. I have a pressure treated board fence that can be used to support the FCP. The

Re: Topband: 7O6T QSL on 160m

2012-08-13 Thread IZ5MOQ
Hello Cristi, no PAPER-QSL till now, on any method around. Only LOTW to the donors and OQRS users, like mine: http://www.cqfriends.com/ham_images/IZ5MOQ_7o6t_lotw.jpg. I am able to say it because "I am involved" on any 7O6T QSL method: OQRS+LOTW ( personal request, see over ), QSL service ( fo

Topband: 7O6T QSL on 160m

2012-08-13 Thread cris blak
Hello, Does anybody receive a QSL from 7O6T on 160m? If yes, please let me know what was the method. I send a QSL with an IRC inside to UA3DX as they mentioned on the WEB site, without success. Thank you. 73 de YO3FFF Cristi ___ UR RST IS ... ... ..9

Re: Topband: Image on 160M

2012-08-13 Thread Tom W8JI
Wayne, Not enough information!! Any preamplifiers? Any trace of additional modulation? A mixing of BC signals will have at least a faint second modulation, **and** a mixing of BC signals or a harmonic distortion spurious always falls on a "ten" in the USA/Canada. It cannot fall on a "five" ext

Topband: Image on 160M

2012-08-13 Thread Wayne Willenberg
Hello, As I am slowing working my way into 160M, I have been listening to my new reversible 480ft Beverage antenna. I live in a rural area. However, there is one small town about 5 miles from me. The only really strong BC station near me is a 500W (day time) (not 5,000W) station at 1.490MHz. It

Re: Topband: ST0R on LOTW

2012-08-13 Thread Bill Parry
Interesting. My 160 M QSO appeared and 6 other bands but my 80 and 20 meter QSOs haven't appeared. Since their website said that they had some difficulty with uploading a group of QSOs I assumed that this would be taken care of in due time. Bill W5VX -Original Message- From: la...@otters