There is a small correction necessary - see the text highlighted in CAPITALS
below. Unfortunately, living relatively close to the equator, there is very
little DX signal propagation on 160m after sunrise/before sunset (only about
+15 minutes/- 15 minutes) and this seems high angle.
Ooops, I should have said the FCP would 66-feet long - bad case of brain
fade late in the day... ;-)
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Hi Allan
In the past I am pretty sure the radio amateurs who have taken up the radio
technician position on Macquarie Island have had some access to the
commercial antennas u
Why stop at one beer?
Stay on course, fight a good fight, and keep the faith. Jim K9TF/WA9YSD
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Hi Steve,
> Having read about the K2AV folded counterpoise, which I could mount along
> one side of the half acre block here, I decided to (once again) try a
> Marconi antenna. With the counterpoise in this position, I put up a 3/8
> wave inverted-L antenna with a 100-foot vertical section (the a
I'm a little confused Carl, first you said:
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 6:04 PM
Subject: Re: Topband: DX Engineering Preselector
>The only time Ive
>used a preamp is on those quietest of nights where only 9-10dB of gain from
>a preamp with a 1.5dB NF brings a ghost of a signal out of the noise.
Have been watching the FCP postings for some time. I was not impressed with
1950's military counterpoises, but many were not tuned.
Someone was using the FCP on a 4 square. Wondering if any of the users in
North America have been able to work tough 160 DX like 7O6T ?
Think AA1K, and a station
Steve:
Congratulations on success with the new Inverted L and K2AV FCP. All the
credit for concept, development and improvement until the final version is a
result of countless hours of modeling and hard work so all the credit goes
to Guy.
My participation was putting up and trying different ve
There is nothing like a good real-life testimonial to get the 160-meter fires
going. Thanks for the report, Steve.
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> "The best of the antennas, a Marconi-T with a 66-foot vertical section
> over about 30
> 60-foot to 100- foot radials, had proved relatively ineffective..."
Steve,
What was the length of the horizontal "T" section?
Paul, W9AC
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"He clearly said he has an 8 circle array, not a Beverage."
Yes, John reminded me of that a day ago.
So when are you going to publish the schematic and parts list for that
preamp that you use?
Many of us are still capable of building.
Cal
KM1H
- Original Message -
From: "Tom W8JI"
G'day
Here is some encouragement for those of you who are thinking of trying the
K2AV folded counterpoise.
Back in January my Kenpro KR400 rotator finally gave out after about 18
years of misuse (which included turning a 40-10m homebrewed 2-element quad),
resulting in a total rebuild of the
Hi Allan
In the past I am pretty sure the radio amateurs who have taken up the radio
technician position on Macquarie Island have had some access to the
commercial antennas used on the island and used them on 160m. My memory
(which isn't always good) is that there is an HF rhombic, which has b
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