Topband is one of the most frustrating HF band to work DX on that you will
encounter. Can it be done from a 1/2 acre city lot, yep, and smaller. I may
live in the "high desert" (Quartz Hill/Lancaster) but the old part of town I
live in is plagued with power line noise too. Openings occur rarely
Hello Bob!
I have made a small linear with GI46 for HF (See www.hoeppe.name) . 500-550W
out are possible, but ONLY with proper cooling. I fully agree with you: A
weak airstream from the side is a bad advice! Those russian tubes have a
max. seal temperature of only 120 deg. C! I know there are
I pass this information out to those who may have similar problems with
DSL crashing while operating on 160 meters. (The DSL service uses
frequencies very close to the 160 meter band for which some sort of
filtering is required.) Since so many different circumstances of
antenna/grounds/ house
I would like to thank, through the channel, the team of YE0M. I am calling them
my most beautiful DX on 160M till now:
QSOed in July, at the boom of the italian summer ... and:
A few weeks ago, I informed the team that - unfortunately - here in the city,
due to two close-ups floods, the mail s
Continuing the great TopBand dinner tradition that George, K8GG and George,
W8UVZ started, I am proud to announce the 24th Annual Dayton TopBand dinner.
Dinner reservations and Tickets are now available.
Friday evening May 17, 2013 at the Crowne Plaza in the Presidential Ballroom
- downtown Dayton
