Re: Topband: My Turn For a Brain Pick - Sanity Check

2013-06-11 Thread Jim GM
So Jim, what are your final conclusions? -- Jim K9TF All good topband ops know how to put up a beverage at night. _ Topband Reflector

Topband: BOG antenna

2013-06-11 Thread Bruce
Noticed many storms have caused rain static on every ham antenna except my BOG. The BOG was very quiet and hearing stations in its normal manner.. I did hear a slight trace of something in there, one time when the noise was screaming on other antennas. Another local 160 meter DXer reported

Re: Topband: My Turn For a Brain Pick - Sanity Check

2013-06-11 Thread Jim Brown
On 6/11/2013 9:24 AM, Jim GM wrote: So Jim, what are your final conclusions? I was convinced by K2AV that the Yagi idea (passive reflector) was a bad idea because it is too sensitive to ground characteristics. I went to the Christman phasing method and it plays nicely. Another mistake I