Re: Topband: ET7L NOT VALID

2016-08-10 Thread Eugene Popov /RA0FF/ via Topband
Be patient. According Igor US0LW (manager)  documents filed again, some documents are missing , some requested further . We wait and hope that will be DXCC HQ logical decision-making. 73! de Eugene RA0FF http://www.qsl.net/ra0ff/ >Четверг, 11 августа 2016, 8:22 +11:00 от Frank Davis

Topband: ET7L NOT VALID

2016-08-10 Thread Frank Davis
Just found out today that ET7L operation is not valid. My card submission was rejected by the DXCC desk. No reason give. VO1HP _ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband

Re: Topband: Gamma Match Tower Question

2016-08-10 Thread Bruce Whitney via Topband
Bill, I sure wish Tom W8JI was still participating on this reflector because he is a true expert on many, many matters including this one. What a loss to all of us! Anyway, it can make a big difference to the performance of a shunt fed tower to have "other" conductors hanging on the outside of

Re: Topband: Gamma Match Tower Question

2016-08-10 Thread Mike DeChristopher
Bill (et al), I have a short gamma matched tower for 160. I didn't originally intend to load it during construction, so I ran the other feedlines up the outside of the tower, grounded by bracket at top and bottom. Later, when I decided to load it up, I asked an engineer friend who works in

Re: Topband: Gamma Match Tower Question

2016-08-10 Thread Brad Rehm
Bill, I've never seen any hard data showing that coax should be installed one way or the other. I can only report that many years ago a professional antenna engineer (and ham buddy) in Dallas strongly recommended that I route all of the coax and control lines inside the tower. His reasoning: