Topband: Clean AC Power

2016-08-15 Thread GeorgeWallner
Hello Top-Banders, Today's Wall Street Journal had an article on serious (fanatical) audiophiles in Japan who have their own utility poles (and transformers) installed to ensure that they get the cleanest AC power possible. I had a bit of a chuckle ... but then I thought, wait a minute, why

Re: Topband: Gamma Match Tower Question

2016-08-15 Thread Donald Chester
> Brad KV5V wrote: > 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: coax outside > the tower becomes part of the radiating element when you lo

Re: Topband: ET7L NOT VALID

2016-08-15 Thread Kip Edwards
All, There was some confusion at ARRL about ET7L. It was among the cards I submitted at the recent PNWDXC in Portland. My application was acted upon quickly and according to the online LOTW account it was not credited. However, when I received the hard copy credit slip and credit lis