Re: Topband: Fresnel Zone

2019-04-18 Thread Mpridesti via Topband
Good fun Ray Looks like a killer location! Good luck with the station build. Regards, Mark, K1RX > On Apr 18, 2019, at 11:20 PM, Ray Higgins wrote: > > Tough crowd! :) > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Apr 18, 2019, at 8:32 PM, Gary Smith wrote: >> >> Maine has a problem with wild

Re: Topband: Fresnel Zone

2019-04-18 Thread Ray Higgins
Tough crowd! :) Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 18, 2019, at 8:32 PM, Gary Smith wrote: > > Maine has a problem with wild goats that > chew aluminum & hardline, best to get your > money back while you can. > > You can leave what you can't carry here in > CT on your flee. > > You're welcome.

Re: Topband: Fresnel Zone

2019-04-18 Thread Gary Smith
Maine has a problem with wild goats that chew aluminum & hardline, best to get your money back while you can. You can leave what you can't carry here in CT on your flee. You're welcome. Gary KA1J > I heard wild Maine blueberries were now a protected species and that > you cannot build

Re: Topband: Fresnel Zone

2019-04-18 Thread Ed K1EP
I heard wild Maine blueberries were now a protected species and that you cannot build there. On Thu, Apr 18, 2019, 11:45 Mpridesti via Topband wrote: > Ray > > Didn’t you get the memo regarding Maine is now closed to any new Amateur > stations? Thought it was full up! > > Ref. Fresnel zone -

Re: Topband: Fresnel Zone

2019-04-18 Thread S57AD
Ray, I envy you! BTW, friend of mine has hilltop location some 3 miles from the sea and always big signal with modest antennas TH7DX @ 30', single vertical with elevated radials for 40 and wires for 80/160. 73, Mirko, S57AD V V čet., 18. apr. 2019 ob 16:49 je oseba Ray Higgins napisala: > I

Re: Topband: Fresnel Zone

2019-04-18 Thread Mpridesti via Topband
Ray Didn’t you get the memo regarding Maine is now closed to any new Amateur stations? Thought it was full up! Ref. Fresnel zone - looks real bad :) Regards, Mark, K1RX > On Apr 18, 2019, at 10:48 AM, Ray Higgins wrote: > > I have two questions about fresnel zone. > > I just purchased

Re: Topband: Fresnel Zone

2019-04-18 Thread Bill Gillenwater
If I drag hardline up from Florida is there a good time and place to meet and connect to your patch panel? 73 Bill K3SV Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 18, 2019, at 10:48 AM, Ray Higgins wrote: > > I have two questions about fresnel zone. > > I just purchased 22.5/ac near the ocean near

Topband: Fresnel Zone

2019-04-18 Thread Ray Higgins
I have two questions about fresnel zone. I just purchased 22.5/ac near the ocean near Machiasport, ME. This is in the Northeast corner of Maine about 30 miles south of Eastport and a Lubec. This is going to be my personal Remote Contest station! I plan to be contesting from this new qth

Re: Topband: V84SAA QSL

2019-04-18 Thread John K9UWA
re: QSL's and LOTW confirmation. This applies to ALL of the DXpeditions not just the V84SAA one. Consider not only the HUGE expense by all the team members of these operations but also the Large amount of time and effort going into making these DXpeditions possible Licensing Travel Equipment

Topband: Voltage at top of vertical and scaling?

2019-04-18 Thread Rob Atkinson
I'd also put RF chokes in series with the DC relay lines, at the base of the vertical antenna to further keep RF off it but also to break it up so the relay line doesn't detune the 80 m. vertical, perhaps with another pair at the shack entrance. All this sure seems like a lot of work which is

Topband: Fwd: V84SAA QSL- some additional thoughts...

2019-04-18 Thread k1zm--- via Topband
From: k...@aol.com To: daraym...@iowatelecom.net Sent: 2019-04-18 8:05:23 AM Coordinated Universal Time Subject: Re: Topband: V84SAA QSL- some additional thoughts... Hi DAVE and 160m friends. I happened to see this email this morning and I thought I might like to comment. As far as I know -