Stormy WX here in Arizona. Too much QRN :-(
Wes N7WS
On 3/18/2020 10:38 PM, uy0zg wrote:
Hi
We are waiting for activity from America ...
And where is the activity of Europe?
Everything is very difficult.
People are aging soul.
Moral crisis...
And this is not only in amateur radio ..
Th
Hi
We are waiting for activity from America ...
And where is the activity of Europe?
Everything is very difficult.
People are aging soul.
Moral crisis...
And this is not only in amateur radio ..
There are thousands of stars in Hollywood, but no good movies.
Money money money
Well, or
I think most skimmers on the RBN are wide band skimmers on small antennas.
As web sdr receivers they only hear the stronger signals.
73
Peter
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From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces+dj7ww=t-online...@contesting.com] On
Behalf Of VE6WZ_Steve
Sent: Mittwoch, 18. März 2020 2
> While you are CQ'ing, do you also check your own call
> on RBN to see where you are being heard? Would that
> differentiate between "dead band" and "lack of activity"?
Yes. I always check RBN to see if my CQ is being spotted in EU or VK or JA etc.
However, a few comments about the RBN networ
I couldn't agree more Steve . . .
That has been the whole idea of my suggesting Wednesday for a CW DX night on
160m, to at least get everyone on the band on the same evening (rather than
a few people spread out on different nights).
It seemed to work LAST season . . . I would often work over 30
On 3/17/2020 4:15 PM, VE6WZ_Steve wrote:
Lets get out there and call CQ to stir up the band. (or ANY band for that
matter)
While you are CQ'ing, do you also check your own call
on RBN to see where you are being heard? Would that
differentiate between "dead band" and "lack of activity"?
Jim,
Good data.
It looks like the RG-5000 consists of two back-to-back diodes (in IC1) with
the other components not contributing. Do you have a part number for IC1?
GDT/ES1A diodes
The GDT (gas discharge tube) doesn't appear to help. By the time it
conducts at 90 volts the diode string current
Roger,
When you checked for increased noise on 10 and 15 meters, did you have
your radio set for maximum sensitivity and were the main and AUX input
ports of the MFJ-1025 terminated with 50 ohms (or at least not connected
to any outside antenna)?
73, Mike W4EF.
On 3/17/2020 11:18 AM
Well I'm still trying to promote this, for all the people who say there's
very little CW activity these days !
Conditions have been pretty good lately . . . so I wonder if we'll get many
NA stations on the band tonight?
(I keep hearing EU stations calling CQ DX, but getting no replies, even
tho
Hi Mike,
I was trying to address the particulars of N2IC's situation which
involved the higher HF bands (although at this point in the sunspot
cycle, perhaps I should have included 20 meters).
Reading the manual I have for the MFJ-1026 says "The MFJ-1026 is
optimized over the range of 1.8 to
You were spot on, Dave. Thanks for the suggestion. I rechecked the
numbers this morning and the AUX (i.e. sense antenna path) gain varies
about 2dB as a function of where the phase control is set. It appears I
had the phase control sitting in the worst-case minimum gain position
(apparently qui
Hi Mike
As I said in my previous post, as the 1025 uses the same PCB as the 1026, I
effectively modified my 1025 to become a 1026, using MFJ's circuit, built on
to the empty slots on the PCB.
And as I only paid £40 for my 1025, this was quite a cheap way to get a
1026.
I actually rarely use it
Last year I purchased an Airspy HF+ Discovery SD receiver. Eventually
I got around to trying to use it with a second hand Windows laptop. I
was concerned about blowing out the front end on transmit because I
had heard of that happening with these receivers that are not designed
exclusively for ha
Correct on the CQ CQ !
As of last weekend I am running a 160m CW skimmer feed to the RBN and notice:
- ratio between correct heard callsigns vs those sent to the RBN server is
roughly 5 :1 (excluding calls from a pile-up)
- only those callsigns with CQ CQ in their message are forwarded to RBN
Well said Steve. I certainly try to do that on a daily basis.
Richard
G3OQT
> On 17 Mar 2020, at 23:15, VE6WZ_Steve wrote:
>
> With many hams around the world staying home and "practicing social
> distancing” to “flatten the CV-19 curve”, what a great time to be on the
> radio!
>
> Lets get
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