Topband: 1940 kHz Intruder

2023-01-03 Thread Frank W3LPL
The 1940 kHz broadcast station is audible now (2245Z Tuesday) Its roughly northeast of Maryland, perhaps in New England I did not hear it yesterday 73 Frank W3LPL _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector

Re: Topband: Verticals on the beach

2023-01-03 Thread john
I'm not sure if this helps but can you put a smaller vertical near the water's edge and then run a top loading wire angled to the tower top? John KK9A Stan Stockton K5GO wrote: Kenny, It's not easy and in fact I haven't done it for anything lower than 40m. It would be very interesting to comp

Re: Topband: RFI tripping GFI breaker on 160m

2023-01-03 Thread john
GFI breakers can be finicky. If a GFI is really needed try a different brand breaker. John KK9A AB2E wrote: I trip a GFI breaker sometimes on 160m, usually in a contest 1500W. Never had a problem when GFI outlets were the norm, but I had some electrical work done in an added room and the new co