Topband: 7O73T

2023-11-21 Thread Ron Spencer via Topband
Tonight, 11/21 local (i.e. Tuesday night here in NC), Dima's signal went from -17 (not too bad) to between -9 and -4. Hearing him every sequence for last 15 or more minutes. I think strong enough to work cw. But I think noisier over there as his reports are not as loud. Dima, great that you

Topband: H44WA 22-Nov

2023-11-21 Thread Brian Moran via Topband
Greetings, we'll be focusing on CW on 160m from 0730z (our sunset) through approximately 1500z as conditions and callers hold up.  We will have short stoppages at various times to refuel our generator and change operators, or for operator breaks. We worked a number of US and EU stations last

Topband: New BOG rx system at VE6WZ

2023-11-21 Thread VE6WZ_Steve
Today I finally finished my 2 part YouTube video series that describes my new BOG rx system and the feed point amplifiers I built to work with them. This is my second winter season using this RX system of single wires, numerous broadside phased pairs, and a BSEF 4 element array. Part 1 shows

Topband: H44WA in UKRAINE

2023-11-21 Thread uy0zg via Topband
Hi http://www.topband.in.ua/2023/11/21/h44wa-on-160m-21-11-23-ut3qu/ Of the four videos (US6EX, UW5ZO, UT3QU, UY0ZG) I chose the best. Ivan UT3QU from Zaporozhye region (a little closer to H44) -- Nick, UY0ZG http://www.topband.in.ua _ Searchable Archives:

Re: Topband: HiZ 4-8 and beverages

2023-11-21 Thread Ignacy Misztal
Lee helped me troubleshoot the HiZ issues. Here is what turned out to be. I compared 800 ft beverages with the HiZ. The beverages have a DXE preamp. I use Flex 6600 and the beverages work best with 8 db ANT gain in the Flex. On 160m, HiZ works best with 24 db gain in the Flex. When ANT gain in