Re: Topband: NCC-2 antenna pattern?

2023-12-18 Thread n4is
So you cannot detune a TX antenna in IL, just in Florida? JC Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector

Re: Topband: NCC-2 antenna pattern?

2023-12-18 Thread Jim Brown
On 12/18/2023 5:35 AM, n...@comcast.net wrote: Hi Rob, my city lot backyard is 50x100 and I worked (CW only) 305 confirmed on 160m from 2006 to 2019 You're in Florida. Rob is in IL. Very different. Most of your path to country-rich EU and SA is over water, and not via the AU oval. Even

Re: Topband: NCC-2 antenna pattern?

2023-12-18 Thread n4is
"Since I am on a 50 x 100 foot lot, it is impossible for me to separate my rx antennas from my tx antenna. " Hi Rob, my city lot backyard is 50x100 and I worked (CW only) 305 confirmed on 160m from 2006 to 2019, it is not easy but doable to detune your TX antenna. I use a wire skirt around my

Re: Topband: NCC-2 antenna pattern?

2023-12-18 Thread Rob Atkinson
Since I am on a 50 x 100 foot lot, it is impossible for me to separate my rx antennas from my tx antenna. Of course on transmit, preamps and the NCC1 are deactivated, but even so, the NCC1 had internal relay chatter (there are around nine PC board mounted relays inside). Small RF chokes in