Thank you Wes, but it wasn't my "ears" (which are not what they are used to
be) but a new RX antenna and a very low noise pre-amplifier, that we
installed yesterday morning. Your signal was an easy copy with this new
antenna. There was no trace of it on the TX antenna! (You also set your
freque
However, the K9AY RDF is generally given within the range
shown by Greg for the "Optimized VE3DO" (7.7 dB per W8JI).
That would raise a question whether the additional effort
for the VE3DO loop is justified. Further, an endfire pair
of K9AY loops can be erected in approximately the same
area a
Hello Wes;
The VE3DO loop has a much better front to back ratio compared to a K9AY.
The K9AY is easier to erect
73
Tim K3LR
From: Wes Stewart [mailto:n...@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 2, 2024 6:28 PM
To: topband@contesting.com; Tim Duffy
Subject: Re: Topband: Low frequency RX ant
Tim,
Why is this preferred over a K9AY?
Wes N7WS
On Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 08:10:12 PM MST, Tim Duffy
wrote:
Greg, W8WWV has done some new work on the VE3DO loop.
I use 3 of them here at K3LR.
Greg's latest paper is here:
http://www.k3lr.com/engineering/VE3DO/OptimizedDOLoop
Further to my message a few days ago, Top Band has been open most nights
lately, with several of us Europeans calling CQ DX, but getting very few
replies !
I know the weekend has been the traditional time to come on 160m, but that
can be difficult for some people.
So as per previous Winters, I
As a tribute to George's incredible ears on E5-N, this morning, at 1107 UTC,
just before local SR, I worked E51D QRP, using a "nothing special" Inv-L.
This is from Northwest Rockingham County, VA, FM08. The signal was solid
copy, averaging around S7. Signal strength was not quite as loud as 2 days
Hi George (AA7JV),
Fantastic signal from E51D this morning into Indiana around 15 minutes
before my sunrise. You were peaking almost 20 dB above my noise floor at
times with lots of QSB (rapid/deep fade).
I made a brief video recording of you this morning and I uploaded the
recording to youtube
Woke up early this morning (0525 UTC) and saw numerous stations on my
waterfall so turned up the volume and heard a bunch of familiar calls
calling CQ (OT4A, G3PQA, G3YRO, G4EIM, G3OLB and a station in France).
Most stations heard about 30 minutes before UK sunrise and I did work John
(G3PQA) 30 mi
