Re: Topband: RG-179 Coax

Mike, What’s wrong with RG6? Or the DX Engineering version of it: https://www.dxengineering.com/search/department/cable-and-connectors/product-line/dx-engineering-f6-75-ohm-bulk-coaxial-cable?autoview=SKU&keyword=rg6&sortby=BestKeywordMatch&sortorder=Ascending

Re: Topband: 160 meter QSL card checking

Why not publish the current rule regarding 160M field checking and remove the confusion: http://www.arrl.org/dxcc-field-checkin 1) Entities Eligible for Field Checking: a) With an exception for 160 Meters, cards for all current and deleted entities d

Re: Topband: Lack of NA Activity on CW

CW guy, there can be considerable skill > required for good SSB operation. If you've ever had to run a big SSB pileup > or tried pull out a weak DX signal with a foreign accent, you know what I'm > talking about! 73. . . Dave, W0FLS > > -----Original Message

Re: Topband: Lack of NA Activity on CW

> On Apr 23, 2019, at 10:58 PM, uy0zg wrote: > > It's simple - remove the FT from DXCC, and there will be no activity ... Why stop there? Also remove SSB as it is way too easy. Nothing to learn. No skill required. Andreas, N6NU _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.c

Re: Topband: Lack of NA Activity on CW

Roger, Is your statement that you don’t have enough opportunities to rag-chew on 160M? There is plenty of CW activity if/when there is a new DXCC entity to be had like VI9NI. Lots of OPs are calling within minutes of a juicy one showing up. I think there are more stations with 160M capability t

Re: Topband: FCC authorizes 1KW wireless power transmission

> On Feb 13, 2018, at 2:44 PM, Mike Waters wrote: > > seems to be much ado about nothing. Until it happens. Like Brexit or … It think it’s the prudent thing to get ahead of this and understand it and be prepared to fight it if it causes problems. It’s hard to put certain Genies back into

Re: Topband: FT8 - the end of 160m old school DXing?

> With some of the new popular digi protocols most of what is written on the > screen, some call it "received", has never been received as a complete > message. It is reproduced from other sources than the radio path. > "without entering already known information (calls) to the software I > w