Was on and off for a few hours. My apologies for poor ears here. Coming cold
front was creating huge QRN problem. Managed 10 or so Eu. Hopefully condx
better tongiht.
Bill V31XX
Hey topbanders,during first night CQWW 160m I worked 110 stations NA , also
west coast .Condx were not bad her
My health continues to deteriorate and I have reduced the price of the station
to only $359,900 USD. The XYL and I are almost to the point of just dropping
the tower if we don't sell to a ham and just selling the home as a regular
residence, which would be a shame. Lots of details on V31XX.com
399,900 USD. Includes the home, all radio equipment, tower/antennas, all
furniture, and a Toyota 4WD truck, lots of power tools, yard tractor etc.
73 Bill
On Tuesday, July 4, 2023 at 05:59:09 AM UTC, Mamuka Kordzakhia via Topband
wrote:
How much?
On Monday, July 3, 2023, 08:00:4
We thought a fellow ham was going to buy the place, but it just didn't work
out. As a result, the station is back on the market at a reduced price. More
info can be found on QRZ.com and V31XX.com. Or drop me an email for more info.
Not interested? There is a substatial finder's fee for anyone
The 200 ft painted tower rule is not the same all over the world. My tower in
Belize is only around 130 ft and is over 5 miles from the nearest airport in
Mexico. Yet, in permitting my tower, I was forced to paint it the standard
red/white. Things do vary round the world.
Bill K4XS/KH7XS/V31X
Good quality and the cheapest around. Sandbaggy on ebay. Free ship.
Bill K4XS/V31XX
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Thanks to all who responded. Consensus is the antenna is working as well as
can be expected for a wire vertical with 55 radials over average ground. Not a
4 square or a vertical next to a beach but good enough to work 57 countries in
the test. Now if I only had room for a 800 ft Beverage. H
After putting down 3600 yard staples to install 55 radials 130 ft for my 100
ft wire vertical with a 30 ft L I was ready for the 160 test. For RX I used an
SAL-30 which performed well at my old QTH in KH6.
The only other V3 station was V31MA who has an excellent location close to the
water wit
Just finished my wire vertical for 160 with 35 mostly 130 ft radials, some are
shorter going to the southwest. I'll be on tonight and the next few nights to
check it out. I'll be using the SAL-30 for rx.
Bill K4XS/V31XX
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Brand new still wrapped...5000 ft of AWG 20 insulated wire. It is excess to
what I needed for my 80 meter 4 sq and 160 vertical. $170 and I pay shipping
to the lower 48. Pic is on KA9FOX's classifieds.
Bill K4XS
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"For whatever weird reason, the price of insulated wire is
nearly always lower than the equivalent bare wire. And
Romex sells for less than the equivalent individual wires."
I agree. I recently picked up a 5000 ft roll of insulated 20AWG for a little
over $100 shipped. Plenty enough to run 30 r
My place in Hawaii was sloped more than about 99% of all locations...a drop of
1100 feet to sea level around 6000 feet away. It does make a difference. I
had the same slope up hill as down and i can tell you 100% for sure the slope
makes a difference. I used a bent full size vertical wire fo
I don't have a dog in the fight but why not move to 1843 or 1844. Is 1840
sacrosanct?
Bill KH7XS
-Original Message-
From: Jorge Diez - CX6VM
To: Edward Sawyer
Cc: GEORGE WALLNER ; TopBand List
Sent: Tue, May 21, 2019 12:51 pm
Subject: Re: Topband: AM interference on 1840
Ed
FT8 can
They ain't gonna work me. I'm with you. Did the FT-8 last summer for around
400 Qs...that was quite enough. If I don't make 200, 300 countries because I
don't FT-8, so what?
KH7XS
-Original Message-
From: Edward Sawyer
To: topband
Sent: Tue, Apr 9, 2019 10:21 pm
Subject: Topband: T
Don't feel too badly. 7P8 is about as far away as you can get from KH6. The
last night I heard them for an hour at 559-569. I never heard them say Oceania
or Pacific. No KH6 got through either. Not complaining about the
operation...it was a good one.
K4XS/KH7XS
-Original Message-
F
I have had both.
First, the SAL-30 is currently being used at my station and hears considerably
better than my 160 vertical. It exhibits F/B somewhere around 15-20 dBs on
160. It is located about 100 ft from the nearest antenna (the westernmost
vertical of my 4 sq for 80), about 150 feet from
I agree. Of course last night was the warm up before the ARRL CW. Result? I
put about 20 EU in the log along with TZ4AM, some Carib stations and lots of
W/'K. Best night on 80 since I hit the Island. Wait for the empty band
after the test.
KH7XS
-Original Message-
From: Edward S
If working EU from west coast is exciting, try it from KH6...right over the
pole. This season I have worked around 20-25 or so EU on the top band...a half
dozen of them the last day of CQWW. Throw in a couple of Africans, a few SA
and some JA and that is it, unless you count W/K, some of which
I also have found the lack of activity frustrating. I'll call CQ and RBN says
I'm hitting the mainland with a good sig. I call CQ for maybe ten minutes and
either one reply or none.
Look for KH7XS tonight after my sunset..around 0500Z.
KH7XS
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Antenna here is a bent wire vertical with 60 radials and an SAL-30.
As expected they were coming in from due west anywhere from 549-579 an hour
before my sunrise until a little after my sunrise. I called and called for an
hour with no contact, while they were working mostly EU and some Asia.
The catch is DAILY operating. Few signals on 160 CW anymore...that's the rub.
KH7XS
-Original Message-
From: w5zn
To: topband
Sent: Fri, Feb 1, 2019 1:33 pm
Subject: Re: Topband: FT-8
This is all very comical to me and reached a hilarious high point last
weekend. All of the CW folks
This thread has been addressed on various reflectors.
I've tried it, made around 400 contacts or so, and found the mode pretty
boring. Even with my pileups on FT-8 the mode left me cold. I felt the same
way with RTTY...tried it and found it boring. Why? With CW SSB/AM I felt a
connection wit
Conditions kinda sucked out here. A grand total of one EU QSO (UA) and he
called in around an hour or so before my sunrise Sunday. Even most of the New
England guys were pretty weak. Plus, on Friday night static crashes were
really crashing after midnight local time.
There are advanatages to
I agree with John. I'm 3000+ miles away and they were running EU stuff I
couldn't even hear on my shared apex.
Bill KH7XS
-Original Message-
From: John Crovelli
To: topband@contesting.com
Sent: Tue, Oct 23, 2018 6:06 pm
Subject: Topband: VP6D Monday Night @ P40W
The VP6D ops were rea
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Sent: Wednesday, June 6, 2018 8:54:59 PM
To: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: Biodegradable staples
I recently laid down about 6000 staples. After several months most of them are
starting to really get crusty rust with all the rain we get at this QTH
I recently laid down about 6000 staples. After several months most of them are
starting to really get crusty rust with all the rain we get at this QTH.
They'll be pretty much gone in a couple of years...no need to worry about
biodegradable out here, or in most wet areas.
-Original Messa
My two cents...
I've got no problem with advances in technology, but I chose to use what I want
to use...and it ain't FT-8. Every mode other than FT-8 requires a person to
tune in a station and to take part in the contact. The idea of being able to
take a nap and make QSOs while my computer
If anyone can find a good detailed map of the Hawaiian Islands soil
conductivity I would appreciate a link.
So far all I have found is a grainy gif of the Islands with very little
detail...and a data sheet that has some longitude and latitude data. Soil here
grows anything instantly, is fou
Another thought on this.
I visited W8JI's station some years ago where had the usual 4 square for 160
and also an inverted Vee at around 300 feet. He told me that the inverted Vee
seldom played as good as or better than the 4 square The 4 square was usually
much better.
Bill K4XS/KH7XS
My apologies for sounding like a lid last night. Almost continuous static
crashes made rx almost impossible with the exception of a couple of the big
guns and W6/W7. Short skip was definitely in play. 85% of the stations I
worked were W6/W7.
Bill KH7XS
-Original Message-
From:
As requested, one of the members wanted the link to the ebay site 1000 staples
for $46, free ship.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sandbaggy-1000-6-Landscape-Staples-SOD-Staples-Garden-Stakes-Weed-Barrier-Pins/120895612145?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649
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After getting a four square for 80 radial system buried and now starting the
160 system I wanted to pass along a good cheap source of yard staples. A
company called sandbaggy has been my source. You can find their stuff on ebay.
Cost is around $45/1000 for 6 inch staples. Best part is they
First, I want to say thank you to all who responded to my post about a top
loaded vertical for 160.
The antenna I wound up with was quite different than the one I proposed.
Basically, it is about 132 feet of wire. The top "bent" part (65 feet) is
carried by a piece of thin Phillystran stre
Planning on putting up a 160 vertical, but of course a 1/4 wave vertical is out
of the question here in HI since we have a height limitation.
Here's the question: I'm putting up around 50 feet of 3 inch aluminum tubing
(left over from various antenna takedowns). I plan on putting up on top o
Although this might not be a gigantic issue on 160 it is a big issue on 20.
During peak time in CQWW I was copying CW contest signals up to around 14125.
Parking spots are hard to come by on 20 and 40. Nobody owns a freq, except the
"pig farmers" on 75.
73 Bill KH7XS/K4XS
-Origina
Looking for a nice RFI quiet fence charger for my new pig fence. Any
recommendations. Please respond off reflector to:
_cqtestk4xs@aol.com_ (mailto:cqtestk...@aol.com)
73 Bill K4XS
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Funny thing about electric fences...
I lease out 9 acres of my property in KH6 to a farmer who has an electric fence
around that part of the property. As far as I can tell it is totally silent.
I parked my truck next to the fence, tuned to 1710 kHz and other than
background noise, it was tot
This may be a little off topic, but it's close.
Height limitations at my new QTH for only one tower which can be no taller than
90 feet. It will be festooned with lots of tribanders etc. However, in the
past I've always used loops on 80 since my towers were so tall and they
performed qui
I am not a regular contributor to the top band ...more of a lurker.
I have heard W8JI is leaving the group, which is really a shame since I
valued his posts and the info I gained from them.
Apparently there has been some material that has hit the fan that I am not
aware of since I have n
Next year I'll be building a new home and station in Hawaii.
40 through 6 meters is already set in stone, but 80 and 160 are still
cloudy.
Here's the setup:
I'm allowed one tower maximum 90 ft. The tower will be 90 ft of Rohn 55
using a K0XG rotating system with two rings. It will be g
I agree. Many times when I was at KH6 at the bottom of the cycle, I would
self spot on 10 or 12 since the band was supposedly dead and no one was
listening. The boys in EU would be very happy and more often than not I'd be
rewarded with a Q on a "dead band".
Many times that one Q would be
Thanks to all who responded.
One of the suggestions was to wrap about 40-45 turns of RG8X mini on a PVC
core with a diameter of 4 incheslightweight and easy. Part two was to
ground the braid of the feeder line coax at the point where it reaches
ground level.
What do you think?
Bil
I've been using a 160 GP with 4 radials. It's a Tee-top supported with a
rope between two towers, with the top around 165 feet and the base at 70
feet. I'm feeding it with RG8X to keep the weight down on the rope which
supports it.
Although it works well I would like to negate any loading
Yes, there is a difference between what the power companies use and what
tower hands use.
I spoke to the guys at Preformed Line Products back around 2004 and they
said there IS a difference. The ones used for towers are what you want.
Big Grips.
Bill K4XS
In a message dated 9/4/2014
One last thought on this..
When I came back to the mainland in 2010 the only rig I had was my truck,
an ICOM 706 and a Tarheel screwdriver antennanot exactly a super setup.
I was really craving a radio fix so for the 2010 phone sweepstakes I drove
my truck on dirt road that jutt
I'm planning on putting up some Beverages for the fall season...primarily
for use on 160. Unfortunately, they have to be taken down again in the
Spring for crops. The good news is they can be any length up to around
1200-1300 feet.
Many have said that around 880 ft is the "sweet spot". I
The 3rd party messages separate the men from the boys in that contest.
Anyone can let the computer designate 5914 for G3XYZ. Copying the complete
exchange for SS in QRM, QRN and QSB is tough...much tougher than WW or any
160 contest.
When I operated from KH6, NWT was actually quite easy,
Planning on putting up 880 footers. One for NE/SW and the other NW/ SE.
I'm not planning on using relays etc for these, just planning on running
two wires parallel to each other for the 880 feet with the usual xfrmr on one
end and a terminating resistor on the end for each parallel Beverag
Please
If I want a discussion on global warming, I'll sign on to the Huff Post.
This site is for topband info.
Bill K4XS/KH7XS
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No science here, just an experience
Played in the ARRL DX in both the CW and SSB. With 100W and an elevated
GP for my vertical.
The wire vertical is held up by a caternary between two towers and is a
T-top at the top...about 40 foot used for the T at an apex at around 160
feet, The base
It's like the guys we know who operate illegal power. Several of them are
well known contesters, and some are well known 160 guys. Others are packet
cheaters in contests. No one ever confronts these guys, at least
directly...including me.
I was once accused of using illegal power in conte
Nice idea, but the majority of the really terrible stuff is done by guys
who don't sign their calltuning up, or pretending to be the DX station,
or some kind of intentional interference. We've all done the wrong VFO
thing and sent our call on the DX stations freq. That is easily identif
Same crap today on 15 meters. One of the PT0S was coming from 40 degrees.
The other from 110. Just plain stupid.
Bill K4XS/KH7XS
In a message dated 11/12/2012 3:15:16 P.M. Coordinated Universal Tim,
w...@bk-lk.com writes:
I heard the same thing you did Gary but I wasn't able to break
Zed Ess Four Push Button was one of my first contacts with South Africa on
20 meters in the 70s. I loved his distinctive voice and he always had a
bunch of guys calling. RIP
Bill KH7XS/K4XS
In a message dated 11/8/2012 2:49:13 P.M. Coordinated Universal Time,
rich_k...@gphilltop.c
Thanks to all who responded to my inquiry. The antenna is up and running.
Base is around 60 ft and the top of the tee is around 170 ft. it seems
to be working pretty good. Thanks for the advice.
73 Bill K4XS/KH7XS
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Thanks to all who responded to my inquiry on the elevated vertical. Got
it up yesterday to a base height of 55 Ft with a choke of 25 turns of RG58
on a 4 inch core and then played for a while in the Stew.
I obviously need some rx antennas but that is another project. Curious as
to how t
I'll be putting up a T-top elevated vertical for 160 in the next couple of
days. The baser will be around 60 ft above ground and the Tee (about 40
feet long will be at about 170-180 ft...depending on the caternary sag. There
will be 4 radials at 90 degrees to each other.
Question: Any type
I knew a guy who ordered one just to use the aluminum from these beasts to
make a 15 meter beam.
Bill K4XS/KH7XS
In a message dated 2/28/2012 12:34:21 A.M. Greenwich Standard Time,
chac...@cableone.net writes:
I had a Gotham Quad once. What a beast...made with aluminum wire that you
My friend Kappy, who has been a manager for years is in his late 80s and
is an avid stamp collector. He likes the envelopes as well as the stamps
and will pay for the shipping. I used to send him all of my stuff from KH6.
Call: WA4WTG is OK in the callbook.
Bill K4XS/KH7XS
In a mes
...and that's how you get a NIL. Always confirm whether it's a R, CFM or
QSL. Some guys will NOT put you in the log unless they hear the
confirmation.
Bill KH7XS/K4XS
In a message dated 12/13/2011 4:13:16 P.M. Greenwich Standard Time,
ve...@sasktel.net writes:
If the station is 6
I agree with N2NL's post. As he is, I was located in the Pacific and
everything was pretty much long haul, with the US being closest at 2500 miles.
I went with a Tee-top suspended on a caternary from the top of the 150 ft
tower to my house which was 90 feet higher in elevation than he base
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