Re: Topband: QRM Eliminator

2022-10-09 Thread K4SAV
This link shows a schematic of this thing. (Assuming it's the same as the packaged version.) https://tinyurl.com/3pkvzdft Jerry, K4SAV On 10/9/2022 10:59 AM, Tree wrote: Looks like there is a low cost version of the ANC-4 and MFJ-1026 type of noise eliminator available on Amazon of all p

Re: Topband: Help with SAQ RX (A Little off Topic)

2022-06-09 Thread K4SAV
I think you would be better off using a different antenna. Gain of that antenna on 17.2 kHz will be much less than -100 dBi. I can't give you an exact number because EZNEC doesn't display numbers less than -100 dBi. That antenna passes the -100 dBi mark at about 100 kHz. Jerry, K

Re: Topband: Low Dipoles

2020-12-18 Thread K4SAV
s the vertical at all elevation angles. I trust W8JI's information because of his experience and his attention to detail when running tests like this. NEC is not telling you the whole story. Jerry, K4SAV _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector

Re: Topband: Low Dipoles

2020-12-11 Thread K4SAV
n of where on this planet you live Some people get the benefit, other don't. Antenna polarization is important when interacting with the effects of Earth's gyrofrequency,. Jerry, K4SAV _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector

Re: Topband: John ON4UN silent key

2020-11-11 Thread K4SAV
best antenna books I have. He contributed a lot of knowledge to the ham community, especially to low banders. He will be sorely missed. Jerry, K4SAV _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector

Re: Topband: Common mode choking of beverages - which side of grounded shack entry panel?

2020-10-04 Thread K4SAV
r trouble when running DC down a low signal level cable. Jerry, K4SAV On 10/4/2020 6:47 PM, donov...@erols.com wrote: Hi Mark, It can be very challenging to reduce common mode adequately to preserve the directivity of low signal level antennas such as the YCCC 9 circle. My preferred appro

Re: Topband: For sale?

2020-07-06 Thread K4SAV
not register when I wrote my message. Many people that have been on this list for a long time probably remember when for sale listings were even encouraged. It's easy to remember the old days, but not so easy sometimes to remember that now those listings are no longer allowed. Jerry,

Topband: For sale?

2020-07-06 Thread K4SAV
I just looked thru a bunch of old Topband messages and found 130 messages pertaining to FOR SALE items. Many of those were when the forum was under different management however. Perhaps it is time to reissue the guidelines on FOR SALE items. Jerry, K4SAV _ Searchable

Re: Topband: RFI

2020-06-25 Thread K4SAV
y its characteristics with what you are hearing at home. You don't want to send the power company to fix something that is not your problem. I often find lots of noise sources that I don't hear at home. Jerry, K4SAV _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesti

Re: Topband: Loop on the ground as a counterpoise

2020-05-06 Thread K4SAV
Another thought. Changing to a good ground system with a good choke at the antenna feedpoint will make your vertical omnidirectional, but that may not solve the noise problem,. You may need a directional receiving antenna to reduce it. Jerry, K4SAV On 5/6/2020 8:00 AM, K4SAV wrote

Re: Topband: Loop on the ground as a counterpoise

2020-05-06 Thread K4SAV
n the ground as receiving antennas, you may be interested in reading the results of my experiments here: http://lists.contesting.com/archives/html/Topband/2018-08/msg00019.html Jerry, K4SAV On 5/4/2020 3:57 AM, Chris Moulding wrote: I've developed a High Z Antenna Amplifier for 160m

Re: Topband: Ground Conductivity

2020-03-25 Thread K4SAV
en NEC2 and NEC4 for all situations. I only examined a couple of particular BOG situations where I was able to get the same answer in NEC2 as someone else got in NEC4. In those cases either both answers are correct or they are both wrong. Jerry, K4SAV On 3/25/2020 11:17 AM, Grant Savier

Re: Topband: Ground Conductivity

2020-03-25 Thread K4SAV
lations for a BOG in NEC2 and the results never agree with measurements. I keep looking for model patches that may allow some useful information to be obtained from simulations. Jerry, K4SAV On 3/24/2020 9:46 PM, Michael Tope wrote: Dan, Reading that QRZ.com thread you linked to and reflecting

Re: Topband: Beverage performance VS term resistor

2020-01-24 Thread K4SAV
bottom of the main page. Jerry, K4SAV On 1/24/2020 8:43 AM, Artek Manuals wrote: Thanks...I did not know that. I am running Eznec+ 6.0 here which is based on a version of NEC2 but the GUI doesn't address RDF ( will have to give Lewellyn a poke about that 8^) Dave NR1DX On 1/24/2020 9:

Re: Topband: BOG

2019-12-03 Thread K4SAV
't have any success trying to rename a Beverage either. Jerry, K4SAV _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector

Re: Topband: BOG with variable inductors

2019-11-24 Thread K4SAV
that. Using NEC to estimate the total inductance needed for each band is about as good as you can do. You will have fun experimentally determining how well it works if you ever get it built. You will need another antenna for comparison. Jerry, K4SAV _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector

Re: Topband: BOG Beverage on Ground Help

2019-11-21 Thread K4SAV
tp://lists.contesting.com/archives/html/Topband/2018-08/msg00073.html Jerry, K4SAV _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector

Re: Topband: Protecting an Array Solutions K9AY Loop from Transmitted RF

2019-10-11 Thread K4SAV
stations close enough to forward bias the limiter (even by the smallest amount). If that happens all kinds of intermod products will show up on receive. Jerry, K4SAV _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector

Re: Topband: Coax for Top-band beverage antenna

2019-09-19 Thread K4SAV
Don't worry about feedline loss for a Beverage. A few dB loss isn't going to make any difference at all. You can worry about feedline loss for transmit antennas, not for receiving antennas. Jerry, K4SAV On 9/19/2019 10:17 AM, Kevin Shea via Topband wrote: I have read that the s

Re: Topband: 160 skip distance

2019-09-17 Thread K4SAV
same thing during a major contest when there are stations working the band during the day (usually multi-op class stations). Jerry, K4SAV _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector

Re: Topband: Topband Digest, Vol 200, Issue 28

2019-08-26 Thread K4SAV
and mainly listen to what others have to say on the subject. Note: Most people on this forum include their call sign in their messages. Jerry, K4SAV _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector

Re: Topband: An oddball question about a BOG.

2019-08-25 Thread K4SAV
over a wide bandwidth. Jerry, K4SAV On 8/25/2019 12:31 PM, Mikek wrote: I have never modelled an inductively-loaded Beverage, but my intuition is that it will not perform any better than an unloaded wire of the same physical length. I haven't modeled for 10 years and even then I was in the da

Re: Topband: FT-8 performance

2019-08-04 Thread K4SAV
ar measurements. I get the feeling that I am the only person to ever make these measurements. Jerry, K4SAV _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector

Re: Topband: BOG height

2019-08-04 Thread K4SAV
ng read is this interview with Harold Beverage. It's long but interesting. https://ethw.org/Oral-History:Harold_H._Beverage Jerry, K4SAV _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector

Re: Topband: BOG height

2019-08-03 Thread K4SAV
end into the receiver. It was unidirectional just simply because of the losses of the wire laying on the ground. The idea then was we put stuff on wires at the northeast end. There was a resistor equal to the impedance of the antenna to make it unidirectional. You had but one wire I think."

Re: Topband: FT8 on 160 - how you can make a difference

2019-08-03 Thread K4SAV
. When I was doing these tests I was using WSJT-X in FT8 mode on 160 meters. I was using version 2.0.0, which was the latest version at the time. Jerry, K4SAV _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector

Topband: FT8 on 160 - how you can make a difference

2019-08-03 Thread K4SAV
DXCC race so I don't have an opinion there. I love working DX on 160 but collecting cards was no fun. So years ago I decided to only do the fun part. I compete with myself, no one else, and I don't get bragging rights, but I don't do this for bragging rights. Jerry, K4SA

Re: Topband: BOG.

2019-08-01 Thread K4SAV
en using a 450 ft BOG for years. That info was learned from his article where he examined what happened when part of it got buried. It should be an interesting experiment to see how your 600 footer works. Jerry, K4SAV _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband

Re: Topband: FT-8 performance

2019-08-01 Thread K4SAV
f the total stuff in the passband and that total is just a little more than his signal alone, so -1 dB now makes sense. This seems to work and it works on other FT-8 signals as well. Jerry, K4SAV _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector

Re: Topband: FT-8 performance

2019-08-01 Thread K4SAV
using S/N numbers as a measure of antenna gain. Jerry, K4SAV _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector

Re: Topband: BOG height

2019-08-01 Thread K4SAV
s. And don't aim it at your house and don't run it close to the house. Jerry, K4SAV _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector

Topband: FT-8 performance

2019-08-01 Thread K4SAV
o processing or noise limiting or blanking. If anyone else has run similar tests. I would love to hear about it. Jerry, K4SAV _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector

Re: Topband: DOG

2019-07-27 Thread K4SAV
h than predicted. I find it frustrating that I can't simulate any reasonably believable performance of a BOG. Measurements have to agree reasonably with simulations and I have yet to make that happen. Jerry, K4SAV _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector

Re: Topband: FCP vs Gull Wing Elevated Radials

2019-07-26 Thread K4SAV
le was tested on the ground at various times over a one month period and never moved. I can only guess that must have been due to variations in ground moisture content. I was also trying to use that data to help explain BOG performance, but I didn't have much success. Jerry, K4SAV ___

Re: Topband: RFI on TB

2019-07-23 Thread K4SAV
nd they had already disconnected the surge suppressor. Best repair time ever. I use an MFJ-856 to get close and a homebrew ultrasonic detector to identify the exact component on the pole. MFJ also now makes an ultrasonic detector, the MFJ-5008. Jerry, K4SAV _ Searc

Topband: V84SAA prop to AL

2019-02-11 Thread K4SAV
have helped a little. Jerry, K4SAV _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector

Re: Topband: FT8 - How it really works

2018-12-24 Thread K4SAV
Although I have finished my FT8 testing, there is one final thought I would like to leave with you, and also to correct one statement I made earlier. Someone thought FT8 measured the noise in the interval when the FT8 signals were off, and I replied that would result in a real S/N number. Tha

Re: Topband: FT8 - How it really works

2018-12-22 Thread K4SAV
rning DX that I have been missing and all you other guys have been getting. (CW of course) Jerry, K4SAV On 12/21/2018 5:11 PM, K4SAV wrote: Yesterday I said " I don't have a measurement with the results of that showdown of CW versus FT8 in dead band conditions but the answer wo

Re: Topband: FT8 - How it really works

2018-12-21 Thread K4SAV
is causing FT8 to not decode anything. So I consider this test pretty much unsuccessful. If anyone else runs a similar test please post the results. I will try again. I know this isn't a top priority question for most people, but curiosity gets to me sometimes. Jerry,

Re: Topband: FT8 - How it really works

2018-12-20 Thread K4SAV
at's not normally done. That would cut into CW's advantage obtained by using a narrow passband. I don't have a measurement with the results of that showdown of CW versus FT8 in dead band conditions but the answer would be interesting to know. Jerry, K4SAV _

Re: Topband: FT8 - How it really works

2018-12-19 Thread K4SAV
those results. Jerry, K4SAV On 12/19/2018 9:57 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: Is the definition of "noise floor" being changed for FT8? WSJT-X (and WSJT before that) defines noise as the integrated value of noise (noise power) across the 2500 Hz (approximately based on the receiver

Re: Topband: FT8 - How it really works

2018-12-19 Thread K4SAV
in a narrow bandwidth. Is the definition of "noise floor" being changed for FT8? Jerry, K4SAV On 12/19/2018 7:27 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: On 2018-12-19 4:28 PM, K4SAV wrote: > The official documentation for FT8 says it will decode signals 24 dB > below the noise floor.

Topband: FT8 - How it really works

2018-12-19 Thread K4SAV
an do any operating. At least I now know more about FT8 than I did before starting this exercise. Learning stuff is never boring and it killed some time, and my big incision feels a little better. Jerry, K4SAV _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector

Re: Topband: 160 Antenna

2018-12-17 Thread K4SAV
d fed long wire. Hey it works. " Back many years ago I did the same thing. Well, I knew better but I had this flash of stupidity overcome me and I wanted to use it while it was fresh. I blew out all the horizontal drivers in the big projection TV set. Jerry, K4SAV On 12/17/2018 8:

Re: Topband: Vertical antennas aren't always best for DX everywhere - the facts

2018-11-24 Thread K4SAV
Here is an interesting pdf document including information on the effects of Earth's Electron Gyrofrequency on 160 meters. The 160-Meter Band: An Enigma Shrouded in Mystery http://solar.spacew.com/cq/cqmar98.pdf Jerry, K4SAV On 11/24/2018 5:08 AM, Steve Ireland wrote: Hi Frank (and

Topband: BOGs and dipoles on the ground

2018-08-07 Thread K4SAV
o compared the performance of these BOGs to my phased EWE array. The EWEs have a better S/N but not by a huge amount. Pattern for the EWEs is much cleaner with much deeper nulls. Incidentally, I just modified my 4 direction EWE array to 8 directions and it will be interesting to see how that pe

Topband: LoG receiving antenna

2018-08-02 Thread K4SAV
irections. That's the way all commonly used receiving antennas work. If you have a single man-made noise source, an antenna that nulls that direction may improve S/N, but generally won't have much affect on atmospheric noise. Jerry, K4SAV _ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband

Re: Topband: FT8 Observations

2018-04-25 Thread K4SAV
wide passband when making comparisons (if they really do make comparisons). For low level CW I usually use 150 Hz, sometimes a little less if there is QRM. Jerry, K4SAV _ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband

Re: Topband: low inv-vee

2018-03-29 Thread K4SAV
knows nothing about the effect of Earth's electron gyrofrequency. That varies a lot depending on where you are located on this earth. Analysis is nice and easy but you have to include everything for it to simulate the real world, and the real world on 160 is very complicated. Jerry, K4SAV

Re: Topband: Rotator creating spur on 1820- results

2017-11-05 Thread K4SAV
ees to that station and that is the direction to the mixer. That direction passes very close to my tower so I was expecting to maybe see some change in the 80 meter problem when I put that strap on the rotator, but it didn't happen. Jerry, K4SAV On 11/5/2017 5:45 PM, k...@voyager.net w

Re: Topband: Rotator creating spur on 1820- results

2017-11-04 Thread K4SAV
twisted (not braided) stranded tin plated wire, very flexible. Length is about 16 inches.** ** **Special thanks to Lloyd N9LB and Hank K7HP who had the correct answer.** ** **Jerry, K4SAV - happy camper* On 11/2/2017 5:27 PM, K4SAV wrote: Likely all the spurs you see on 160 that are caused by AM

Re: Topband: Rotator creating spur on 1820

2017-11-03 Thread K4SAV
a much lesser degree. I have a good homebrew high pass filter for my receiving antennas, 60 dB minimum. I put a 90 dB notch on the frequency of that AM station nearest me. Jerry, K4SAV On 11/3/2017 8:46 PM, k...@voyager.net wrote: Jerry, et. al., I didn't have the problems from my own in

Re: Topband: Rotator creating spur on 1820

2017-11-02 Thread K4SAV
ytime only. Interesting video by N8PR, but he is fighting a different problem from what I have, I do not have a strap around the rotator. That's worth a try. Thanks Lloyd and Hank. Jerry, K4SAV _ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband

Re: Topband: Rotator creating spur on 1820

2017-11-02 Thread K4SAV
t the control box? 73 Frank W3LPL - Original Message - From: "K4SAV" To: topband@contesting.com Sent: Thursday, November 2, 2017 2:40:49 PM Subject: Topband: Rotator creating spur on 1820 I have a problem for which someone on this forum has the solution. I know that because I

Topband: Rotator creating spur on 1820

2017-11-02 Thread K4SAV
that rotator cable against it picking up max signal from that cable (also radiating it to my other antennas). No, the XM-240 is not used on 160 (except to find the source of this problem). The rotator is a Yaesu G-2800DXA. Jerry, K4SAV _ Topband Reflector Archives - http:

Re: Topband: 3C0L

2017-10-17 Thread K4SAV
receiving antenna is my phased EWEs but those were pointed at 45 degrees off them, so that's a 3 dB signal to noise loss, and the BOG was better. Jerry, K4SAV _ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband

Re: Topband: Ecipse

2017-08-21 Thread K4SAV
I checked AA1K on 160 at various times. Before the event he was about S1. During the event he climbed to S9+10. There were lots of other strong signals too. Here in north Alabama they said 97% coverage but it looked to be less than that to me. Jerry, K4SAV _ Topband

Re: Topband: JT65 Power and bandwidth

2017-03-18 Thread K4SAV
mmend tuning around with that bandwidth. Radio dial frequency can be anything that gets the signal in the bandwidth. Jerry, K4SAV _ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband

Re: Topband: Electric Fence Noise at W9RE

2016-12-09 Thread K4SAV
been on for two weeks. I never heard anything. Unfortunately all electric fence chargers aren't like that. Jerry, K4SAV On 12/9/2016 12:52 PM, cqtestk4xs--- via Topband wrote: Funny thing about electric fences... I lease out 9 acres of my property in KH6 to a farmer who has an electric

Re: Topband: New digital mode?

2016-10-03 Thread K4SAV
ing either CW or CW reverse settings. Amazing again! I don't know if this info was in the instructions on how to operate this mode, or not, but it's obvious I don't follow instructions very well. Thanks to all that replied. Jerry, K4SAV _ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband

Topband: New digital mode?

2016-10-03 Thread K4SAV
mode and it would not decode it. Tried both sidebands. Also tried all the other modes in WSJTX. WSJTX decodes the JT65 close to that frequency OK. Rig clock is synced to the correct time using Dimension 4. Jerry, K4SAV _ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband

Re: Topband: Orientation of a 160 meter receive loop?

2016-09-30 Thread K4SAV
I goofed with those gain numbers. Forgot to do the average gain test in EZNEC. The program was making big errors due to too many segments. The real answer is that there is only 2.4 dB less gain for the horizontal loop. Jerry, K4SAV On 9/30/2016 9:50 AM, K4SAV wrote: A small loop mounted

Re: Topband: Orientation of a 160 meter receive loop?

2016-09-30 Thread K4SAV
laced horizontally at 10 ft above average ground should have a peak gain of about -44 dBi at 44 degrees elevation on 160 meters. The same loop mounted vertically with the top of the antenna at 10 ft (either apex up or top flat) should have a gain of about -25 dBi. Jerry, K4SAV On 9/30/2016 8:

Re: Topband: antennas close to ground

2016-05-14 Thread K4SAV
ull in the back half of the pattern. I got 1 dB less forward gain that he did and the RDF was 12, same as he got. Close enough for me. Jerry, K4SAV On 5/14/2016 5:37 PM, Carl Luetzelschwab wrote: Mike W0BTU commented: "But I thought that it was a well-established fact that NO antenna mo

Re: Topband: modeling BOGs (or whatever we call them)

2016-05-14 Thread K4SAV
I sent this message to K9LA, then it occurred to me that maybe I should sent it to the group also. So here it is. I agree that BOGs are not well understood. What started this whole process of comparison of measured data to NEC predictions was the fact that with simulations I found a way of im

Re: Topband: modeling BOGs (or whatever we call them)

2016-05-13 Thread K4SAV
DF for a 450 ft BOG. The real question is what is the actual pattern? Jerry, K4SAV On 5/13/2016 3:40 PM, Carl Luetzelschwab wrote: With the recent thread of modeling BOGs, I hope those interested in this endeavor read Rudy N6LF's article in the June 2016 QST. In the article he compare

Re: Topband: BOG data

2016-05-12 Thread K4SAV
for 80 meters. Duplicating that result required placing the wire height to 0.25 inches. Wire actual height was 1.5 to 2 inches. Jerry, K4SAV DATA: Current measurements on a 364 ft BOG. Height above ground estimated to be 1.5 to 2 inches, lying on the top of short grass mowed just before

Topband: BOG data

2016-05-09 Thread K4SAV
, and obtaining experimental data is a slow process. K2AV recently posted a couple of interesting topics on BOGs, one on Apr 15 and another one today. Jerry, K4SAV DATA: Current measurements on a 364 ft BOG. Height above ground estimated to be 1.5 to 2 inches, lying on the top of short g

Topband: Heard Island

2016-03-25 Thread K4SAV
onder! Check that weather map link above.) And of course, Google Earth has good aerial views of all the rare DX locations active right now. Good luck to all the guys on Heard Island. Jerry, K4SAV _ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband

Re: Topband: A35T

2016-02-24 Thread K4SAV
saw a spot for them on 1824 kHz from a JA. I was really expecting them to be on 1821.5. I was hoping it wasn't the guy from 40, but it didn't matter. I never heard a peep, same as the previous last two nights. I only need Tonga on 160 and this one is looking slim. Je

Re: Topband: VP8STI rumor

2016-01-26 Thread K4SAV
meone that didn't know anything. Jerry, K4SAV On 1/26/2016 3:51 PM, Steve Jones wrote: http://dxnews.com/vp8sti-south-sandwich/ Steve WS5W On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 3:48 PM, Dave Blaschke, w5un wrote: Where is this "camp dismantled" news posted? Dave, W5UN On 1/26/2016 9

Re: Topband: VP8STI 160 Meter Path

2016-01-22 Thread K4SAV
W. Jerry, K4SAV _ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband

Re: Topband: K5P signal strength

2016-01-15 Thread K4SAV
x27;s very unusual here. The piles were huge as you know. The first day he was on 1826.5 listening UP and working mostly NA but he also worked a bunch of JAs. I was wondering how he did that but now maybe I have a clue. Jerry, K4SAV On 1/15/2016 8:11 AM, Les Kalmus wrote: Apparently, the

Re: Topband: Mag loop 400W if possible.

2015-11-15 Thread K4SAV
I forget to add that the EZNEC simulation showed the gain of this loop to be about -10.8 dBi on 1.8 MHz. Matching network loss not included. Jerry On 11/15/2015 10:46 AM, Tom W8JI wrote: His 400W TX power will likely be ~10 watts ERP if he does a good job on construction. 390W will be nothi

Re: Topband: Mag loop 400W if possible.

2015-11-15 Thread K4SAV
s are in the UK. Jerry, K4SAV On 11/15/2015 9:29 AM, K4SAV wrote: I forgot to mention. 10 ft diameter loop is about the smallest loop that will tune with your 1000 pf cap. A 10 ft loop needs 843 pf. Use 2 inch diameter pipe and you need 982 pf. You can see that with AA5TB's calculator

Re: Topband: Mag loop 400W if possible.

2015-11-15 Thread K4SAV
I forgot to mention. 10 ft diameter loop is about the smallest loop that will tune with your 1000 pf cap. A 10 ft loop needs 843 pf. Use 2 inch diameter pipe and you need 982 pf. You can see that with AA5TB's calculator. Jerry, K4SAV On 11/15/2015 9:18 AM, K4SAV wrote: I like t

Re: Topband: Mag loop 400W if possible.

2015-11-15 Thread K4SAV
z Cap voltage = 10 kV peak with 400 watts applied (That will get much higher if you improve the efficiency) You would have to model it in NEC and calculate the near field to get the safe operating distance. Jerry, K4SAV On 11/15/2015 6:59 AM, jonathan white wrote: Hi I am in a bit of trouble I wi

Re: Topband: Rodent Proof Tape

2015-11-14 Thread K4SAV
them. Current problem is foxes. They love duct seal. Jerry, K4SAV On 11/13/2015 1:07 PM, K8MFO--- via Topband wrote: Those of us who live in the middle of a forest are used to rodents chewing automotive wiring.Much of the insulation these days is "soybean based", which appeal

Re: Topband: Topband loading coil

2015-06-06 Thread K4SAV
depends on antenna details. Sounds like you made a more efficient coil and the SWR went up, which it should. Jerry, K4SAV On 6/6/2015 7:49 AM, Max Cotton wrote: I have an inverted L antenna resonant on 80m, I decided to add a loading coil to the base to bring it on frequency for TopBand. I wound

Re: Topband: EP6T

2015-01-21 Thread K4SAV
ng to be a slam-dunk. Jerry, K4SAV On 1/21/2015 7:30 AM, Herbert Schoenbohm wrote: EP6T was easy to work on 160 meters last night perhaps due to some equatorial skewing and some skilled operators who had a NA set aside on 1828. without this breaking the EU wall would have been impossible. T

Re: Topband: FT5ZM

2014-01-27 Thread K4SAV
Merv if you look at a gray line map you will see that the path from New Mexico to FT5ZM at 1350Z is in the gray line while at the same time its three hours after your sunrise. Also after sunrise for most of eastern US. Jerry, K4SAV On 1/27/2014 9:50 AM, Merv Schweigert wrote: Now thats a

Re: Topband: FW: Steady Carrier on 80 CW

2013-11-03 Thread K4SAV
The carrier on 3501.6 was off this morning (I don't know for how long). It just came back at 1355 UTC. No RTTY at the beginning. That's twice with no RTTY at the beginning and once with RTTY. _ Topband Reflector

Re: Topband: Steady Carrier on 80 CW

2013-11-02 Thread K4SAV
This is looking like somewhere near the Florida/Georgia border, Jacksonville, Fl to Brunswick, Ga area. _ Topband Reflector

Re: Topband: Steady Carrier on 80 CW

2013-11-02 Thread K4SAV
It's very strong here. On a vertical it is running S9+10 to S9+15 on peaks with QSB taking it down to S9. As I posted earlier it was running S1 to S7 at noon. That was due to QSB. I can hear it all day long. I can tell it has a lot of multipath right now. In the null of my antenna it flut

Re: Topband: Steady Carrier on 80 CW

2013-11-02 Thread K4SAV
For anyone doing plots, I'm at 34°33'49.68"N, 86°55'4.83"W Plug that into Google Earth's "fly-to" box and you can see my house, if you like. Jerry On 11/2/2013 7:23 PM, K4SAV wrote: Well darn. The signal on 3501.6 stopped at 2301 UTC. I thought may

Re: Topband: Steady Carrier on 80 CW

2013-11-02 Thread K4SAV
Well darn. The signal on 3501.6 stopped at 2301 UTC. I thought maybe it would have some RTTY when it came back on like it did last time (maybe with a station ID), so I recorded it. It didn't. It just started up with a constant carrier. It came back at 0011 UTC. It's at S9+10 on my vertica

Re: Topband: Steady Carrier on 80 CW

2013-11-02 Thread K4SAV
The signal on 3501.6 seems to have some significant power behind it. At noon (1700 UTC) it is running S7 to S1 (QSB) on my vertical. There is also an unmodulated carrier on 10.5048 MHz, but not very strong (at noon). 3501.6 x 3 = 10.5048 Jerry, K4SAV On 11/2/2013 9:52 AM, K4SAV wrote

Re: Topband: Steady Carrier on 80 CW

2013-11-02 Thread K4SAV
candidate (with a little measurement error). A measurement from Florida would be interesting. Jerry, K4SAV _ Topband Reflector

Re: Topband: Steady Carrier on 80 CW

2013-11-01 Thread K4SAV
hours before sunset. I listened for a while on AM but never heard any modulation. Jerry, K4SAV _ Topband Reflector

Re: Topband: Outing The Scofflaws...

2012-11-13 Thread K4SAV
top of the station the DX is trying to work. This guy is on the #1 honor role, and he isn't the only one that does this. I guess he figures if he makes himself enough of a pest, that the DX station will work him just to get him out of the way. Jerry, K4SAV On 11/13/2012 1:29 AM, Jim

Re: Topband: dipole height

2012-10-31 Thread K4SAV
17 dB. The front to rear is 15 dB. The nulls at 90 degrees off the forward direction are down about 30-35 dB. Jerry, K4SAV ___ Topband reflector - topband@contesting.com

Re: Topband: dipole height

2012-10-31 Thread K4SAV
K4SAV wrote: Compare that to a 1 wavelength Beverage which is about 7.9 dB. Sorry, I gave the number for a 1/2 wavelength Beverage not a one wavelength. The one wavelength Beverage is 8.6 dB and the 1/2 wavelength Beverage is 7.9 dB. Jerry, K4SAV

Re: Topband: dipole height

2012-10-31 Thread K4SAV
some common sense in junction with these numbers. Jerry, K4SAV ___ Topband reflector - topband@contesting.com

Re: Topband: "return" current - what is it?

2012-08-04 Thread K4SAV
NEC doesn't allow you to see the actual current at the ends of the source). But why bother, most people know the answer anyway. The problem is just understanding what the numbers mean that the program is giving. Jerry, K4SAV ___ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK

Re: Topband: "return" current - what is it?

2012-08-04 Thread K4SAV
ifference to be small but never zero (unless the current distribution on each side of the antenna is symmetrical). This is the information Bob was missing. Jerry, K4SAV ___ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK

Re: Topband: "return" current - what is it?

2012-08-04 Thread K4SAV
ative terminal of the battery and then measure the current out the positive terminal of the battery. If you don't get the same answer, you have a measurement error. Jerry, K4SAV ___ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK

Re: Topband: 9M0L

2012-04-17 Thread K4SAV
en any common darkness hours between Alabama and 9M0, although there is a few minutes of common twilight. Jerry, K4SAV Alabama ___ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK

Re: Topband: Noise problem question

2011-12-22 Thread K4SAV
uits pcb and they > work well, needs a small parabolic dish and piezo electric detector at its > focal point. > Also I should mention that Jerry K4SAV has designed some improvements in > sensistivity and mixing if needed. > This is a very useful device at pinpointing a proble

Re: Topband: New entry to TopBand with antenna question

2011-09-05 Thread K4SAV
At the end of one year I had 135 with a 45 ft high inverted L (from Alabama). However those weren't confirmed in that length of time. I have high power and a good receiving antenna. It's tougher for the 6 land guys though. Jerry, K4SAV ___ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK

Re: Topband: Tower Shunt Feed

2011-04-04 Thread K4SAV
sults, depending on the chokes used on those other antennas. Jerry, K4SAV > ___ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK

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