Re: Topband: Need Ideas For "Fusing" Beverages From Falling Trees

2021-01-03 Thread Glenn kd0q
y are quick and easy to replace. One size smaller wire might be good too but I haven't had to splice the WD-1A yet. We had a derecho here last August that basically flattened my timber. The WD-1A is still good but buried under countless blown down trees. 73, Glenn KD0Q On Sun, Jan 3,

Re: Topband: 300 ohm twin lead for bidirectional Beverage antennas

2020-02-29 Thread KD0Q
2 feedlines. I have two antennas, NE-SW and NW-SE, so I put a switch box near the antenna terminations and only have a control cable and one RG-6 run from the shack. Hope that helps. 73, Glenn - KD0Q On Fri, Feb 28, 2020 at 2:03 PM Joe Giacobello, K2XX via Topband < topband@contesting.com>

Re: Topband: Band Open - But No Sunrise Peak

2018-01-12 Thread KD0Q
I also noticed the lack of SR peaks. On those mornings the peak seemed to be about an hour before SR. 73, Glenn KD0Q On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 9:36 AM, wrote: > There have been many mornings (in fact, most mornings) here in the Midwest > where there has been little or no sunrise peak. If

Re: Topband: Opinions on BevFlex-4

2016-09-05 Thread KD0Q
. It has been quite useful on 160m-30m. Hope that helps. 73, Glenn - KD0Q On Mon, Sep 5, 2016 at 4:50 AM, Gabriel - EA6VQ wrote: > Hi, > > Anyone using the BevFlex-4 antenna (or the former version, the BevPro.1) > could share his impressions? > > I am thinking of setting up

Re: Topband: Using RG-6 as elements wire for 2 wire beverage?

2016-08-22 Thread KD0Q
The ON4UN Low Band DXing book talks about a reversible beverage using coax as the antenna element.. Glenn, KD0Q On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 11:26 AM, Warren Merkel wrote: > Paul, > > I built my own modules, implementing a reversible, stretchable BOG using > RG-6. See my QRZ.COM pag

Re: Topband: DxCoffee - Daily updates

2015-11-02 Thread KD0Q
​At the very bottom of the page, select English​ or Italian. 73, Glenn - KD0Q On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 5:54 PM, James Rodenkirch wrote: > The DX news, contest calendar down the left hand side, as well as the DX > coffee news on the right hand side is/are in English and the links fo

Re: Topband: Inverted L

2015-01-30 Thread KD0Q-Glenn
There will be some interaction. How much? All depends. You can get some idea by modeling with EZNEC. The tower can have some effect too. Glenn KD0Q On 1/30/2015 11:55, Don wrote: What interaction between a Inverted L and 80 & 40 meter dipoles off the same tower ? Don W

Re: Topband: Tensioning of RG58 coax for 2-way Beverage

2015-01-30 Thread KD0Q-Glenn
For my RG-6 beverage I used a marline hitch spread out over a couple of feet and then taped it up after it was in tension. 73, Glenn - KD0Q On 1/30/2015 10:57, Tracey Gardner wrote: I have a follow on question from my non-invasive tree attachment question. I am running RG58 through a

Re: Topband: 160 Worked All States

2015-01-09 Thread KD0Q-Glenn
The CQ 160M CW and SSB contests coming up might be a good bet. I worked, and confirmed on LOTW, WAS in one CW contest a few years back. Good luck! 73, Glenn - KD0Q On 1/9/2015 11:55, James Bennett wrote: Yep, I’m planning on it. I also participated in the recent ARRL 160 contest, but never