Aha. You got me there :-)
On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 7:46 PM, JC wrote:
>
Which brings to mind another issue: 160m card checkers will disallow a
> card if the DX QSO occurred in the middle of the day since the path would be
> impossible.
> Can't make that assumption, anymore.<<<
>
>
> LOTW is re
Which brings to mind another issue: 160m card checkers will disallow a
card if the
DX QSO occurred in the middle of the day since the path would be impossible.
Can't make that assumption, anymore.
Kris N5KM
-Original Message-
From: Larry
To: barry.n1eu
Sent: Thu, Jan 14, 2016 10:22 pm
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I know that fading can be caused by phase rotation of the arriving signal.
Can fading be caused by the signal changing arrival angle over time
(1-3 seconds)?
I ask this because of something I observed while attempting to tune my
Shared Apex Loop (SAL)
antenna the other night.
In the forward direct
I was just lamenting in my last post that I hadn't worked any DX on
160m this season.
Then this morning the propagation spotlight shown on N TX. Incredibly
strong signals
from Asia. JD1BMH, HL5IVL and several JAs logged. RX antenna is an SAL-20 (with
the original preamp) feeding an FTdx5000. Amp is
I, too, have to agree with Larry, K5RK. From my location in NTX in a noisy
urban area I struggle to hear any 160m DX (using an SAL-20 RX antenna).
Last week there was a thread about a "Huge NA-EU opening last night". I had
to chuckle because I heard nothing. I know there are other Texas stations
(l
I use the MFJ-1025 (similar to the NCC-1) with my SAL-20. In my case I use my
TX antenna as the sense input. My xcvr (FTdx5000) internally feeds the
TX antenna to an
output connector while in receive. So I just feed that signal to the
MFJ-1025. Works
great on local powerline buzz as well as switchi
Tom, W8JI, has some good info on the proper use of silicone grease on
his website:
www.w8ji.com/dielectric_grease_vs_conductive_grease.htm
Kris N5KM
On Fri, 18 Dec 2015 18:33:50 -0600 Mike Waters wrote
O-rings are goo
CQWW used to have the Xtreme category that allowed/encouraged remote
internet stations.
Seems like that's the place for those who want to use remote
receivers. I haven't kept up with
that category but I believe it was dropped in 2013.
Kris, N5KM
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