Re: Topband: HEBA antenna

2024-04-19 Thread Mike Fatchett W0MU
What is the desired coverage area for the antenna?  I would expect it to be very small, local area coverage of 50 miles or so.  What is the take off angle etc. W0MU Mike On 4/19/2024 1:41 PM, Dave Cuthbert wrote: The HEBA appears to be the same animal as the CFA (Crossed Field Antenna)

Re: Topband: Real World logging issues

2023-11-30 Thread Mike Fatchett W0MU
After being DX many times, mistakes happen.  About 1/2 took place prior to online logs.  For my operations this has been a very tiny issue.  My choice before online logs was that I would wait for a period of time to see if the station in the log actually requested a QSL.  I might have even

Re: Topband: [PVRC] 2-element receiving arrays

2023-04-03 Thread Mike Fatchett W0MU
Meaning, We do the best we can and there is no and there will never be a perfect solution.  All we can do is attempt to eliminate as many variables as possible.   My circle array  works better than all of the other things I have tried.  It is near fencing, close to a power line etc.  I don't

Re: Topband: My take on ARRL 160

2011-12-04 Thread Mike Fatchett W0MU
I didn't realize that 160 and all its challenges to get on this band with a decent xmit and receive antennas was the birthplace of new contesters. On 12/4/11 8:39 AM, Herb Schoenbohm wrote: On 12/4/2011 11:09 AM, Eddy Swynar wrote: Rather than decry the format of the event, why not celebrate

Topband: Beverages near the ocean

2011-04-21 Thread Mike Fatchett W0MU
I was reading ON4UN's Low Band DXing Book and ran across a comment he made about beverages not working near the ocean and the Heard Is folks could never get one working. I know we used one from V47 and it worked great. It was located probably no more than 300 ft from the water. This is the

Re: Topband: RX Antenna

2011-02-21 Thread Mike Fatchett W0MU
You might look at the K9AY receiving loops from Array Solutions or the 4 sq receive antennas from Dx Engineering. I have used the DXE 4 sq rcv antennas and they work very well. Mike W0MU On 2/21/2011 3:56 PM, W0UCE wrote: I would appreciate hearing from folks using Pennants, Flags or EWEs