Re: Topband: Conditions on 160m for ARRL Contest

2018-02-19 Thread Roger Allan via Topband
Clive Are these signals always audible with you? Here in Worcester there are nights when I can't hear them at all so I presumed they were from farther away than the Baltic. Tonight I can just detect the one you mentioned on 1804.9 and by 1813.1 the signal is up to S7. 73 Roger G3TQZ -Orig

Re: Topband: Using 80m 1/4 vertical on 160

2014-06-03 Thread Roger Allan
I used Deltrol relays from Surplus Sales of Nebraska to switch my matching, $24 and rated at 6kV from memory. Working fine at 400W even on my very short radiator. -Original Message- From: Tom W8JI Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 2:14 PM To: W0MU Mike Fatchett ; topband@contesting.com Sub

Re: Topband: Using 80m 1/4 vertical on 160

2014-06-02 Thread Roger Allan
Mike, definitely worth a go. I had used a quarter wave raised vertical on 40 metres for some years. The feed point was at 11 feet above ground with sixteen quarter wave radials dropping down from 11 feet to about 7 feet but I wanted to get on 80 and 160 as well with no room for more antennas.