Re: Topband: Inverted L's etc

2021-09-27 Thread Stan K
"A 100# Bow and arrow was used for years to launch polyester string over 50-100 ft treesOne day, as I released my arrow, the lead weights and string I had tied to the tail of the arrow came off, and the arrow damned near went in orbit. Lost sight of it, so I listened carefully for a thud on a n

Re: Topband: Return Loss Question?

2021-01-18 Thread Stan K
> > "Return loss is how much power is returned by the load. If you have > something like 15 db - that means the reflected power is 15 db below your > applied power. > > Tree N6TR" > -- THANK YOU! I was recently reading about return loss and couldn't quite 'get it.' But this short exp

Re: Topband: unsubscribe

2019-07-19 Thread Stan K
Just an FYI: Some email programs have a button you can just tap on or click on that is supposed to unsubscribe for you. I think all that does is send out a message that says "unsubscribe" in the subject and perhaps "unsubscribe" in the body of the email. I have used that in the past but most of t

Re: Topband: Choke material

2017-09-09 Thread Stan K
Guy Olinger K2AV said: "Those chokes are of a material that is designed for audio frequencies. I can still remember the day's in my youth when I could hear the 15 kHz horizontal sweep frequency. I would not be using those for a frequency more than a hundred times the frequency they were designed

Re: Topband: Topband Digest, Vol 176, Issue 4

2017-08-18 Thread Stan K
aa0rs: "I plan to start sending a series of short cw 'Test de AA0RS' transmissions" Doesn't the RBN want to see the call sign twice in a row? It seems like I read that someplace, but I won't guarantee that I remembered that correctly! 73 Stan K8LL NW Ohio, USA 10-10# 76801 FP# 3255 100WattsAndAWi

Re: Topband: Solar Flare

2017-04-25 Thread Stan K
If a big solar flare can melt telegraph wires, overload power lines, etc, might it not be of concern to 160 users that have lng Beverages, and many have long dipoles too, that just might pick up enough from a huge solar flare to do some major damage to the antenna or equipment? Just my 2Hz wor