Everyone, thanks for the info. I really only need a Rx only filter. Roger since your nearby, common down and try one out.
http://arraysolutions.com/Products/AS160HPF.htm We sell allot of them. Jay, WX0B Jay Terleski President Array Solutions 214 954 7140 On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 11:00 AM, <topband-requ...@contesting.com> wrote: > Send Topband mailing list submissions to > topband@contesting.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/topband > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > topband-requ...@contesting.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > topband-ow...@contesting.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Topband digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Ground screen ???? (Jim Brown) > 2. Spring Stew Perry in a few more days (Bill Cromwell) > 3. Re: Spring Stew Perry in a few more days (James Rodenkirch) > 4. Capacitors and Coil (Jim Murray) > 5. ARRL DX Phone Contest (Doug Ellmore) > 6. Re: Spring Stew Perry in a few more days (Bill Cromwell) > 7. BCB High Pass Filter (Roger White) > 8. Re: BCB High Pass Filter (Barry N1EU) > 9. Re: BCB High Pass Filter (Roger White) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2016 09:36:57 -0800 > From: Jim Brown <j...@audiosystemsgroup.com> > To: topband@contesting.com > Subject: Re: Topband: Ground screen ???? > Message-ID: <56d724b9.4080...@audiosystemsgroup.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed > > On Wed,3/2/2016 8:02 AM, Joshua M. Arritt wrote: > > Galvanized Fe material is problematic from an R standpoint as well > > (vs. Cu). This results in a "lossy" ground plane. That condition has > > real impact the effectiveness of the antenna system, when compared to > > an all-Cu (or at least a lower-R metal) plane. > > That's insignificant because of the much greater surface area of the > ground screen as compared to a conventional radial system of comparable > size. > > 73, Jim K9YC > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2016 13:28:47 -0500 > From: Bill Cromwell <wrcromw...@gmail.com> > To: topband@contesting.com > Subject: Topband: Spring Stew Perry in a few more days > Message-ID: <56d730df.1050...@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > Hi, > > Somebody mentioned the Stew is coming 'round again so I finally > remembered to look it up. It will be here a week from Saturday. I have > been 'on a roll' at my workbench getting the old radios operational > again. I am going to flog myself attempting to have the station ready to > get on the air with a patched up antenna (frost is still in the ground). > My Atlas 180 is coming along pretty well. I stopped using it about > twenty years ago (where did the time go!) and it has deteriorated just > sitting on the shelf. Magic? It is receiving pretty well now. Most of > the transmitter is trying to work now. It wouldn't even think about it > last week. No RX. No TX. Nada. I printed a copy of the voltage charts > and I'll use that to isolate the trouble. I can see that somebody in the > past made some "improvements" or at least some repairs. I suspect a > broken wire or a solder joint. Maybe one of those pesky electrolytic > caps. At high volume the RX audio is "raspy" and I have been ignoring > that - keep the volume down to just my garage. > > And the DX-100 is wanting to work. It would be great to have both > available. The Kenwood R-599 has 160 on it and works as well as it ever > did. Just needs a TX to go with. The matching T-599 does NOT have Top > Band. What's up with that? I do have a real life aside from ham radio > (like most of us) so I will have to *focus* to be on 160 in time for the > Stew. I hope to see you on the air - *soon*. > > 73, > > Bill KU8H > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2016 18:37:48 +0000 > From: James Rodenkirch <rodenkirch_...@msn.com> > To: Top Band Contesting <topband@contesting.com> > Subject: Re: Topband: Spring Stew Perry in a few more days > Message-ID: > < > sn1pr16mb06238139fbcf0b457f21eea1f0...@sn1pr16mb0623.namprd16.prod.outlook.com > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I'll be lookin' for ya as a QRP contestant, Bill....GL getting that Atlas > up and runnin'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > 71.5/72 de Jim R. K9JWV > > ________________________________________ > From: Topband <topband-boun...@contesting.com> on behalf of Bill Cromwell > <wrcromw...@gmail.com> > Sent: Wednesday, March 2, 2016 11:28 AM > To: topband@contesting.com > Subject: Topband: Spring Stew Perry in a few more days > > Hi, > > Somebody mentioned the Stew is coming 'round again so I finally > remembered to look it up. It will be here a week from Saturday. I have > been 'on a roll' at my workbench getting the old radios operational > again. I am going to flog myself attempting to have the station ready to > get on the air with a patched up antenna (frost is still in the ground). > My Atlas 180 is coming along pretty well. I stopped using it about > twenty years ago (where did the time go!) and it has deteriorated just > sitting on the shelf. Magic? It is receiving pretty well now. Most of > the transmitter is trying to work now. It wouldn't even think about it > last week. No RX. No TX. Nada. I printed a copy of the voltage charts > and I'll use that to isolate the trouble. I can see that somebody in the > past made some "improvements" or at least some repairs. I suspect a > broken wire or a solder joint. Maybe one of those pesky electrolytic > caps. At high volume the RX audio is "raspy" and I have been ignoring > that - keep the volume down to just my garage. > > And the DX-100 is wanting to work. It would be great to have both > available. The Kenwood R-599 has 160 on it and works as well as it ever > did. Just needs a TX to go with. The matching T-599 does NOT have Top > Band. What's up with that? I do have a real life aside from ham radio > (like most of us) so I will have to *focus* to be on 160 in time for the > Stew. I hope to see you on the air - *soon*. > > 73, > > Bill KU8H > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2016 19:01:43 +0000 (UTC) > From: Jim Murray <adkmur...@yahoo.com> > To: TopBand List <topband@contesting.com> > Subject: Topband: Capacitors and Coil > Message-ID: > <1893343239.2455103.1456945303299.javamail.ya...@mail.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Hi all,Not trying to push a sale but thought someone on topband could use > the variables and roller inductor I just put on sale on QRZ. > 73,jim/k2hn > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2016 14:09:43 -0500 > From: Doug Ellmore <d...@ellmore.net> > To: topband@contesting.com > Subject: Topband: ARRL DX Phone Contest > Message-ID: > <CANAn7ww-+8JYSND+sWMaJ2kM2nYgvXGgt0drpV3GupF= > daz...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Given personal commitments for the weekend, I was considering operating the > ARRL DX contest 160m single band. > > Given the recent discussion regarding the CQ 160m contest, I downloaded a > Top Ban World Allocations worksheet at > http://www.qsl.net/n1eu/topband/ > > Given, the discussion, it looks like the place to be would be > 1.843-1.850 for much of the dx, > > 1.830 to 2.000 for other DX. > > As was discussed previously, makes for a small amount of spectrum for a > single band 160m contest. > > But, please look for me. I am starting to operate more on 160m for DXCC. > I will have an Inverted L and likely another TX antenna. I hope to have a > BOG or two and maybe a K9AY deployed again. > > 73 > > Doug NA1DX > d...@ellmore.net > > Computer Scientists do precision guess work based on unreliable data > provided by those of questionable knowledge. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2016 20:26:45 -0500 > From: Bill Cromwell <wrcromw...@gmail.com> > To: topband@contesting.com > Subject: Re: Topband: Spring Stew Perry in a few more days > Message-ID: <56d792d5.9060...@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed > > Hi Jim, > > Thanks. I started getting RF power out on transmit! I still have a lot > to do. It's rude and crude! I spent enough time with the scope and > generator today that as soon as I had some RF out of it I quit for the > day. Staying at it too long leads to mistakes and frustration :) > > Alignment, balancing, phasing are next. And oh by the way - nice to have > some idea of operating frequency. The dial still needs repair. I can > tell when I'm inside the ham band but more precision than that - not yet. > > 73, > > Bill KU8H > > On 03/02/2016 01:37 PM, James Rodenkirch wrote: > > I'll be lookin' for ya as a QRP contestant, Bill....GL getting that > Atlas up and runnin'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > > > 71.5/72 de Jim R. K9JWV > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2016 09:59:55 -0600 > From: Roger White <rwhitete...@verizon.net> > To: topband@contesting.com > Subject: Topband: BCB High Pass Filter > Message-ID: <b16f4a1a-97ac-4167-9c35-1255fb036...@verizon.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Anyone have a BCB High Pass Filter that they would recommend? Seems like > there were a number of sources for these a number of years ago, but Google > only came up with a few now. > > Roger White W5RDW > Murphy, TX > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2016 11:17:58 -0500 > From: Barry N1EU <barry.n...@gmail.com> > To: topBand List <topband@contesting.com> > Subject: Re: Topband: BCB High Pass Filter > Message-ID: > < > cafmfzdvq-x6mwlgbqvffmbzpk4b+me6rz_bv_raduid1_w3...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > I like this filter: http://www.dxengineering.com/parts/dlw-fl1718 > > 73, Barry N1EU > > On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 10:59 AM, Roger White <rwhitete...@verizon.net> > wrote: > > > Anyone have a BCB High Pass Filter that they would recommend? Seems like > > there were a number of sources for these a number of years ago, but > Google > > only came up with a few now. > > > > Roger White W5RDW > > Murphy, TX > > _________________ > > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2016 10:46:41 -0600 > From: Roger White <rwhitete...@verizon.net> > To: topband@contesting.com > Subject: Re: Topband: BCB High Pass Filter > Message-ID: <e338c4b6-f1a4-474c-bac2-e67b512eb...@verizon.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Everyone, thanks for the info. I really only need a Rx only filter. The > DLWC BCB filter looks nice. > > BTW, does anyone know if Clifton Labs still in business? I thought I saw > somewhere they no longer sell products. I remember years ago they had some > high quality products. > > Roger White W5RDW > Murphy, TX > > > On Mar 3, 2016, at 9:59 AM, Roger White <rwhitete...@verizon.net> wrote: > > > > Anyone have a BCB High Pass Filter that they would recommend? Seems like > there were a number of sources for these a number of years ago, but Google > only came up with a few now. > > > > Roger White W5RDW > > Murphy, TX > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Topband mailing list > Topband@contesting.com > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/topband > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Topband Digest, Vol 159, Issue 5 > *************************************** > _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband