Doug WA6L · @dug
209 followers · 261 posts · Server mastodon.radio

Am I seeing this right? There were no VK or ZL stations in the 2022 ARRL contest last year. And only 20 JAs? I thought there would be more stations outside the USA submitting logs.

#topband #160m

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Doug WA6L · @dug
206 followers · 245 posts · Server mastodon.radio

Attempting a temporary 750’ build next week for . Lots to learn.

#topband #160m #beverageantenna

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Kelvin n0mql EN35ld · @kelvin0mql
113 followers · 1109 posts · Server mastodon.hams.social

You see, I have a 1/3 acre lot. Even if I COULD put the mast of my adjustable inverted vee antenna in the center of my lot (which I cannot do, there's a house in the way), the distance to the diagonal corners of the lot are not far enough apart to allow for a 160m antenna. Not unless I had a mast 135' tall (which is preposterously tall).

But what if I attach 2 slinkys to each leg, with the outer end of the outermost slinky a few feet off the ground? Could I tune that on ?

#topband

Last updated 2 years ago

Kelvin n0mql EN35ld · @kelvin0mql
103 followers · 871 posts · Server mastodon.hams.social

@KI5SMN I just discovered there's such a thing as a .

I dunno about you, but I think a pair of Giant Slinkys sounds perfect for those crackpots on

It explicitly says it's for Girls and Boys.

No gender-non-binary children are allowed to play with Slinky. So, yeah... perfect for Top Band cranks.

#giantslinky #topband

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Arnie the DXman · @arnie_dxer
129 followers · 970 posts · Server mastodon.radio

Looking at an IQ file I made this AM of , and while I planned to "cheat" w/ DX Cluster to find any DX, I found one station not spotted: on 1985.1 kHz LSB.

His work shows how challenging DXing can be on . He tried to work yet was rogered w/ call misheard as OK2BON.

I struggled to copy him too. Took me several listens to hear Delta Echo in his report

My 1st DE on MF (none on MW) 💡

youtube.com/watch?v=QpiLOfrHl1

#mwdx #mediumwave #160m #amateurradio #hamradio #hamr #ok2bfn #topband #n2ttt #cqww160

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