Hello Topbanders,
Question #1:
I'd like to construct a homebrew beverage antenna switch. I looked for
designs/schematics on Google, but found little that worked well. If anyone has
a good circuit diagram of one they know is a good one, I'd like to have it.
Otherwise, if the beverage coaxes are all RG-8x terminated in RCA jacks (for
the ICOM PRO II RX antenna socket), then can I just use a good rotary switch,
or do I need some relays in there for each connection? If so, I'm thinking
solid state relays.
Question #2:
I have a failed 80m four-square array--the winter WX here in CO turned a couple
of the vertical elements into pretzels...now I'm thinking of putting a 30m
vertical up on top of the 80m radial field...any problems with that? It's a
grid of 80m radials, about 256 of them as per ON4UN's book, and the advice of
COMTEK, but now I'm gonna put up a 30m radiator on top of it--would I need to
add 30m-sized radials to the grid? Wouldn't seem so...
Any advice on the above two issues would be appreciated.
Paul
WY7I
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