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Our club is working on a project where we will be able to use a AM Broadcast antenna on 160 meters. It should be fantastic! on 160 the antenna will be almost a perfect 5/8 wave antenna. Between that
The Exchange,,, I know it is officially only the 4 digit grid square. RST optional. Some people like to see the RST as a more or less get ready to copy my grid square is next thing. What does most pe
So this is more or less like the Bow Tie Dipole antenna that is used like in UHF TV antennas. Sometimes two wires on each side like cat whiskers. and other times a solid triangle on each side. Now I
Did you use real Aluminum electric fence wire? The real stuff is tempered to be very strong under tension. Geez 2000+ pound Bulls wont go through it. I have had tree branches 4" dia break before the
And as someone who has been doing these balloon stuff since 1985 or so, real Helium, expect to pay about 300 bucks for a tank of the real stuff. and that's if you can find anyone willing to sell it t
Greetings. I do not know if they still do use them. But the MAJOR Amateur AND PROFESSIONAL antenna maker M Squared uses "F" connectors in their antennas ALL the time. They even use a variation that i
I will try if you are or anyone is interested getting the design of this filter we use on a AM radio broadcast antenna when we use it on 160 Meters. This is NOT just a matching unit to match the ante
That's a very interesting antenna. I wish it had a spec of freq in the drawing so it could be scaled to 160 or 80 meters. Joe WB9SBD https://www.radioworld.com/show-news/nab-show/why-well-dressed-tow
We used to fly those as a beacon on our high altitude balloons. used 28.322 one. on ten meters and full sized dipole with no matching or anything. when at 100,000 feet it was heard over 400 miles aw
Any links to this system? Joe WB9SBD After evaluating my space available and finding it too small I asked my neighbor for seasonal use of their adjoining lot and they graciously agreed! My N, NW and
I'll differ on the half space thing. I cut my repeat needs by at LEAST 75% and still get spotted by the RBN all the time, (well not much on 160 he he he) But on bands where i got good signals my repe
Hi Stan, I even to help if the odd spacing is a skimmer issue, lately I have been using this for my long CQ message. CQ TEST CQ TEST W9ET W9~E~T There we have both worlds covered. Joe WB9SBD 73Stan ~
Good Luck meeting these requirements! § 101.15 Notice requirements. <https://www.ecfr.gov/on/2022-12-09/title-14/section-101.15> No person may operate an unshielded moored balloon or kite more than 1
Actually, I have been contesting since 1975, and every now and then I do come across a station that has a CW tone, that is not the pure "Tone" But I do not know how to describe it. But is is super s
I beg to differ on the High Maintenance possibility. I live in Southwest Wisconsin the Deer hunting capital of maybe the world. There are deer in my yard every day. We have wind storms, We have Ice s
I guess this list doesn't pass images sorry. Joe WB9SBD On 1/5/2024 9:55 AM, Joe wrote: I beg to differ on the High Maintenance possibility. I live in Southwest Wisconsin the Deer hunting capital of