The North Coast Contesters hosted contesters from all over the world in Dayton, Ohio this past May 21, 2005 during the 13th annual Dayton Contest Dinner where 370 attended. The Dayton Contest dinner
Hello Jim! I used plastic flexible snow fence for anti-climb on my 8 Hy-Towers. It fits very well and is green in color. It is also very inexpensive. There are pictures on my web site. 73! Tim K3LR h
The excellent antenna forum presentation by ON4UN, W1MK and ON6WU given at Dallas HamCom and at Dayton 2005 has been loaded on the web thanks to John, ON4UN and George, K5TR. Go to http://www.k3lr.co
A few years ago while visiting Frank, W3LPL, he told me he was using something better than Penetrox for aluminum joints. Turns out the tower crews we use at work are using the same stuff! It is great
Please contact me directly if you or someone you know has this antenna. I have a few operational questions. Thanks and 73! Tim K3LR http://www.k3lr.com _______________________________________________
Open wire fed dipoles having enough length to cover to 3.5 MHz (minimum 140 feet, center fed), really work well. I make mine 175 ft long (split in the middle for the open wire feed). At this length (
My local electrical supply house has solid #2 tinned in stock. It is also available from Tessco 1-800-472-7373. They ship same day. I would suggest not using stranded wire for this application. 73! T
Hi Scott! There will be a small difference in performance in the direction where the radials are short, but you really will not notice the difference in operation. Put down as many as you can, as lon
Hello Peter, Try posting this on the RFI reflector as well. I'm sure there will be some suggestions. 73! Tim K3LR _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "S
Hi Mike! I think both systems would give you outstanding results! My current 160 antenna has lots of radials (120 per element (5) that are 1/4 wavelength (137 feet) long = 75,000 feet of wire (radial
Hello Michael! I have had excellent results with the M2 10M7A. I have 3 of them (at 200'/66'/33') and they work great! Super gain, great pattern and nice VSWR. There are pictures on my web site showi
** The North Coast Contesters are pleased to announce: The 14th Annual Dayton Contest Dinner 2006 Contest Dinner tickets are ready, on hand and on sale now! Special thanks to DX Engineering for spons
I purchased a 160 meter single band mobile whip antenna at HamCom in Dallas last summer. It has a standard 3/8x24 thread on the bottom, a lower mast, a long black coil in the middle (about 1" OD and
I am looking for about 1500 ft of new 3/8" Polygon rod. If you have some please contact me directly. Thanks and 73! Tim K3LR _______________________________________________ __________________________
I have been working with Jim, WA3FET for many years on antenna designs and he asked me to pass along this important update. It is unfortunate that an error was reported early on in the design of Jim'
Can someone point me to the callsign and or web pictures of the multi stacked Yagi SteppIR installation (I think it was 4 antennas) in W9? Thanks and 73, Tim K3LR http://www.k3lr.com ________________
I am thrilled to announce that Rusty Epps, W6OAT will be our featured speaker at the 2006 Dayton Contest Dinner. Ticket sales are ahead of last year (we sold out last year!) and we expect an early se
The countdown to Dayton has started! We are only 5 weeks away! We are nearing 300 tickets sold! Do not wait! Call K1QX and place your ticket order soon so you are not left out! Tickets MUST be ordere
2006 Hamvention Antenna Forum Tim Duffy, K3LR Moderator Friday, May 19, 2006 from 1:30 PM to 4:00 PM Room 1 HARA Arena "Another Way to View Propagation Predictions for DXing and Contesting" Dean Stra