I am really surprised to hear that your vertical does better than your XM. I cannot actually state that I have done any comparisons of the Cushcraft to a 40 M vertical or 4 square, but I have always
I have a full sized sloper with the 1/4 wavelength piece of RG6 (was lighter than RG11 hanging out of the antenna) between the antenna and the RG213 coax (length of the RG213 is irrelevant.) Broadens
"Feed with 1/4 wave of 75 ohm coax"...cut for what freq? Bill W5VX Dipole cut to 3.600 MHz. Feed with 1/4 wave of 75 ohm coax. Then 50 ohm coax to the shack from W1WEF at the YCCC reflector Craig Cla
I concur with Jim. I put up my full size sloper on 80 several years ago. I started by making an inverted vee about 30 feet high. I tuned it for the correct frequency. Then I hoisted up one end to 120
For some reason my family of Harris Hawks like to site on myXM240 at about 130 feet. Fortunately they don't like sitting on the flimsy elements and sit on the boom instead. I really like those hawks,
The only problem with the site is that it seems to be impossible to get "disconnected". I get e-mails from the site from time to time and follow the instructions but I continue to get e-mail from the
With a little effort I got my power company to give me a used 60+ footer. I hired a guy (they suggested) to come out and drill the hole. I stepped the pole and drilled a couple of holes at the top. I
Daniel, You should have no problem with the setup you are describing. I put up something similar (but taller)in 2001 and it is still standing today with no problems. I have a 120 foot Rohn 25 tower,
Cal, Surely your just kiddin' me. Bill W5VX --Original Message-- From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Cal Zethmayr Sent: Saturday, August 22,
Tony, These measurements look OK to me. They appear to be pretty much in line with my C3E that is about 120 feet. Bill W5VX Hi Frank, I don't know which holes I used on my C3SS that is at 42'. But he
When lightning hit mine, it was obvious. The black shrink wrap and all the wire were vaporized on both coils on the driven element (they were white instead of black!). I just looked at it with my bin
Hmmm. Years ago I had a yagi that was made this way by a company called Kirk. It was a 40 meter beam and had fiberglass elements that were helically wound. Never liked the thing but always attributed
I got mine in the mail today too. Was for Rohn 25. It is real nice. I still have the old catalogue that I have had for several years that includes all the sizes. Bill W5VX It looks like they had an o
I have always had problems with interaction between 15 and 40 meter antennas. I currently have the same antenna you have on 40 and a tribander. I had to cross them like you did to get them to work ri
Cort, I am interested in your antenna. I have a 120 foot tower and an inverted vee for 160 at about 100 feet in the center. I wonder if that delta loop would give me better performance? Every time I
I've been hesitant to chime in but I have had two of these antennas up for 9 years at 130 feet and never had a problem with them. And that includes a hurricane. (Now that I have said this, I'll proba
Frankly I like the hawks to be around. They sit on the boom of my Cushcraft shorty forty at 130 feet. Usually they are red-tailed hawks...nothing like an eagle of course. We have a whole family of th
A word of advice...I had a TH6 for several years at 150'. It worked fine until the first rainstorm and it quit working. I climbed the tower to check what was wrong and found that the guys that put it
If my trig is correct, the guy wire post that is 44 feet from the tower base would need to be 95 feet tall...not an option I think! The net effect of moving the guy wire post nearer the base of the t
I had a serious interaction between my XM240 and my C3 with about 13 feet of separation when I put them up. I ended up having to turn the C3 90 degrees from the 40 meter beam. It seems fine now. A fr