Hi Mike.. I gave no great thought to the problem, but I let the coax hang through the stand-offs. But first, I hung a stainless steel rope from the rotator cage to ground. The coax, rotator cables, r
Hi Mel... I use buried plastic 4 inch conduit. I have inspection hatches at all corners and bends . These are concrete paving slabs. I have a "fish wire" lying in all these conduits, to pull in a new
I have added a new page to my website at http://www.iol.ie/~bravo/ on = the subject of my Low Band TX and RX Antennae.. http://www.iol.ie/~bravo/low_band_antennae.htm (Vertical Dipoles and = K9AY arr
Hi Barry... have decided to ask for suggestions from the many experts and more knowledgable people here. I am looking to improve my 80/75 and 160 signals (with 75m domestic contests the priority). I
or Doesn't have to be expensive... I use a pair of vertical dipoles 45ft vertical section, and 66ft top and bottom capacity hats. I agree with John Petrich, W7FU.. My dipoles are as good as any of th
WHAT in the name of the divine Dinny Flaherty is a "multi-monoband yagi"....?????? WHY do people take such liberties with the Greek, Latin and English languages..?? Multi means MANY......and mono mea
Please observe my tongue in cheek!!! concepts. I've no problem with that....!!! My problem is with taking EXISTING concepts..like the concept of ONE (mono) and MORE than one (multi)...Running them to
Hi Mark... 20m, 170 I've used them for years...They work very well, and are cheap to build.. At least mine was anyway.. Is it really this Mine (2 el) shows a 2:1 SWR bandwidth of about 250kHz on 20m.
with into HMmmmmm... I wonder if my XYL would fall for that one...??? We don't have moles, or gophers in EI...Howz about rabbits..or rabid sheep perhaps?? so should I bond all If you bond all that st
Happy New Year Yuri.. Perhaps you'd like to expand a little, and enlighten another "Dummy" as to why you find Tom's statement so "Dumb"??? Thanks es 73 de John EI7BA _________________________________
Hi Tim.. a Cows ain't quite as dumb as they look....! They know what electric fences are...and how unpleasant they feel when they bump into one... So!! make your Beverage out of electric fencing hard
Hi Tim.. a Cows ain't quite as dumb as they look....! They know what electric fences are...and how unpleasant they feel when they bump into one... So!! make your Beverage out of electric fencing hard
ford@cmgate.com book Hmmm..!! We could do with lots more SPAM from well known spammers like Dr L B Cebik W4RNL.. I just bought two more of his antenna books from Antennex. Obviously, I just put them
Hi Bill.. I use glass fibre paint on my Quad spreaders. It does a good job of protecting them from sunlight, and it also protects the element ties. cheers John EI7BA http://www.qsl.net/ei7ba/ fibergl
Well ... If you look at each half of each element as an equilateral triangle, with the poles running parallel to two sides of this triangle, then for example, on 40m... 234/7.1mHz = 33ft = 1/4 w/l on
Hi... Like N4OO, I also own both units.. I would agree completely with his comments.. The MFJ for speed and ease of use...The Autek for accuracy. 73 John EI7BA http://www.iol.ie/~bravo/ antennas. res
Same here... Not a problem if you have a crank-up tilt-over tower... The highest I ever have to reach is accessable from the 3rd step of my step ladder... Strength can be relative... I live on the c
Hello Folks... network As I remember, the ferrite cores in the R7 used Q1 material with a permeability of about 125. The circuitry is pretty basic and easy to figure out ....There are two cores (both
-- Original Message -- I've worked a few stations using them.. They seemed pleased with them... The F/B was impressive looking from my end. The gain is seemingly nearly as good as a standard 2 el. It