Hi Guys, I'm trying to set up a 160-m. Inverted L for ARRL-160 this weekend but am having an interesting tuning problem. All thoughts appreciated! The Inverted L is made up of #12 stranded copper wir
Hi Guys, Thank You for all the wonderful ideas on getting my 160-m. Inverted L tuned. Your ideas got me going! My first mistake was connecting the radial ground to my tower ground. Here's what fixed
Hi Guys, HNY! I'm not impressed with the performance of a 2-el. Forty-Shorty at 90' on DX qso's. While it's great for 1,000 mi. or less... my single 1/4 wave vertical is just as good on the average D
Guys, Thank You for the quick replies that stated the "Shorty-Forty should be doing much better". That's what I originally thought too or I wouldn't have put up the antenna. Some asked "what type of
Hi Guys, I'd appreciate your recommendations for Slant Feeding a 88' self-supporting tower for 160-m. The only antenna on the tower is a Cushcraft XM-240 (Shorty-Forty) on top. The XM-240's elements
Many moons ago, while living in Central Illinois, I mounted a Hustler 5BTV vertical on a 4' pipe on the point of a medium sized pond... with NO radials and no ground rods. The simple vertical without
Hi Guys, TT is tremendous- what a wonderful wealth of information is shared! I am NOT trying to stir up trouble here as I am very thankful for modeling software like EZNEC. But I'm hoping that the ac
Hi Jim, Again- I am not trying to create trouble here but see computer modeling software improved. Yes- do have poor performance with verticals, but you mentioned that you live in a heavily wooded ar
Great job Paul! Now I understand why EZNEC is often wrong and why the Vertical often works better than the Yagi... even though EZNEC may say the Yagi has a 10dB advantage. Thanks! 73, Dick- K9OM In a
Hi Guys, I'm wondering what the typical resistance should measure on a 100' length of RG-8 coax with one end shorted? I'm measuring 1.5 ohms when shorting one end of a 240' length of RG-8 ... is that
Hi Guys I'd appreciate your recommendations on building a Half Sloper for 160-m. I realize that some folk have had excellent results with Half Slopers and others have had terrible results with them!
Hi Guys, Happy New Year! Thank You to 10 people who replied concerning my questions about installing a 160-meter "Half Sloper" or moving my Inv. L from my 90' tower (where it works poorly) over to my
If your a contester and your tower can handle the extra weight and windload... I like Buddy's idea. Having stacked antennas offers tremendous "take off angle" and "dual direction" advantages that far
Hi Guys, I am wondering if anything can be done to increase the life of the SteppIR rubber boots that hold the element to the boom? Is there a coating they can be sprayed with? Here in Florida, mine
Hi Chuck, Thanks for the idea of forgetting the rubber boots and just taping the elements to the motor assembly. I have had a ton of problems with my SteppIR yagi. And I posted the results on the Pro
Hi Bob, Sounds like you've had alot of problems with your SteppIR Yagi as I have. If you have not done so, please complete a "Product Review" on the SteppIR at _www.eHam.net_ (http://www.eHam.net) as
Hi Guys, I've had problems with the X-Hat Rods falling off of my XM-240. Therefore, I would like to eliminate the X-Hat by lengthening the elements. I'm wondering if anyone has done this successfully
Hi Doung & all, In my original post, I stated that some of my "X-Hat rods were falling off" so I'd like to lengthen the element and eliminate the X-Hat rods. A better description would have been I've
Hi Guys, Thank You for the input regarding my XM-240 Shorty-Forty X-Hat rods breaking and falling off. For those who asked, the X-Hat Rods are 34-1/2" in length. I just went out and inspected the X-H
Hi Neil, I've owned both and clearly prefer the Skyhawk... both for performance and construction. The C-19 is built whimpy compared to the Skyhawk. Of course, some claim that "bending like bamboo rod