Hey Steve, I don't know the exact answer-HOWEVER, you can likely save yourself some work and do what I did with my LJ-105CA (10m) HyGain yagi. I sat the reflector on a plastic milk crate that was on
Hey Kelly, I have had most wire antennas (and a lot of others) Often overlooked is the ZS6BKW.kinda like a G5RV; but IMO , much better. I use a variety of verticals or vertical arrays (4-squares/VDA'
I'm in the thinking and research stages of buying a travel trailer (don't even own a truck yet..I drive a MINI) and was not wondering about the actual antenna itself (I'll likely use a fantastic Scor
Bill, What Craig said. Short out most of the coil to find resonance - leave the rest alone. GL ! Mike VE9AA Mike, Coreen & Corey Keswick Ridge, NB _______________________________________________ ____
Hey Paul, On my 24' "mast" (not tower) I use a 120VAC floodlight, bolted to the mast about 3' off the ground, aimed straight up to point at my sad sack of an A3S. (which is now more of an A2S actuall
Is this like 20 questions where we all have to try and pull the information out of you, one question at a time? Help us, help you. Mike vE9AA Mike, Coreen & Corey Keswick Ridge, NB __________________
I think I read somewhere that someone has done this. Was it K3LR? W3LPL? Some Finnish or Swedish M/M hams? I can't seem to find it. Where can I get some more info on this practice? I am tossing aroun
Hi Guys,. Regarding "how" I wish to stack-maybe I should've clarified or used different language (OK, really I thought it was overtly obvious, but I guess some don't know the mechanical challenges of
Thanks to all of you that have emailed me privately (so many!) and several who have replied here. I think at this moment I may have rethink this. I really like the broad pattern a 4-square produces f
Hey Tom, I will say I have absolutely no idea whatsoever the answer to your question.(hi hi) I have several 4-squares, all wire. In the woods. Hanging on and near to trees (omg-gasp!) Very uneven gro
AC0C is a funny guy. At the risk of overstating the obvious, we get pretty harsh wx up here in NB as well. I daresay worse than NY even at times. Even if I could afford it (and I surely can't), I wou
Hey Bill, I've been very happy with my compromise wire 4-squares. Most of them are inverted L type with only 2 raised radials each. My 80m especially seems to really rock and I don't have to stand in
".wire 4-square elements are N, E, S, and W, arranged in a box." Hi Bob/KQ2M: This is Mike VE9AA.with multiple wire 4-squares. Maybe I am simply misinterpreting what you just wrote, but from Northeas
Charlie, I am by no means any kind of authority on isolating 4-squares even though I own a few. I do note that on my 80m 4-square, my pattern and gain is "off" to my Northwest. Coincidently(?), there
Hiya Ralph ol buddy! Replying , but my initial answer is only a semi-serious one. (followed by one MAYBE (untested) suggestion) None of your neighbours have noticed as nobody goes outside anymore ! !
That's how I splice outside hardline and *(some)* other connections too....but I learned it from the late Jack Leahy, VE1ZZ(sk) -Mike VE9AA The late W0AIH used to splice hard line by bending the two
No doubt he got it confused with the splices at VE1ZZ(sk). Jack's methods were widely known and published by several. In my own case, Jack himself showed me first hand the splices. He even built ante
All. A local mentioned to me his Tribander was broken and hed been using his 40m 4-square on 20msomething I had never tried. Today I tried feeding 20m RF into my 40m 4-square. The SWR was too high to
Antenna Gurus far and wide: On my 2nd radio in my contesting setup (And for travel/expedition purposes_I have a 2nd one just like it), I have a ZS6BKW (like a G5RV_) which will not work on 15m, but I
Thanks Scott. All: I apologize for the non-related message tagged onto the very bottom of my original post. We were talking about contesting and also antennas over on the MCC forum and I did a poor j