Ed, Aim the antenna as straight up in the air as you can, reflector resting on the ground, with the director up in the air. The entire antennas will be perpendicular to the ground. Sawhorses are no g
I also have a converted TA33jr on 6m. Hairpin match and of course no traps. 3 elements. I did not build this one, but I understand from the guy I got it from over a decade ago that it was straight ou
I misplaced the original post,and had only just scanned it quickly (so I can't be 100% sure of the the original question) but was the person asking what to actually use as a capacitor? I found a coup
Here here! My TH6 has been up since the 70's either here or at previous owners QTH's with only a replacement of some nuts n' bolts and trap end-caps (once) and never suffered an element failure yet.
Is it by chance a CC, A50-5S? I used one before and the F/B, gain and side rejection weren't anything to write home about. 5 elements really needs close to a 24' boom to be as super antenna. (a la K6
re: last months project of the 6m sloper array (a la modified K1WA array from Handbook) Until I can get some time to upload this to my website, anyone wishing to have a 92kB .jpg emailed to them of m
Due to the numerous requests for a picture and a repost of my description, the URL below will show the picture I managed to upload today and the text below is my original post to the reflector about
Nat/Group. I can't speak from DIRECT experience with a 10m yagi @ 150', but I am a firm believer that the HIGHER the better. All those that say a yagi @ 40' will beat the pants off everyone for 1/2 t
re: Yagis @ 150' etc. I guess I forgot to mention that when these guys open and close a band, it could be 1/2hr-1hr before you, the little tribander@ 48' even starts to hear any workable DX, and the
Hi Guys, Anyone ever tried a slopers off their towers for 10m or higher? The <switchable>one in the Handbook for 40m by the K8 looks interesting, and was thinking one for 10m or 6m might work well. I
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Enjoying the discussion! Although this is an "HF" question, let me add my 2c about the Magic 50MHz band as well. (I've been on HF though since '78 & 6M since '91) On 6m I almost always have had multi
Paul, You said a mouthful and I couldn't agree with you more. In 1996 @ CY0AA and 1997 from CY9AA (at the bottom of the cycle) we were working JA's with an A3S @ about 10' off the ground, and an R700
Hi All, Am wondering if anyone knows the cutoff frequency for the RCS-4 remote antenna switch? I understand W8JI designed it(?) I sent Tom an Email direct a few days ago but no reply, so am going to
Bud, Having never used a 2 element 40m array I can't speak on that *particular* antenna. However I've used hundreds of other types on all bands. 160m-70cm I have had a 80m 2el broadside/endfire array
Brad, (& group) My 80m vertical cost me practically nothing and I'd pitch it against a Commerical design any day of the week. It's a very simple 5/16th WL inverted L( #12AWG stranded R90 wire) thrown
If at all possible try to angle the conduit at a downward slant, or use drain pipe (holes facing down). I did the sloping bit (it was a real hard dig towards the end,*whew* but never had trouble with
Just put the finishing touches on my modified K1WA 50MHz sloper array. The is my *VERY preliminary* description and performance report. Mods to the 'HANDBOOK' model include: -Band is 6M not 40M. -4 s
Hoisted the array into the air today after work < in a snowstorm I might and got rid of a lot of manmade noise (it was right next to the house), however seems to still be not quite as loud as a singl
Sheesh! I wish my *ANTENNA* posting on my new K1WA 6m array generated a mere fraction of the posts this non-list related post has. Can we please talk about towers, or antennas or SUMTHIN' else, huh?