Hi All, After the encouraging recent success I've had with my 6M K1WA/K8UR 4 sloper array (similar to the one in the ARRL Antenna Handbook-, but modified), I'm now considering another 6m or 10m array
Hi Fred, Long time no hear. What can I say? It's a FANTASTIC design, worthy of much praise. (I only wish I had thought of it first!!!-hi!) Thanks much for the link. One of the best sites I've seen on
Tom, et al Great webpage you have....Awesome Antennas! Anyway, thanks for your informative reply. It was 10 years and a 100 antenna's ago that I did this(160m system), so you're most probably correct
Well thanks to advice from Dan, N5AR and Tom, W8JI, I've weeded out the bugs in my mobile array and am now using a DPDT switch to toggle in and out my 180degree 1/2WL phase line instead of shorting i
Years ago I built a 2m (144MHz)mobile 2 element, broadside/endfire array for my car. It helped me get into distant repeaters from the College parking lot, so I could get into repeaters 100 miles away
I had an old an tired Gem Quad a few years back It was old and repaired many times before I ever bought it. I modified it to have 10,12,15,17,20,30 & 40m on a single feed. Worked well on ALL bands wi
Been reading every post in this thread and LOVING it. Brings back memories! For years I lived in the city, then I bought 1 acre in the country, but went away to College for 2 years and stayed in a nu
I live in a mini-home, sitting on huge 10x10 timbers, so I simply snaked the wire underneath :-) Even if I lived in a house with a full basement, I wouldn't think twice about somehow snaking wire aro
Hi All. Over 90 degrees here in NB today. (hot for VE9 land!) Just got done installing a CC D40 40m dipole(@54') about 12' above my TH6 and 4' below a long boom 6m beam on my tower. Top of tower ~42'
WOW, I'm blown away by this D40 and it's still light out here in NB yet! (d-layer absorption IOW) Upon closer inspection, it would seem my comparison antenna's (Delta Loop, full wave) top is only at
Along with putting up the new D40 etc. today, I also installed a new rotor. (Ham IV). For the terminals at the rotor, I use 2 x 4pin trailer-light plugs (found at any Canadian Tire store) That's like
Hi Tom (et al) Always enjoy reading your posts. My Delta loop as I recall is Vertically polarized. I fed it partway (I think 1/8WL(?)--been 9 years since I crawled into the thick trees and installed
FWIW, Any of you guys w/o a 6m antenna, but perhaps a D40 and a HF+6m rig, the D40 plays VERY well on 6m. Its pattern is like crossed dipoles/butterfly shape and some good gain in the lobes. 5dB or s
Hi guys, Think I made a boo-boo when I said the pattern on 6m for the CC D40 40m dipole was a butterfly. Seems modeling it with a couple different antenna programs gives different results. Pattern (I
Has anyone ever had the "resonant" dip on their TH6 appear way down on 27.6 Mhz or lower? I have a TH6 @ 42' and the SWR's low points (1:1) are 20.870MHz , 14.100MHz & 27.6MHz On 15m/20m it's not too
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Frank, et al Guess I missed the original post and the subsequent ones, but FWIW, I've tried hundreds of antennas over the years for all bands 70cm-160m, many of them on 160m. Specifcally for 160m, in
Can anyone give me a good estimate of what it might cost to install 100'-150' feet of Rohn 45G or 55G tower, complete with guy wires, brackets,concrete etc.? I know I could go price each itty-bitty p
Kevin, I liked your 4 square idea. Never actually used one myself. You should try to get ahold of VE1ZZ (packet or telephone only) He's at ve1dxc node. This guy has a MONSTER signal on top band and k
Anyone done much work with side mounts? I think I heard somewhere you can get ~300degrees of rotation from them. (true?) What about something like an A3S on a side mount? The driven element is right