I have been running 600-700 watts into RG8X regularly for many years. 160M-10M. My coax runs now exceed 150 feet to my phased 160M verticals and 40M 4-square. Never had a problem with the power handl
I use a compound bow and arrow (fishing arrow since it has a nice hole in the rear of the arrow and I also place a screw-on BNC connector on the front of the arrow as a weight) to put up my coaxial i
I have used RG6 (and other 'scrap' coax) for some of my ground radials (with the center conductor and shield connected together at the base plate). I have trained my electrons to travel on the outer
Copper clad steel may be rather difficult to work with for radial wires. It has a memory that does not give up! I had a long wire (200 feet or so) antenna (number 12?) that I had up for about 2-3 yea
I second the response suggesting the Big SteppIR. I put one up as my first antenna after moving to this QTH and was extremely satisfied. I did attach about 8 radials cut to each band along with the s
DO NOT HIT A POWER POLE WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER!!!! There could be lose hardware which can fall on you! Potentally a very dangerous action. Suggest you go to the RFI reflector and get assistance from th
For those that still prefer to use the solder holes for the shield on a PL-259, I use a small tool with a slight hook at the end to grab pieces of the shield and pull them up through the holes so tha
I am new to the beverage world... I built and installed a 540 foot beverage (about 7 feet above ground in a more or less straight path among the trees. I am not pointing at True North!). Results were
If you have the space -- 2 verticals phased work very well. I have used two coaxial inverted L's (actually they were almost entirely vertical) phased at my previous two QTHs with very nice results. (
Over the years I found that the larger the diameter the better for radials. When I was a lot younger (ham years, that is), and I was experimenting with my first verticals (coaxial inverted Ls on 160,
I have looped my radial connections, crimped, and soldered. Very occassionally I had to retighten some of the looped connections (Maybe once or twice a year). (I always used lock washers) Currently I
I have used old coax for radials. at the connection point to the vertical, I short the inner conductor to the shield. Works great. I have experiemented with using different types of wire for radials
I had a Wilson TT-45 for about 15 years (1978 - 1995) with a Wilson SY-36 on it along with a large 2M colinear. Never had any problems. I think the beam weighed about 57 pounds. I believe the tower a
I have seen many 'posts' about the size of the radials. But, I stand behind my results at 3 different QTHs (two in NY, one in Iowa). I count results as being able to consistently work DX! The only su
I had a C-4 up for about 10 years (in Iowa). When I built the antenna, I wrapped the fiberglass insulators in good quality electrical tape. When I took the antenna down the insulators looked in very
Although we all have a right to our opinions, for me I have found that the SteppIR beam (3 element in my case) has far outperformed my previous 2 beams. I like the ability to of the beam to play well
I bought one of the Gotham "gutless wonders" and installed it in November of 1978. If I remember correctly, it was a vertical which I wanted to use to get on 160M and I paid $29.95 (shipping included
I have done it both ways. No difference for snagging dx. Probably, the ground rod might help in lightning situations. -- Bruce, WA3AFS _______________________________________________ ________________
From My experience with 3 different sets of 160M coaxial inverted Ls, I found that in general the higher the vertical component, the better the antenna will perform for dx. My first and 3rd sets (I u
At my previous QTH, I had a Force-12 C4 with a Cushcraft A627013S (6 Meter/2 Meter/70 CM Triband Antenna) mounted about a foot or two below the C4 and fairly close to the thrust bearing. The combinat