Fair enough - good point. Gary I'm sorry but that is like asking why would anyone spend so much more for electricity to run ham radios instead of a cell phone! Many people here in Maine use grow ligh
Yes - I used a F12 Magnum in AZ at 136' and now here in SC at 144'.... it doesn't play particularly well on 160 RX. The Hi-Z is much better. That stated occasionally I'll hear DX quite nicely on it .
I was there just last week looking at antennas... I hope they're ok - they have some novel designs and I like the competition... Gary K9RX --Original Message-- From: Mike KB9BIB Sent: Thursday, Janua
I'll join in - I had a 3 stack of C31XR's, 240N and a 180 Magnum ... ALL performed VERY well and all were quite well built. Gary K9RX I had an XR5 here that kicked but for such a little antenna...I w
15? Skewed? That would be quite a rarity. Most of the time signals on all bands are direct with skew propagation being more common on the lower bands and usually only at transition points - i.e. sunr
nope! I'm in a limited space location, I'm looking for a wire antenna to use on 40-10 meters. The handbook says a 40m dipole fed with ladder line will be 2 half waves in phase on 20, and have 1.8 db
here's one... Gary K9RX Does anyone have an EZNEC file for the W6NL 40m Moxon (prefer to not have the modified Cushcraft version) that they care to share wit me? I am aware that it does not model pro
My experience in contacting 'local hams and clubs' was to put it lightly terrible. For the most part no one responded... both when looking to move to Texas as well as to South Carolina. And in one ca
I have a horror story as well.... we researched moving to the Dallas area ... restrictions up the Ying-Yang ... but finally found 7 acres in a nearby town that was in an unincorporated area.... I con
Although you might be able to find issues with RFI ahead of time and by all means I'd do it - I can say here at my location I didn't find anything that was overly alarming from the ground. Other than
I believe you answered your own question - there isn't an idea height unless you have a specific purpose in mind. That said based on what you have I'd say 75' would be a good overall height - or keep
yeah - on a 70' boom! That's something every ham has room for ... and the gain of a lowly (average) 3 element beam on each of them as well. Gary K9RX As you figured out, there is no perfect height. I
actually correction - they have it as dbd and not dbi so indeed a decent 4 element yagi. Gary As you figured out, there is no perfect height. I would avoid going too high where you create nulls at cr
I have to throw this out there and its not directed at any one individual - Jay at Array Solutions is a straight shooter - I do not think he'd do something to intentionally mislead someone and/or tak
seriously? There are amps that are sold all-day-long that will easily do 3 even 4 or more thousand watts! The statement when advertised for sale as "used" that says "to a dummy load" as if they think
K6TU can do it for you - if you want to do it yourself I wrote up a little blurb on how to do it - I've done it MANY times when looking for property... Gary K9RX write to me at the ARRL address and I
Hey Bill, Well...... I can tell you a long story of woe with my K0XG system .... getting support is near impossible, actually was until I needed to replace ALL the cam followers on the used system I
Hey Rich, I believe they're the same numbers. Gary, Which make/model cam followers are on the K0XG rings? I have McGill CCFH 1 1/2 SB on my rings. Rich - N5ZC On 2/27/2017 3:02 PM, StellarCAT wrote:
if you do find something please let us all know - I'm not aware of anything that is available to rent for this purpose. Gary K9RX There is a machine similar to an edger that electricians use to cut t
therein lies the problem of "just lay them on the ground and use staples" .... if you do have to mow at all - there's a good chance you will bring one up and those things can be nasty wrapped around