<snip> ON4UN's book shows using a MFJ-931 "ground tuner" to do the above ... Anyone used that unit? Results? (ah ... yet another project ...) TU! 73 Billy AA4NU
Bill, Lots of good advice ... one point that I've not seen mentioned, is to make sure adding those elevated radials DOES NOT mess up the pattern of the lower yagis. As in adding those 130' wires, in
Thought I would toss this idea out ... After many years of being 'deaf' on Top Band, I am thinking of asking for temporary use of the field behind my property again. (The owners have changed since I
Thanks for all the great public and private input on this idea! The RCS-4 here is an older unit, with the open frame relays, and while there is space inside the unit, the common wisdom seems to be to
Interesting thread ... (and I AM a supporter of modeling) Yet, isn't there a "watch out for" when using large differences of conductor diameters ? (like a 6" vertical and #14 top loading as to the r
Dan, With that space, but not knowing what else is in the yard (house/towers/etc.) my best suggestion is to pickup a copy of the ON4UN LowBand DX-ing book and give the chapters on RCVE antennas a goo
Well, I've now filed my comments TO SUPPORT the adoption of the proposed RM ... Overall I feel that this is a move in the right direction, something that should have been considered many years ago wh
contest rules that penalties will be assessed for US participants Risk there is some LID decides to uses "K6SE" or "AA4NU" BELOW 1843 and works a few stations simplex just to DQ us or for torment...
Seeing as the WX is finally below 90 (f) here in the mid-south ... it's time to spend some time here out in the yard, tinkering ... before the freezing WX moves in. I want to work on the next step of
To our large database of "them in the know": Here's my query .... Has anyone (public/private/government/etc) done any studies of the 'effects' of what exactly happens to the pattern of a single, or a
Mnnn ... Just ran the same exact tests you mentioned above on my two MPs, side by side, at 100 watts out into 50 ohm dummy loads. The serial numbers for those units are 5F010132 and 5F040018 ... The
I had one for awhile before the station was destroyed due to a massive lightning hit here. Never had ANY problems with it, BUT I NEVER ran any RF thru it. I had it in the RCVE ONLY line of my IC-765
To Dave and the group ... Local Co-ops can be a 'gray area' to deal with as to laws/etc .. Here in Tennesse, due to private (members) ownership the Public Service Commission (and their laws) do not a
ON4UN's book mentions "nested" arrays, as in a 80m 4x array located inside a 160m 4x array ... anyone on here done this? Interested in real world experiences as to *IF* this is a practical alternativ
Vlad is also AC4LN and has operated from the USA quite abit ... 160m is fairly new to him, so offer some suggestions and he'll hang in there and work with you. 73 de Billy, AA4NU <also home of AC4LN
"Jack Louthan, N5KT, author of the Antenna Model software program distributed via Teri Software recently became a Silent Key (SK) this summer. Members of his family are now in the process of determin
Recently the sad news was posted concerning the passing of fellow ham and author of Antenna Model software, Jack Louthan, N5KT. The family is having a memorial service for Jack next Monday, November