Has anyone compared these two antennas Hygain TH-7DXX vs. TH-6DX in real life? I don't see much difference in the manuals except one is supposed to be more broadbanded and is much more complex for fe
The Hornet was built in 1959 it was one of the originals I am told it is good for 500-750 watts which was a considerable limitation, but during the CQWPX the 15 meter portion of it bit the dust. The
I think they are including the second driven element but those elements are run in phase so I am not sure if they actually act as two elements or one. Bob AD5VJ ______________________________________
I was thinking and someone suggested that I could build an antenna that would work from all the tubing and the 36 foot boom. I just need to learn how to use this 4NEC2 that I downloaded some time bac
My bad earlier I said 36 foot boom I meant 24 foot boom Bob AD5VJ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@cont
Hi Eric Thanks very much for the assessment this helps a lot. I am now leaning more toward making a totally different antenna out of the 7 and erecting the 6 in the meantime. Bob AD5VJ ______________
I have opted to go the TH-6DX route due to time constraints on getting help and also due to the fact that I cannot afford what it would take to get all the other parts to make it a whole antenna at t
The tower project went well, the antenna is up and although we did run into some problems with the HamIV rotator. Somehow the four bolts that hold the bell housing together had dropped out (vibration
No I wish I did, that is in the works along with another 20 feet of tower. I went up and untied the second BALUN (coaxial current type) and that seemed to improve it somewhat. I think the next thing
I like dxengineering parts; however, I installed my new th6dx this last weekend with the help of the Azle Ham Club here locally. After taking down my Hornet Tribander I was disassembling the Hornet f
Thanks to everyone for your replies, now I know hihi I am so glad that it had nothing to do with dxengineering parts quality, I really like their prices and their parts. So 'never seez' here I come.
Hi Ryan Thanks for the idea I will check it out Bob AD5VJ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.c
I was given an old Hygain 18avt vertical and had plans on mounting it atop my tower since it is low profile and does well in the wind. But I just went to Hygain's website and it appears they don't st
Hi John Excellent post!! Thanks very much for sharing this. I had looked at one of the traps late last night and thought it can't be that hard to take it apart and examine it. So I actually did exact
Hi John The more I look into this the more I want to try to roll my own so to speak. I didn't know that the al was used to reduce costs. So I might even end up with more sensitivity with copper. That
John you're a genius great ideas and I appreciate them all. I like the one about the drinking bottle especially good one there. They are easy to come by and very adaptive and as you pointed out half
Someone said the blue grade Bob AD5VJ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com http://lists.cont
Hi Hans Thank you I for some reason never realized it was a linear function that will certainly help me to estimate with more confidence. I in fact opened my calculator on windows 7 ultimate not expe
Hi David I called and all that is available for parts are tubing parts, they said no traps or end caps. ?? BOB AD5VJ _______________________________________________ __________________________________
I thought about that thanks for the confirmation. Yes it is an air cap. Just the coil on a form and the al tubing the form is attached to does not even go inside the coil form more than 2-3 inches so