I faced a similar challenge, and selected the 43 foot tall model pole antenna made by DX-Engineering, and I am, so far, thrilled with it. I have read the instructions and look at the HyGain AV-616 it
1) a rose by any other name...... 2) Traps are not all bad. 3) I do not think the balun will alter the pattern much. 4) Don't buy anything form anybody until you read up about that type of antenna in
Finally, my little station will be a better contest station than his! My heart goes out to him... considering not only the amount of work it will take to restore the system, but just think of all the
It appears the "Survivor Series M-2" antenna remains aloft. I am not sure, but that is the way it looks from the photos and captions. Happy trails and 73. -- Richards - K8JHR -- == __________________
Amen, Bruddah.... Besides, no one is "reasonable" in California! In law school, our Civil Procedure professor told us to disregard all the text book cases that were decided in California - he said th
Huh. It is NOT a democracy -- we have a representative republic - and as a long time student of Constitutional Law and political history, I can safely say the Founding Fathers did not intend it to be
Hi Roger -- What is a good stripper? I have been considering the one sold by DX Engineering... == Richards - K8JHR == before going to a good stripper. == _____________________________________________
Are you saying the water flowed all the way through the cable and ended up inside the shack !?! == Richards -K8JHR == Water got into the matching unit, followed the center conductor through the chass
THANKS ROGER -- I will contact Davis RF -- they have a good reputation, although I have had very good luck with DX Engineering so I like to go with what I know works... but Mr. Davis has posted here
Oh...shoot ... that sucks. Guess I am glad I sprung for the legitimate Times Microwave LMR-400 DB for my big vertical project. ( I did not mind the expense until I accidentally severed the line midwa
Your point about laying conduit is well taken... but it can never prevent my being stupid and careless as I was cutting a path in an aluminum garden edge.... and slipped and cut the cable with my hac
All this talk about water coming through the wires reminds me of that old Three Stooges episode where they are masquerading as plumbers -- they end up connecting the water pipes to the electrical con
I duck tape a light Dacron rope to a BFR and just throw it like a base ball. == Richards == == _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTal
Army talk .... You use these in the field to pound tent stakes, crack nut shells, and knuckle heads... Acronym for: Big F___ Rock. Happy trails. == Richards K8JHR == == ______________________________
Greetings Ed -- Please forgive me, as I did not mount my example of that antenna on a tower, as you plan to do. Nevertheless, my experience might be helpful as you decide whether or not to try that a
I have yet to install my AV-640 which remains in the box -- I am STILL all unsure, worried, and obsessing over how I can install it over the front corner of my attached garage or other location in th
I would try the Inverted L, but long enough to do 160 as my first option. I would add the wire to the top of the vertical and tune away with a big tuner (after cutting for best length of the horiz le
Thanks Roger... you must have received harder wind than the weather service reported. Here they said gusts were up to 57 mph and at the Mt Pleasant airport they said at 5:55 SW winds of 37 mph with G
Why hijack this thread for this question? I suspect you can get a better reply if you had started a thread dedicated to your question. Just a thought... == K8JHR == == _______________________________
A view of the list server web page and of my email client shows Adam's original post on the Mosely antenna was really a reply to my message on the AV-640... see attached image of the list! Thanks for