I know there are some real antenna gurus on this group and wanted your help to ID an antenna I just picked up. First off, it's big, real big, well bigger than my MP-33. I know it's either a KLM or M2
Well this is my first day subscribed to this group, and I know this is a no no as far as the post rules go, but I wanted to say THANK YOU to you for all of your help. I have posted to rec.radio.anten
Hi group, Does anyone have an emailable copy of the KT34A manual or a link to one on the web. Anyone have one that is not needed they want to part with? I also have a fax # 604-421-5030 which you can
Hi guys, I have just bought a farm, and have need to run about 3000' of feedline to get the antennas up to the top of the mountain in back of our property. I would like to put up a full wave 160M loo
Hi Group, Thank you for all of the replies. Lot's of good ideas were offered. I had another look around the property, and found that if I go the other direction, ie away from the mountain down into t
HI Mike, I'll have a look at work tomorrow. We use a TON of Omron relays and may have something like this. If not, I may be able to "sample" one for you. Cheers Paul VE7KHz __________________________
I'll let you know what I end up doing later this year. Thanks! Paul VE7KHz _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Supporting Towers", "Wireless Weath
Hi Guys, You probably don't remember, but quite a number of you helped my ID this antenna 10 years ago.and with all the life changes and such, never did get around to putting it up.but now, alas, I h
Hi Guys, You probably don't remember, but quite a number of you helped my ID this antenna 10 years ago.and with all the life changes and such, never did get around to putting it up.but now, alas, I h
HI Guys, Thank you for all the replies and links and information, greatly appreciated. It looks like the balun needs to be 4:1, and as most of them are stateside and I am in VE land and need this asa
Going to build up a dual torroid core 4:1 balun for the KT-34XA and have several cores and several choices of wire. Standard #10 romex, that I can strip and put in Teflon tubing and wind that, or I a
Going to build up a dual torroid core 4:1 balun for the KT-34XA and have several cores and several choices of wire. Standard #10 romex, that I can strip and put in Teflon tubing and wind that, or I a
Hi Guys, Getting ready to put up my KT-34XA this weekend and just trying to get the balun right. I have been experimenting this week with cores and windings and have found a combo that sure looks goo
HI Earl, Thank you for your help, appreciate it. I have Sevick's book and have read thru it several times..I just couldn't figure out if splitting it to 2 cores changed the winding count. I have pret
HI Rick, Thank you for the reply. Well, perhaps we are onto something here...I am using what I have in my collection of ferrites, which is a rather large shoe box full. From what I have been reading,
Further reading... Looking at Fair-Rite catalog of toroids, mix 61 which seems to be very popular and recommended for HF baluns, has a mu of 125, and Al (nH/T2) of 170 for a 2.4" dia core. The Arnold
Hi Gang, Well a successful day so far....I have tried the 2 separate cores and couldn't get them to balance as Steve mentioned and couldn't get lower than 1.5:1 SWR into the dummy load...tried stacki
Okay so I tried 3 cores of the blue Arnold MPP cores, stacked together and wound bifilar with 4-8 turns, I think 4 turned out to be the magic number for flattest response....and it looked great, but