Well one of the antennas I will be working on in the morning is going to be an 80 Meter dipole, but I can only get it up here at abt 30' then I will be taking it and putting it up at around 60 feet,
I am making a dipole that I am pulling to the top of my tower and am wanting to make my own BALUN for it as well, what size (diameter/thickness) toroidal core should I buy in order to make a full leg
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I am looking around on ebay, texas towers, and google at tubing sizes for masts, booms and elements. Planning a build for a forty meter rotatable dipole and later adding a reflector and perhaps even
I don't know if anyone is interested, but I just found a group on yahoo for 4NEC2 modeling software. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/4nec2/ Looks like it is fairly new. Bob AD5VJ ______________________
Some friends locally took down a tower at the request of a new 'non-ham' owner and they are asking me to try and find out what this antenna is, does anyone know. http://americanaerial.ad5vj.com/myste
I am looking to purchase some hardware including, U Bolts for attaching my antenna to the MAST on the Tower and dont know anything about Metals or building materials. Texas Towers doesn't seem to hav
I just found this, will it work, or is there something else I need to know about U Bolts: http://www.mcmaster.com/#8896t78/=1xig6q Bob AD5VJ _______________________________________________ __________
DXEngineering it is :0) Seems like everyone likes them and after going there and ordering within about 6 mins as opposed to going there and hunting around forever for what I want, I like them also, s
I have a question about mounting my 2m/440 beams on my tower. Presently I have up only a dual band vertical that I use with my Kenwood TM732A from a duplexer. Now that I have separate beams for 2m an
I was reading the ads at qth.com and came across this ad about KD5JBN which I thought you all would be interested in reading and responding to: http://swap.qth.com/search-results.php?keywords=KG6GXX&
I understand, I sincerely apologize if I sent it out of place. Everyone please accept my apology. Bob AD5VJ _______________________________________________ ___________________________________________
I appreciate all those who have emailed to thank me for sending the message, telling me that they responded to the need. But at the same time, I also understand Steve's stance on the matter as well.
What would be wrong with just drilling a hole through the mast and installing some 3/4" stainless steel all thread rod through the mast say every 8" or so. Then screw on two nuts on each side (one as
OK you guys asked me to keep you up to date on the tower and beam project here. IT IS UP FINALLY :0) I cant believe it, finally it is up and everything is working FB thanks to this forum and all the
My guess and of course **only a guess** is that some were planning on a nice surprise for the newly upgraded Ham. Total guess. Im looking at how it was at night and it doesn't have any mention of the
I agree with John Especially after being on this reflector and hearing stories as a Ham even before the internet. But also take into consideration, that these antennas, especially some verticals seem
Interesting, I was just thinking of taking my Butternut vertical off the ground and mounting it to the top of my mast above my Hornet Tribander at around 35 feet. So far it sounds like it might just
Now you have my attention, I have a tuner. One built into the rig and another external for QRO. I am thinking more and more 'try mikey you might like it' may be the way to go on this one. It is reall
I am trying to find out which of the two measurement references were used on antennas originating in the late 50's. Say 1959. I know in the past one or the other was used, I just dont remember which