intelligence. Ahhh, I remember it well!! Especially since my friend, Danny K4ZRA, was the poster boy and Danny lived a block from me in Owensboro, KY. The ad proclaimed all the great DX Danny worked
I decided to try a OCF (Off Centerfed Dipole) dipole for the 160M contest this weekend rather than trying to put up the extended double bazooka I normally use. The bazooka worked well but was a singl
Wow! Great information from all the responses. I forgot to remark that the "short" leg of my OCF is short because I only have about 89' to that Rohn mast in the Olive tree. That ends at the road and
Jerry, It was originally 271' and had a SWR match of 1:1 at 2.1 MHz. I added 25' and that brought the 1:1 match down to 1.950 MHz. Note, I am saying SWR match and not resonance which I used before an
I can't speak to the shorting the XM-240 since I haven't done that, but I am told it relieves the interaction problem. I have always had my 402CD tuned for the CW part of the band and I use a ATR-30
Same here. Don't have the 40M on any of my A4S's at present since I have the 402CD, but in the past I've had the 40M combo in three different QTHls (two in Europe) and they always worked well and di
I've used these Rohn push-up mast extensively for the past seven years for Field Day, temporary antenna supports, and have two in a fairly permanent use now. I have one lashed to a tree at two points
This brings up a good question. I installed a 9' SS whip on the luggage rack of my 2005 Cadillac Escalade which worked great with a Kenwood AT-300 auto-tuner but I had S9 engine noise. I often use a
For past Field Days, I've used old telephone cable. Mark the cable for each band's radial length, open the cable and cut one of the conductors for that band. When I used open wire I usually made the
One of my all time favorite antennas was an old vertical I dragged around with me all over the world during my Army days. It was an old HyGain 14AVQ and I mounted it on a 33' pushup mast with four sl
I just bought two large rubber snakes. I coil one around the lower mast and the second I coil into the tower. Seems to work here oceanfront, except for the stray eagle that tries to catch and eat the
I had one up for several years. I moved into deed restricted area, but forced the developer to pre-approve engineering drawings and installation of a 76' crack-up in my "back yard" as a condition of
I chased this problem and solved it by using a small SS screw and fixing these tips. I first tried aluminum pop rivets, but they seemed to work loose and fail. I've had no problem with the ss screws,
I agree. I have used the Cushcraft A4S for years and the A3 before that. I also have the 3 element SteppIR and two A4S's up, one of the A4S's is about the same height as the SteppIR. Often the A4S i
Thanks for the clarification, Joe. As to the comment I made about the SteppIR being noisier on 20 compared to the A4S, I really have no explanation for it. The reverse should be true, and I first pu
I changed my SMTP port to 465 per the Comcast website instructions for sending mail other than through the Comcast servers. Works fine, either o/l thru Comcast or thru another ISP. Jon Hamlet, W4ZW C
I agree. My experience with Cushcraft has been first class. I rebuilt my 402CD that was damaged in one of our hurricanes and I've rebuilt R-7's, and A4S's over the years and CC has always been very r
I thought the answer was obvious. The R-7 was substantially a better performer on the bands we used, 20M and 15M. Both transmit and receive on A/B tests. Jon Hamlet, W4ZW Casey Key Island, Florida "
I would really like to remote my station. Where IS the remote station reflector?? Mark, N5OT [Jon, W4ZW] Try this one. Amateur Radio Station Remoting remotebase@googlegroups.com http://groups.google
silo and a 60 foot tower in a line to Europe.If I take a rope and go from the silo to the tower and hang an inverted vee and 35 feet back cut another one 5% longer would that work.I have an inverted