I've always wondered about the OCF and ladder line, With both legs being different length, wouldn't there be an unbalance in the feedline? 73 Tom W7WHY Hans - N2JFS __________________________________
Hi Brian Don lives just up the coast from me, and we get the winds here in the winter that are pretty bad. Not like the hurricanes you guys get in Florida, but we have at least one storm a year with
What is the purpose of modeling tri-banders, like Steps, etc. Is it just to compare antennas before purchasing one? If I have a Step up, why would I want to model it? Sure not gonna be moving element
That was Howie, W2QHH. Look him up sometimes. Had 'em all and highest power he ever used was the Johnson Ranger and a long wire antenna. That was before packet, et al. 73 Tom W7WHY I remember reading
I put up a G5RV once to try to use as an 'all band' antenna for my 2nd radio. After comparing it to regular antennas, it came right back down. On 80 it really sucked compared to a dipole, 40 was medi
One thing I have noticed with the built-in tuner on my radio is that all it does is make the radio happy. The radio shows a 1:1 SWR, but the meter past the radio still shows a high SWR, so if there i
Who is this guy? Every time I make a post I get this from whoever it is. 73 Tom W7WHY _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing
I still think if you have room for a 105 foot antenna, it's way better to put it up as a dipole and feed it with twin lead. There is nothing magical about a G5RV except on 20 meters. On other bands i
Very true. The OCF is an unbalanced antenna, compared to a center fed, which is balanced (supposedly). 73 Tom W7WHY Gentlemen, I have seen many articles how to build and/or buy common mode chokes for
Oops - replied to the wrong message :-) 73 Tom W7WHY _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com ht
I put down some galvanized electric fence wire on the ground for radials and in a few years it just rusted away. Wouldn't recommend that. 73 Tom W7WHY _______________________________________________
If you get some answers directly sent to you, I'd sure like to see what they have to say about this. Thinking of doing something like this with a 40 meter delta loop. 73 Tom W7WHY ___________________
Boy - you sure are right on that Kelly. The 400 mile distance gets me into eastern Oregon, Northern California, and western Idaho. Not a whole lot of activity going on in those areas. Being right on
I have heard of people using fiberglass pole-vaulting poles. Google should give information for you on those. 73 Tom W7WHY _______________________________________________ ____________________________
I had a friend who had a setup something like this and he used an old 12v hand-held drill to turn the cap. He bought it at a flea market without a battery, super cheap. He used a 12 supply to power t
Hi All I have a 40 meter vertical dipole that I would like to put a reflector behind. According to the modeling, he said the regular calculated dimension for the reflector didn't work. It had to be a
Hi All I have a 40 meter vertical dipole that I'd like to put a reflector behind and make a vertical beam. I was reading in an issue of CQ Contet about an antenna the Team Vertical built for a contes
Sorry about my dual posting for this question. For some reason, this was still in my draft box and said it hadn't been sent yet. Thanks for all the replies and gives me something to think about. 73 T
Trying to put up something with a little gain on 40 now that summer is approaching.. Will it work to put up an inverted V with a vertical reflector behind it? Would rather not put up 2 verticals becu
Wow - you are doing great on 160, Jim. I have worked one GM and a CT station on 160 from the PNW. Guess it helps if you are about 2000 miles closer to Eu where they come in like locals. :-) 73 Tom W7