If you do not want to slide the center part of the RG8X down the inside of a Yagi driven element, try tie wrapping it on the outside. Attach and tune it like a FD and see what happens. Keep The Faith
I once made a folded dipole for 40M with 16 inch spreaders. It did not work well on 30M or 17M. So I to two pieces of wire ran them in the center of the fold and tuned those wires in free space to 30
Jerry, Both the FD and bazooka on UHF/VHF antenna test use tubing with a large diameters. This gave the antennas band width among other things. The folded dipole had tubing on only one side. The char
OOOOPS Correction: Bazooka eliminates the use of a balun that matches a balanced antenna to unbalance feed line makeing the DB a more reliable antenna. Normally you would use a 6:1 balanced to balanc
I have one of those 12 element 2 meter SSB antennas with a folded dipole as a driven element. Thats one of the things I looked for when I bought it. I can see what you call a sham and why. The DB jus
For interconnecting cables between pieces of Ten-Tec equipment I suggest the Ten-Tec supply or sell cables with common mode chokes. Keep The Faith, Jim K9TF/WA9YSD ___________________________________
I checked out the following web page as suggested: http://www.vk1od.net/DoubleBazooka/index.htm I still cannot doubt the fact of what I saw on my 17M test switching between the DB and FD antenna. The
Common Mode chokes built-in on every orifice on the radio would work all so. Maybe tomorrow I will visit that site. Still 3 weeks and just hearing South America and a little of Europe with that big o
If you go to http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec and un-subscribe then re-subscribe when the question "Would you like to receive list mail batched in a daily digest?" check yes. You o
You can edit your setting also at Set Digest Mode to ON. Keep The Faith, Jim K9TF/WA9YSD If you go to http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec and un-subscribe then re-subscribe when the q
Ten-Tec Radio equipment is all I run. I am presently running all Double Bazooka antennas on 40, 30, 17 and 12M. Took down FD for the time being until I can find something better than the DB. The whol
200 Ft antenna does more that, with band conditions the way they are Yagi's at 75ft or more has been working stations that I cannot even hear and time has nothing to do with it. I can barely hear sig
I found that the people who installed siding, switched from aluminum nails to STEEL nails in some places. Now you have a DIODE effect. You have to rip every thing off and start over. Not going to hap
Read through all the threads. One person on here suggested to reclamp the line. I had a neighbor had the lights blinking, the whole house as a matter of fact. They just finished re doing the power tr
The portable AM Radio. Once you located what pole has the problem switch to FM re-walk the lines see if the noise is still there and determine again what pole it is comming from. Maybe switch to 220M
Doc, what do you consider close space open line? 6 inches? Keep The Faith, Jim K9TF/WA9YSD _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com http://lists.conte
Thanks you Rick. Sounds like I will just have to live with it. I have no idea with those specs how far they can be heard on 80/75M or 160m. Looks like I will have to go around with the AM/SW radio. S
Where is UL when you need them. No wounder you guys were hard to work. Just for grins, did you take a measurement from the Neutral, and Hot to the near by water pipe? If so, what did you measure? Kee
doc, I am missing something here you said for 160M .001 - .01 Wave length right? For 80M I come up with 3.4 to 24 inches spaceing. That does not sound right, or is it? Keep The Faith, Jim K9TF/WA9YSD
It is possible for lightning surge to char some insulator, not sure if it would degrade lightning arrestor, on the power poles, such that it creates RFI. Here in Wisconsin Salt spray coast the insula