Author: "Jim in Waco WB5OXQ" <wb5oxq_1@grandecom.net>
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 18:26:01 -0600
I am considering trying the 120' qso king end fed antenna for multiband use. I really dont needed it on 20,15, or 10. Maybe 6? I have a 50' 25g with a triband beam on top and a 30' 25g 128' away. Thi
Author: Herbert Schonbohm <herbert.schoenbohm@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 12:44:18 -0400
Some would argue that putting ground rods at the end of radials doesn't really help. In most cases you can do well, perhaps better with #12 or about 90-100 feet for each radial due to the velocity fa
Right. Really bad idea. We do NOT want current flowing in lossy earth. The function of radials is to SHIELD the antenna from lossy earth and to provide a return for antenna current and the fields the
Why is this important? My 60 radials per vertical in my 80m 4-square are buried a couple of inches below the surface and I consider that grounded. Also where the radials cross each other I did not bo
One way of looking at radials with the ends grounded is as a transmission line. The radial is one conductor and ground is the other conductor. A ground rod essentially shorts the far end. With a radi
Author: "Roger (K8RI) on TT" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 12:17:16 -0500
What is a QSO King? It sounds like a 120' vertical, but I never heard the term before. 73 Roger (K8RI) -- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. ht
Author: "Roger (K8RI) on TT" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 02:51:12 -0500
Having looked it up..I use DuckDuckGo as I understand Google tracks and builds a database, it comes in various lengths. It consists of a balun, wire and end insulator. The end insulator appears to be
I have to admit, soldering with one hand takes a bit of ingenuity. 73 Roger (K8RI) I probably have lead poisoning from using my "other" hand to hold and feed solder to a heated joint. (Other hand is
Author: "Roger (K8RI) on TT" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 10:58:34 -0500
I have to admit, soldering with one hand takes a bit of ingenuity. 73 Roger (K8RI) I probably have lead poisoning from using my "other" hand to hold and feed solder to a heated joint. If you wear gla
I play "at" the guitar and banjo but I am a drummer. I have seen a guy play the guitar better with his feet than I do with both hands and one of the best "Hawaiian" electric steel guitar players I ha
Using wooden clothes pins reminds of many years ago, in the early years of Ultra Light Aircraft. Living/working in the SF Bay Area at the time, one weekend I happened to visit an unused runway at the