The other night I heard Jan N6AW working Europeans and Russians on 30m Most of the DX I could barely hear !! He said that he was using a Rhombic 350 meters in over- all length aiming Europe. HE was p
Is it possible that you meant W6AM Don Wallace and not W6RR Gordon Marshall? Seems like I heard Gordon from his ship a few weeks ago. 73, Jim Heath KB6SX -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towe
...sounds more like the olde W6AM antenna farm 73, Jim, K4OJ k4oj@ij.net TWO WEEKS until Sweepstakes CW, make sure you work me so you will not miss the elusive South Floirda multiplier! Proud member
I suspect that you're referring to silent key, W6AM, Don Wallace, and his legendary field of rhombics here in Southern California. Unfortunately, W6AM's QTH was prime real estate and was long ago dev
farms gone for a long time --Original Message-- From: Jim White, K4OJ <k4oj@ij.net> To: jlogan@bewellnet.com <jlogan@bewellnet.com>; towertalk@contesting.com <towertalk@contesting.com> To: <towertalk
Might you be referring to the rhombic farm of W6AM (sk)? I'm sure that Gordon, W6RR, would be shocked to hear of his demise. Cheers, Steve K7LXC -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.
Is the W6AM rhombic farm still there? I heard it was torn down years ago to make way for houses. Coincidentally I am re-reading Jan's wonderful book about Don Wallace this week. Most enjoyable writin
The W6AM Rhombic ranch is now a high price housing development. Has been for several years. Don't know where Jan was operationg from though. Skip, KJ6Y -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towert
Rhombics can definitely work with metal supports. They had a whole antenna farm of rhombics at the old Voice of America site in Bethany Ohio, and all of them were supported by metal towers. They used
Absolutely. See some old photos of mine on the K8CX web page of the antenna farm at RAF Kirknewton. There were bunches of rhombics there. One of my first job's as a brand spanking new Army 2LT was t
To: <towertalk@contesting.com> I'd second that notion; one of the primary applications for AB-105 metal towers by the military was as support structures for rhombic antennas, Steve Zettel KJ7CH near
Hi Josh, Of course I can't say if what you heard was "real or Memorex", but I'm skeptical about antennas provide exceptional gain in all directions at all distances. A Rhombic 350 meters on a side (1
Author: w6rw@earthlink.net (Michael S. Mitchell, W6RW)
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 12:39:03 -0700
Hi all...Jan was out at 29 Palms, California at W6BA's QTH. We have been doing Multi-Multi contest operations out there since the late 60's. The rhombic in question is a bidirectional rhombic pointin
Last time I was in Bethany, a local said that they were giving away all of the smaller VOA towers to anyone who would haul 'em off. (Big one's were gone already) This was a few months ago. Don't kno
Hi Tom and fellow DXers, I too have heard some booming signals on 30-meters and have noticed that lately I am less competitive with my rotating dipole at 70 feet and 100 Watts maximum (in the shack).
Does anyone know why we are limited to 200 watts on 30 meters when other countries can run more power? 73..de John/K4WJ ** ??????? John/K4WJ in Pembroke Pines, FL ???? QTH is 26 00 51 N?? ???????????
Rhombics can definitely work with metal supports. They had a whole antenna farm of rhombics at the old Voice of America site in Bethany Ohio, and all of them were supported by metal towers. They used