de Mike VE9AA again. Can't seem to get this reply onto the list, but see other messages showing up. I apologize if this is a dupe ! A couple folks asked me where I was getting my gain and F/B #'s fro
Didn't seem to make the list - resend. Mike, Coreen & Corey Keswick Ridge, NB From: Mike Smith VE9AA [mailto:ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca] Sent: October 14, 2016 2:57 PM To: 'towertalk@contesting.com' Subject:
de Mike VE9AA again. A couple folks asked me where I was getting my gain and F/B #'s from. Fair question. First of all, I have no doubt the S-meter on an IC-7410 is not accurate, but everything is re
Today I installed 160m vertical #2 in what will soon become a Comtek PVS-2 (2el BS/EF) array for 160m. (vy recently I installed 3 Comtek (wire) 4-squares for 20, 40 &80m. Spacing is about 134? for th
Update: I didn't see my message appear on either reflector, so with only a couple hours of daylight of good sun (and wx this week looking bleak), I rolled the dice and went out an shortened each rais
Is the 35' a tree? If so, go for an inverted L (or T) with a couple raised radials or *many* on-ground radials. If he can't use the 35' tall 'support' for an inverted L (or T), then my 2nd choice wou
Where are VE's buying their mineral oil for their dummy loads? I have visited several of the more popular local stores here lately and other than a tiny 250ml or slightly larger bottle, can't seem to
Has anyone used a Stackmatch (for example) to phase / stack more than one 4-square array? (like 2, 3 or 4 arrays) (or perhaps ?stack?/phase a 4-square with a yagi) I know it?s been done with Rhombics
Jim (callsign?) Not exactly....I am thinking about 2, 3 or 4, Four-Squares for 10m or 15m likely 1/2wl or 5/8wl apart in a NW-SE "line" to maximize signals to EU or USA mostly. I don't have 100 meter
I guess if the reasons for me asking must be known.I'll tell you all....yes, towers with 1 or 2 nice tribanders would no doubt be much better than a high band 4-square. I want to see what I can do wi
Thanks all. I forget who it was now who suggested the local farm supply store, but I bought a big jug for a good price there this afternoon. dit dit Mike VE9AA Mike, Coreen & Corey Keswick Ridge, NB
WL (Wilson Lamb)....callsign? Imagine one 4-square.....now imagine another 4-square beside it.(perhaps 5/8wl away).....now imagine another beside that one.......and a 4th. 16 elements in all..Four 4-
I have a very old DX Engineering Yagi Stacking control box I am trying to find some info on. I think it's late 80's/early 90's vintage. I believe it was acquired from a W7 6m Dxer friend back in the
Update: I don't know how I missed this before but I finally found a very similar unit that was for sale some years back in w7. http://www.eham.net/classifieds/detail/330437 I see by the sale ad it ne
Greeting Antenna Gurus, Put the finishing touches on a 100% homebrew K1WA/(K8UR) K3LR type 5-dipole sloping dipole (all parasitic) array for 15m only hours before the contest this weekend and came aw
Hans and some of the well meaning responders: I think you are WAY overthinking this. I have several all-wire 4-squares here for 20-40-80 and a 2el wire array for 160m (ran out of room for a 4-square,
Carol, Not sure how much of a cluttered environment you live in, (suburb, farm land, hill, beach, mountain, whatever)..but this does seem somewhat odd. Why don't you do like I do after installing or
Missed out on most of the ARRL DX CW fun last weekend due to (as it turns out) one bad connection. Finally discovered it today. WHEW! I was starting to worry that my troubleshooting skills were slipp
Dave, Thanks for posting. WOW - that could be a picture of my connector. The only thing difference here, was that I also had a little black char down inside the hardline too. I make my own "connector
Hi Dick, Most (but not quite all) of my antennas are 160'-220' away from the house and fed through a buried PVC pipe. I did this on purpose. I am very fortunate to be on a couple acres, a ridgetop, o