Mark, et al I personally used "THE" Battle Creek Special on Sable Island (CY0AA) in 1996 with my partners WA8JOC & K8LEE We found it worked quite well indeed on 160m, making many EU and West Coast QS
Has anyone ever mounted a CC 40m dipole (I forget my model #-it's packed away) or similar on a TH6DXX boom? (like an extra element, but not "really") ..........And your results? Hurting for tower spa
I am curious to know if anyone has ever had much experience using large Rhombics on 6 Meters for F2 (or double hop Es )DX? Realizing that only a few on the list may have ever used the 6 Meter band, i
Hi Everyone, Mike VE9AA here. Brand spanking new to the list and I am going to fire off a question right off the bat. Has anyone tried side by side yagis, each slanted 45degrees, (tops pointing towar
Just as I hit "send" I remembered I DO have another option, rather than building the array described below from scratch. I currently have 2 x, 8el 6m beams on 30' booms, horizontally polarized, stack
Well, I got a severley underwhelming response to my query on Elliptical Polarization. I can only guess no one here has done it before. Well, I can tell you guys that may be wanting to try it, one thi
Hi Guys, Mike VE9AA here. My 48' Delhi Self Supporter folded over a couple days ago ..... As far as I can tell, the reason this happened is 2 large bolts (with lock washers) backed themselves out and
Thanks for all the comments on my Delhi tower guys/gals. I can't find any kind of installation manual online, so I am wondering about when someone said the bolts should actually be installed so they
Well, who knows how old this tower is. . so I don't have any paperwork.... the bolts are nearly immaculate ! I am just looking for a solid reference that when/if I reinstall this thing (repaired) tha
I found this doc online, but it does not mention which way the bolts face (in or out)..........Hmmm http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.radioamateur.ca/telecha
Thank you Kevin ! I thought I surfed to the end of the internet, but sure didn't find that doc. Much appreciated ! I have a split washer, not the star washer as per the diagram, so I will endeavour t
Hi Guys n' Gals I've shunt fed the boom on several antennas years ago and want to try it again, but I am "gun shy" now. Last winter I was using a short shunt fed tower on 160m, running 1200w in some
Author: "Mike & Coreen Smith VE9AA" <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca>
Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 12:17:47 -0300
Wife and I are looking at waterfront properties in VE1/9/VY2/VO1/2. Ideally I would like to locate my antennas inland (in the trees) a little ways to (hopefully?) minimize(??) salt water corrosion an
Author: "Mike & Coreen Smith VE9AA" <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca>
Date: Sun, 26 May 2013 08:22:37 -0300
Has anyone ever modeled a 40m ground plane?s pattern on 15m? This weekend of very poor condx on 15m during CQWW WPX CW has given me extra time to mull over what I am using on 15m. Currently I am usin
Author: "Mike & Coreen Smith VE9AA" <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca>
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 18:06:32 -0300
Hello good citizens of the TowerTalk realm. I recently bought 2 Array Solutions StackMatches from a local. I have one earmarked for future Tribanders, but am considering a 40m THREE dipole array arou
Author: "Mike & Coreen Smith VE9AA" <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca>
Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2013 14:01:42 -0300
Nobody has ever used a stackmatch with 3 wire antennas before ? VE9AA Mike, Coreen & Corey Keswick Ridge, NB From: Mike & Coreen Smith VE9AA [mailto:ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca] Sent: August 13, 2013 6:07 PM T
Author: "Mike & Coreen Smith VE9AA" <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca>
Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2013 17:22:13 -0300
I realized after I first posted this that I had **completely** forgotten about the need for floating grounds in the case of a K1WA / K8UR / K3LR type of array,(oops) but would STILL be interested in
Author: "Mike & Coreen Smith VE9AA" <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca>
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 19:51:01 -0400
James, I recently installed an HF9V at around 8' AGL. I use 2 elevated "ground"(counterpoise) radials per band, sloping from 8' down to about 5' AGL. I find it works VERY well on 40m and up and adequ
Author: "Mike & Coreen Smith VE9AA" <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca>
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 17:08:40 -0400
Hey Jim, Howzitgoingeh?...that?s Canadian for ??Sup?? Good to know you are making progress. Of course, I don?t have a 2V, but a 9V, but they are nearly identical, except for # of bands.. I did not tu
Author: "Mike & Coreen Smith VE9AA" <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca>
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 08:34:12 -0400
Hi Yuri, I don't have the exact answer to your problem, however the way I usually test all yagis is to put their reflectors on the dry ground, or small non-conductive box or wooden sawhorse and aim t