Terry, I strongly encourage you to put up the K9AY. By no numerical measure is it the
best. But it’s easy to put up and Compared to all the others, it is relatively
insensitive to other objects around it. And for a first RC antenna, it is super
satisfying to click between directions and hear stations in the null disappear as
proof of directivity.
Interactions with other antennas is a “big station problem” and you or I won’t
notice what bothers the big stations.
Tim N3QE
On Jul 29, 2019, at 12:27 AM, terry burge <ki7m@comcast.net> wrote:
Hi folks,
I have four kits purchased on ebay for receive antennas as well as a bi-directional
beverage from KD9SV. Looking on my county plot map it looks like I can run about a 412'
beverage using my neighbors ground and mine. Got a good neighbor you could say who just
doesn't want a BOG to trip on but a beverage not too low to walk into is Ok. My ebay
provided kits are DHDL, EWE and Penant/flag/diamond from a low cost Canada source. But
I'm faced with the problem of fences, power lines, roads and my TX antennas on my 1 1/2
acre plot. If one of those antennas could handle being near the fences,etc or TX antennas
I'd like to hear about it. I've already got a K9AY in the works and that one is near my
40 meter 4-square. Running the beverage is going to be near or even under my K8UR style
80 meter 4-square made with 1/2 WL slopers. I've thought some about converting the 80
meter 4-square to using 3":irrigation tubing extended with some 3" irrigation
tubing and a coil at the elevated base but I'm j
ust not sure if it would be an improvement. It would be near 50' verticals if I
could do it. Not sure if I would lose too much gain.
Any suggestions other than 'give up'? I've always had a time hearing the DX
especially on 160 meters.
Terry
KI7M
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