[CQ-Contest] BigIR 80 Meter Coil and Controller available in EU

PY2NY, Vitor py2ny.vitor at gmail.com
Thu Jul 24 15:42:18 EDT 2008


Well, I´m afraid now - I have 2 x 4el
6-20m on the way to me, right now...
See all of you next contest, guys...

Vitor, PY2NY
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barry Merrill" <barry at mxg.com>
To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 7:01 AM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] BigIR 80 Meter Coil and Controller available in EU


> Having had the third failure of my BigIR vertical antenna,
> this time with the motor shaft no longer turning the
> sprocket, I have given up on that antenna, and so I
> have their 80 meter coil and the modified controller
> for that coil and the power pack for the controller
> that is available for a mere pittance to anyone who
> still believes in that antenna design.
>
> In fact, it's free, but since it is already in Ireland
> and I have paid EU entry duty on it, I'd prefer to
> send it to
> a. An Irish station
> b. An EU station
> c. A European station
> in that order, or,
> if none of the above reply, I'll bring it back
> to the USA and send it (to the lottery winner
> if there are multiple requests).
>
> 73
>
> Barry, EI/W5GN.
>
> P.S. I was able to shove the copper strip thru the
>     fiberglass tube to the 33 foot level, so I
>     have been able to use it as designed on 40
>     and 15, but I also installed a Zero Five 43 foot vertical,
>     which now consistently outperforms the BigIR,
>     and the Zero Five bends a lot less in the constant winds
>     on our bluff over the Atlantic, and it is also much
>     less visible with it's smaller diameter and
>     aluminum color that the fatter, green BigIR tube.
>
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