Topband: New 160M high performance receiving antenna at W3LPL

[Robert McGwier]

And despite all of the "lubricant" from Kendall Jackson and Crown,  we did
get stuff done...

Everyone should know that Joel did almost all the manual labor here with
some help from Al Ward and me but his dedication to a result is what got it
done.

HY



On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 7:29 AM, Joel Harrison <w5zn at w5zn.org> wrote:

> Frank - Good stuff and very glad you made public your work on the array.
>
> It is good to see the array is working very well at W3LPL. I continue to
> have excellent performance from both of my BSEF arrays (160 & 80 meter
> versions).
>
> Robye (W1MK) and I had several conversations following publication of my
> work on BSEF's which resulted in use of Magic Tee's and a few other feed
> point mods.
>
> 73 Joel W5ZN
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 11:00 AM, <donovanf at starpower.net> wrote:
>
> > My new 160 meter Broad Side - End Fire (BSEF) receiving array is now in
> > use and performing extremely well, significantly better than my 900 foot
> > Beverages and full size 4-square transmitting antenna.
> >
> > Like most of us who live in developed areas, my RFI environment has
> > significantly degraded with the lack of effective RFI regulation in
> recent
> > years.  Plasma TVs, ubiquitous poorly filtered switching power supplies
> and
> > increasly popular high efficiency motors are steadily raising our noise
> > floor.  With this new antenna 160 meters is delightfully quiet again at
> > W3LPL!
> >
> > Thanks to W8JI, W5ZN, N4HY and W1MK for their efforts in designing,
> > optimizing and publishing the details of this wonderful high performance
> > receiving antenna.  The BSEF array is now connected to the 160 meter
> input
> > to my CW Skimmer, it now has significantly better sensitivity than when
> it
> > was connected to my 900 foot NE Beverage.
> >
> > The description and photos of my new BSEF array are here:
> >
> > http://pvrc.org/bsef/bsef.html
> >
> > 73
> > Frank
> > W3LPL
> > _________________
> > Topband Reflector
> >
>
>
>
> --
> 73 Joel W5ZN
>
> www.w5zn.org
> _________________
> Topband Reflector
>



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