Topband: Biodegradable staples

[David Olean]

Hi Larry

I would vote for the 600 ft beverage and put it about 6 ft above the 
ground. I added ferrite chokes to all my feedlines to remove any common 
mode noise. I had chokes at the transformer end with its own ground rod 
about 20 ft from the transformer and its ground rod. I had a second 
choke located at the shack end before it went into the house. I had 
another ground rod there. All well worth it.  The added chokes reduced 
noise significantly. I used FT140-77 cores with 20 turns of 75 ohm 
teflon coax to make each choke. Two 140-77 cores stacked with 16 turns 
of coax worked even better.  31 material works great too.

Dave K1WHS


On 6/8/2018 1:53 AM, Larry via Topband wrote:
> hi all,
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> living in Tucson where the ground conductivity is 15 (?) which would be the better receiving antenna?
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> 300 foot BOG
> 300 foot BOG elevated 3-4 inches above earth
> 600 foot beverage 6 feet above ground
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> note that i don't know what a lawn mower is either.
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> 73,
> larry
> n7dd
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rick Stealey <rstealey at hotmail.com>
> To: Wes Stewart <wes_n7ws at triconet.org>; topband <topband at contesting.com>
> Sent: Fri, Jun 8, 2018 12:31 am
> Subject: Re: Topband: Biodegradable staples
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> Oh, cactus plants, huh?  Your situation is simple - just tie the radial off to the cactus.
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> Problem solved.  Simple!
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> Rick  K2XT
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> From: Topband <topband-bounces at contesting.com> on behalf of Wes Stewart <wes_n7ws at triconet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, June 7, 2018 10:23:33 PM
> To: topband at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: Topband: Biodegradable staples
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> I want to see a barefoot child running around my cactus patch.  And what, pray
> tell, is a lawnmower?
>
> Wes  N7WS
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> qrz.com/db/n7ws
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> On 6/7/2018 1:29 PM, Rick Stealey wrote:
>> You should never use steel staples in the ground.  Think for a minute. They are sharp, rusty objects that stay a long time.  Imagine a barefoot child playing in the area (after you are SK possibly).  Imagine a lawn mower grabs a piece of radial wire and jerks it out of the ground with wire staples attached.
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>> All you need to do is buy or make wooden dowels, drill a hole and string them along the radial and pound down in.  Only need to be 4 inches long.  Simple, cheap, safe.
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