[TowerTalk] antenna choices for K4XS

[Roger (K8RI) on TT]

Work DX on about anything<:-))

I put the big 6-meter Yagi up around a peak.  I was working DX left and 
right.  I heard a central American station, not all that loud, but  
easily Q5, so I called him.  He hadn't really expected an answer as he 
was working on the rig, on the work bench with a test lead stuck into 
the coax connector.

Maybe so, maybe not, but that's what he said and he appeared to be 
surprised enough for it to be real.

73

Roger (K8RI)


  On 4/12/2015 10:23 PM, Mike Ryan wrote:
> Jim, I suppose going any further on this discussion, just looks like a 
> no win situation. No one is disputing the work that K7LXC and N0AX or 
> K4XS (who has done more to study antennas, take off angles, etc than 
> anyone I know since he jumps around the globe like a ping pong ball on 
> the ocean, and always ending up with a killer station) have done or 
> that it isn't the bottom line or the last word. On the other hand, 
> when people have their minds made up....they are just made up.  Some 
> of that is just because they read what someone else has said. The 
> point I was making about the Mosley is that the antenna, is working 
> for the guy.  I/you/we all hear all the time how well antennas are 
> working for this guy and that...that what they have is the greatest 
> antenna they have every had. But that in some cases is because it has 
> been the ONLY antenna they have ever had. Not in the case for the op 
> who now has a Mosley. But he also has little money to spend and I felt 
> that in the spirit of ham radio (blah blah) that I would help him, put 
> it up, and get him back on the air. Now, he had a Mosley antenna 
> sitting there...got it very reasonably priced and did not have to pay 
> shipping....that's two bonus points in my mind.  It is now sitting on 
> his tower because he is too old to climb or to crank and I am neither.
>       Jeff (AC0C) made the point, and I guess to summarize, that on 
> any given Sunday, given the right conditions, the phase of the moon, 
> the rise of the tide, and the blink of an eye one can work dx on about 
> anything.  I interjected, 'even a Mosley' as is the case.  I have been 
> fortunate enough to use something different I suppose and would say 
> that I'm quite satisfied with my station considering. Were that I had 
> a Mosley antenna, perhaps not. I guess it would depend on the moon, 
> etc. In any event I am not going to bash or belittle anyone for what 
> they are able to get up in the air, it may be only worth so much to do 
> it in the first place, and if in fact would be worth more, perhaps 
> they couldn't afford to do it at all.
> I hope you enjoy what you have in any event.  '73, Mike
>
> -----Original Message----- From: D. Scott MacKenzie
> Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2015 8:15 PM
> To: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] antenna choices for K4XS
>
> That is why I gave up - my antennas were not worthy.  I don't have 
> multiple
> towers, with multiple wavelength mono-banders or stacked Steppers.  So I
> figure that there was little point of continuing regardless of my DXCC
> total.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of 
> Jim
> Brown
> Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2015 6:30 PM
> To: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] antenna choices for K4XS
>
> On Sun,4/12/2015 2:39 PM, Mike Ryan wrote:
>> all the bashing that has been going on lately about Mosley Antennas
>> fits in well right here. My retired friend who is on a budget, bought
>> a used  Mosley TA53 ( I think that is the correct model).
>
> Advice based on the carefully done measurements by K7LXC and N0AX is NOT
> bashing -- it is based on FACTS.
>
> Steve and Ward documented their work very carefully and thoroughly, and
> published it as a bound report. They also did a study of HF verticals. I
> bought both reports. I learned a LOT about both the antenna performance
> AND some technical analysis of WHY things performed as they did.
>
> Joe, W4TV bought the reports too -- that's the basis of his comments.
>
> Go to K7LXC's Champion Radio Products website. About $20 each as I
> recall. And while you're there, also buy N6BT's excellent A Ray Of Light
> book on antennas.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
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73

Roger (K8RI)


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