[TowerTalk] Reverse feed system...

[Roger (K8RI) on TT]

The term, "Reverse Feed" confuses me a bit.

As Gene said, wire is "usually" cheap and can often be reused.
I no longer solder wire antenna connections, but use Brass or Copper, 
Split Nuts.  Unfortunately, in this area Copper wire may not be reusable 
if it's been up for a month or more. It gets a rough, black oxide that 
can make getting good connections with the split nuts difficult and 
impossible to solder.  The best bet for when that happens is to dip a 
couple inches of the wire end into Muriatic acid to get a clean copper. 
Of course the wire then needs to be washed thoroughly to remove all 
traces of the acid.

NOTE: When using strong acids, use the appropriate safety gear.  A 
partial list: Face shields, safety goggles, rubber gloves, and a good 
size bottle of Sodium Bicarbonate dissolved in water to neutralize any 
spills or drops on clothing or skin.  Acid is dangerous!

I normally use hard drawn, stranded antenna wire as my center fed 
slopers are under enough tension that soft drawn wire (Romex) will 
stretch considerably.

73

Roger  (K8RI)


On 4/23/2016 Saturday 2:37 PM, Gene Smar wrote:
> Doug:
>
>       Wire-based antennas like the one you're proposing (and like the ones I
> have off my tower) are cheap.  Build it and try it.  You can always reuse
> the wire from the radials.
>
>       As another suggestion, try radials of two different lengths to give you
> two points of low SWR within the broad 75/80M band.
>
>
> 73 de
> Gene Smar  AD3F
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> Douglas Ruz / CO8DM
> Sent: Friday, April 22, 2016 10:04 PM
> To: topband at contesting.com
> Cc: 'reflector Towertalk' <towertalk at contesting.com>
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Reverse feed system...
>
> Hi,
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> I would like try the Reverse Feed System (N4KG antenna) on 80m.
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> I have a 50 ft GROUNDED tower (isolated from the guy wires) and similar size
> of Rohn 25G.How much top loading I need If radials (4) are connected at 15
> ft?...
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> I have an spiderbeam on top but this antenna does not add any LOAD because
> all elements are isolated.Anyway, I have a 6m Yagi. 5 elem on a 15ft boom.
> The 6m yagi has all elem connected to the boom but the driven. I can install
> the 6m yagi on top of the tower about 4 ft below the spiderbeam.
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> Maybe I need a larger 6m yagi to obtain enough loading ?
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> Thoughts ?
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> Doug, CO8DM
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73

Roger (K8RI)


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