Hello topbanders, I am planning my antenna farm for 160 and 80m and was wondering what your thoughts are on the above question. My VE3 property is large enough to fit several beverages, although the
Assuming space is not an issue, does it make sense to have a phased array of, say, Beverages or dipoles in a 4SQ configuration on the low bands, including 160m? Two possible benefits come to mind- po
The issue here is not about regular coax cable, but about making open wire cable using coax. Open wire lines do not have to look like the ones everyone is using, but in fact can be made of parallel
There are two ways of connecting coax cable to create open wire lines- series and parallel. In series-connected coaxial cable, we use the center conductors of two coaxial cables that run side-by sid
I was wondering, if space is not an issue, if there is a disadvantage from a beverage that is very long. With 25 acres of land, I have been wondering what my RX antennas strategy should be. Rudy N2WQ
Hello, I currently have a 90' grounded tower with a 6 el tribander on a mast at around 105' and a 4 el 40m yagi at 90'. I was wondering what you guys would recommend for building my first 160m TX an
I have been wondering if the antenna element in phased arrays could be a loop rather than a vertical. My thinking is that the loop has some level of directivity so phasing two of them should result i
Tom, Thanks for the insightful reply. Looks like there is no free lunch here- I can't get better performance by simply using a different circle array element. Bummer, I will have to stick with the ve
Hi Tim, This does look like a viable option. Too bad it is single-band and only bi-directional, although a star-like arrangement (with lots of relays) could work too. Rudy N2WQ ______________________
Tom, You got my question right- I was asking about replacing the vertical in a 8-circle with a loop. As simple as that. My plan is to purchase a commercial system and was wondering if the system can
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