Hi Tom, Wire in a fractal antenna is folded up into a small space ONLY from our perspective here in the physical plane. In the astral plane, where fractal antennas (and their proponents) exist, the w
The last time I was visiting at W8JI, Tom had a wheelbarrow under his pole-barn that was chock full of antenna paraphernalia including four or five 259Bs that looked like they had been outside for mo
I believe N0AX's statement to be true. Thanks Ward! A corollary: No amount of clever engineering in areas of element interaction, feed efficiency, tuning networks (i.e. - traps), impedance matching g
Howard and all, I was just about ready to order a pair of those 4el SteppIR yagis when I read on their web page that the 32ft boom was only 1-3/4 inch diameter. Yikes! My KT-34XA has a 32ft x 3in boo
Cool idea, Jim. Not sure you could steer the elevation pattern enough to be meaningful though. I just modeled a pair of yagis stacked 60ft apart (using the 20m 5 el yagi that comes with EZNEC 3) and
I'm glad you brought up the business about Steve & Ward's (otherwise excellent) tribander report. It's a real shame that the ONE antenna that got botched was the XA. It's impossible to model that thi
Ward, thanks for your careful explanation below. And again, I didn't mean to imply that you had botched data in the tribander report. Sorry for not being more precise with my words :-( I wonder if it
Sorry for the delay Jim, I've been on vacation. The KT-34XA is constructed so that the coaxial capacitor sections are oriented to the front on some elements and to the rear on the other elements. Goi
Hi Jim, <snip> The version of MicroDEM on the CDROM doesn't save the profiles created in the viewshed analysis. It doesn't allow you to click the "save radials" option, which is grayed out. <snip> In
Yes, that's cool! But does RadioMobile output the terrain data files needed for YT or TA or HFTA? That's the salient feature of MicroDEM. RadioMobile http://www.cplus.org/rmw/english1.html Be prepare
I agree with N4ZR. Maybe W4AN would consider hosting Kurt's web pages at contesting.com if a few of us kicked in with some financial help. It would be a big loss to have Kurt's pages disappear :-( 73
Miller makes a nice one, I bought mine from W.W. Grainger. 73 - Bryan W4WMT fall-arrest case any Weather Stations", and lot's more. Call Toll Free, 1-800-333-9041 with any questions and ask for Sherm
Has anyone ever noticed that the Rohn GA55GD guy bracket assembly cannot be mounted on the uppermost tower brace on a given section of 55G? The profile (vertical dimension) of the bracket interferes
Very nice connector, but still nothing for copper strap. Bummer :-( All, Came across this Youtube video on Wrenchlok ground connectors. They appear to make a solid connection. http://www.youtube.com/