On Wed, 21 Oct 1998 08:47:58 -0400, "w8ji.tom" <w8ji.tom@MCIONE.com> wrote: OK, gets hard to keep stuff straight with all the quotes, etc. OK again. Names from the Who's Who... It sounded on surface
What say Tom? Would seem that having this as an outboard device would be better. If it's internal, then there would be "blind spots" when doing stuff like measuring electrical length of coax, etc. Pu
Author: Guy Olinger, K2AV" <k2av@qsl.net (Guy Olinger, K2AV)
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 22:17:56 -0500
Hi, On my C31XR there is 29.5 inches clearance (not center-to-center) between the forward element of the 10 m feed cell and the 1st 15m director. The center of this space is about 12 inches forward o
Author: Guy Olinger, K2AV" <k2av@qsl.net (Guy Olinger, K2AV)
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 23:56:28 -0400
Hi, I believe the confusion lies in the use of "gain" in an esoteric term, rather than to describe something which makes us louder than the other guy in a pileup. Reflection Gain is apparent gain (ma
Author: Guy Olinger, K2AV" <k2av@qsl.net (Guy Olinger, K2AV)
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 23:24:05 -0400
There are some complications if you do this, especially if your thrust bearings are fairly tight (very little side-to-side play). *Without* the lower thrust bearing, and the rotator down a ways from
Author: Guy Olinger, K2AV" <k2av@qsl.net (Guy Olinger, K2AV)
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 00:16:13 -0400
This is my favorite, first-up antenna: 140 feet of wire, from the ground up as high as can, (usually 50-65 feet & rest out as high as can get it. At the bottom fed with a "tank coil" network, or a 9:
On Tue, 15 Sep 1998 12:30:15 -0400, "Jim White, K4OJ" <k4oj@ij.net> wrote: Would it not be possible to place shims behind a smaller pipe to force the center of the pipe over the center of the rotator
On Tue, 15 Sep 1998 20:48:36 -0400, "w8ji.tom" <w8ji.tom@MCIONE.com> wrote: I agree, model it and it becomes clear. An oft used variant of the inverted L is to let the far end of the flat top drop do
...snip... How much sweet-talkin, gentle complimenting, arguing, cajoling, and outright bribes would it take to get you folks to do the same for the various 2 & 3 el 40m antennas? Who better qualifie
Author: Guy Olinger, K2AV" <k2av@qsl.net (Guy Olinger, K2AV)
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 1998 17:13:11 -0400
Doubt seriously that the firemen involved have the authority to speak for the LAFD. The gentleman should call the police, and report the individuals involved. Even a brain-dead lawyer should have a f
See below... 73, Guy. If you just use it for 160, the length is not so important as the ground & whatever radials you can install. The ground and radials will be 90% of the performance. The lengths y
Author: Guy Olinger, K2AV" <k2av@qsl.net (Guy Olinger, K2AV)
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 00:49:15 -0400
world which Return Loss... Brings back memories of my time working Network TV for AT&T. A good thing that we don't have to worry about broadband ham signals requiring 30 db of return loss or better
There is a dealer here in Raleigh who will take care of you... Ed Engebretson W4YC (goes as Global Communications, Inc) 1308 Hunting Ridge Road, Raleigh NC 27615-7021 Telephone/Fax 919-846-1515 No co
Where is a source of incoming angle by freq, etc? Has anyone ever *Measured* incoming angles carefully? 73, Guy. -- Guy L. Olinger K2AV k2av@qsl.net Apex, NC, USA -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting
You wouldn't be living on a kudzu farm, would you? -- Guy L. Olinger K2AV k2av@qsl.net Apex, NC, USA -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com A
Howdy folks, Something about antenna square feet, tower ratings, etc, has been bothering me ever since I started planning my little antenna farm. And the queasy just won't go away. Not so much about
... snip .... Many thanks for several very forthright posts. Along this line, take a look in your favorite Rohn catalog. Count the number of designs which have the guy wires going to the *TOP* of the
This would be good. Not because it's HyGain. Because it's unambiguous and one doesn't have to wonder about what reduction was built in, because none was. Right... No ham designs, Rohn 45 for tribande
Part of the problem is that the definition of "overload" seems to be a proprietary and self-serving definition by one company. Can we get the definition of overload out in the open? I couldn't agree
Author: Guy Olinger, K2AV" <k2av@qsl.net (Guy Olinger, K2AV)
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 23:37:24 -0400
Thank you! Where can one get the formula's, etc that generate this bit of wisdom and other such? Are they available for R45 & R55 as well? 73, Guy put -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towerta