Bob here is the technical info: I'm an ole-fart ham of 50 years and in that time have accumulated a lot of krap. A part of the krap is a bunch of misc. size torroids. The one I'm currently using is 3
I have been reading all the answers to your questions. I have 2 questions. Firstly I have had 3 160 inverted L's at different locations. My questions for you are: Why 175 feet.?. Where does that come
Scott MacKenzie wrote: ""Simple to use and reasonably accurate"" "Reasonably" is the key word for all the modeling programs available. They are a very useful as a guide but they are not the 'end-all-
Anyone have a NEC type file of an 80 and 40 meter dipole(no traps) fed with the same feedline.?.?. If so please reply direct. THANK YOU MAL N7MAL BULLHEAD CITY, AZ http://www.n7mal.com Everyone in th
I feed mine at the top with 600 ohm open wire line from W7FG. Mine is open at the bottom allowing it to be used on 160 & 40.... I run the ladder line directly into the shack to the tuner. 73 MAL N7MA
But and this is a big 'BUT' you can't get on 160. Yes the matchbox was the best tuner ever made ,,,,except,,,, it doesn't do 160. An 80 meter delta loop left open at the bottom plays really,,,really,
I'm an 'ole-timer'. I have been using quads on/off for 50 years. I've used them in California, Illinois, Okinawa, Thailand etc etc. I have never, let me repeat NEVER, used any kind of balun device. A
Score 1 ham-radio.......Score 0 stupid republican city government...... http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2009/02/06/10620/?nc=1 MAL N7MAL BULLHEAD CITY, AZ http://www.n7mal.com Everyone in the world
I can think of a reason to know if a tower is resonant because in the last 50 years it has happened to me several times. Suppose you have a 70ft tower and an 80m full sized vertical. Where, or how fa
Here's a thought John.... Why not turn your computer off and quit reading krap from guys who never built a real antenna in their lives. Go put power to your tower and see what happens. Try a shunt fe
Like many folks on this list I don't give a dam about pay-pal I signed up to learn about towers and aerials not about some rummies using paypal............. Get my drift.?.?.?. 73 MAL N7MAL BULLHEAD
I am going to step in & out of this thread many times only because of my experiences/work at/on phased vertical arrays. Who and more importantly WHY was the decision made that the phasing must be don
I thought I would answer in one big email rather than 20 small emails so here goes: Jack W6NF said:""How about cost? I, personally, can hardly afford a single 325-foot run of coax to my 65-foot DX En
WHY???? You're only 8ft short. Why not fashion a top hat. Without doing any fancy computer stuff I would think 5 or 6 3ft spokes would get you very close. Just my -2cents worth 73 MAL N7MAL BULLHEAD
Here is a link for a similar product from Hy-Gain http://www.hy-gain.com/Product.php?productid=ATM-65 MAL N7MAL BULLHEAD CITY, AZ http://www.n7mal.com Everyone in the world is entitled to be burdened
A friend of mine asked me about the 14AVQ vertical. I wanted to re-familiarize myself so I looked it up on the Hy-Gain website. At the bottom of the manual is a Hy-Gain addendum. It is anything & eve
There are several 4 square arrays in daily DX, and contesting, use in W6-land. They all (that I'm familiar with)operate both SSB and CW. They use tuning at the verticals to achieve both SSB & CW. 73
Rick I resisted using my usual hokey sayings like "you can't have your cake and eat it to on 80 meters", or "there is no free lunch with 80 meter antennas". Getting the whole band, resonant, on 80 is
I have been following this thread with great interest. I'm curious how many of the guys who have responded have ever built and/or used a 1/2 wave vertical,,, other than me..... One guy said:""1/2 wav
info only: The hy-gain vertical I was referring to in this posting is the hy-gain DX77.... 73 MAL N7MAL BULLHEAD CITY, AZ http://www.n7mal.com Everyone in the world is entitled to be burdened by my o