I have a couple of questions that some of you may be able to help me with. My shunt fed tower has 24 radials of 14 gauge shielded wire laying on the ground. Q1- Is it feasible to add 3 elevated radia
This past weekend I did some experimentation with Don, W4OC, (A very knowledgeable broadcast engineer) with elevated and ground mounted radials on my 160m shunt fed tower. W4OC's QTH is roughly 20 mi
At around 11:55z this morning here in South Carolina I heard a line of cw from 3W5FM. This was around the time that W8JI and HC8N were calling him. This was on my 210 degree beverage. Sure wish he ha
Bear with me! I am learning in droves from this reflector and appreciate all advice/experiences. If I can tweak the system 1 db at a time maybe one day I'll be happy with my transmit signal. It took
W4OC and me are heading down to Panama this Wednesday to the QTH of HP1XVH for the ARRL DX CW contest this coming weekend. Our other main goal is to put up a better 160 meter antenna for Gunther as h
I have completed my experimentation with the radial system of my 160m shunt fed tower. Originally I had 24 insulated 1/4wl radials laying on the ground. When I added each set of radials I was not see
We ( N4UK and W4OC) had limited time but managed to put up an inverted L antenna with 60 feet vertical the rest horizontal and 5 elevated radials at 15 feet height.I have the melted shoelaces on my s
CE0ZY had a very good signal on 160m last night at around 0400-0430z. I don't remember any qso I have ever had on any band that was as tough as this qso last night. It felt like I was sending my call
160m conditions were fabulous last night.Europe was pounding in and many were worked with 589/599 signals including an I2 who was 5x9 plus on SSB. 6W6/K3IPK,CE0ZY, ZS4TX and YK1AO were on the band al
Last year I asked around about the possibilities of feeding a beverage at both ends. I was curious if this would work and how well or poorly it would. I had an existing beverage to the Northwest that
Worked XZ0A this morning at 1207z! I spent 40 minutes listening to him on 80m cw but he was not very loud here in NW South Carolina. We had a MAJOR ice storm here and my SSB 75m verticals had an SWR
This is a very attractive solution to my present problem with my shunt fed tower. I have a 10m yagi side mounted that rotates from 135 degrees to 330 degrees. When it reaches its end limits one of th
I have a question I'd like to ask of you 160m antenna gurus. My present 70 foot shunt fed tower 160m system has two sets of guys. One set is at the 67 foot mark and is broken up with insulators about
Decided to get on 160m this morning and surprised to hear a loud JA8CDX CQing at 1130z 1hour before sunrise here in South Carolina. He went away before I had a chance to get the amp warmed up. Also w
Great JA conditions this morning from South Carolina! Between 1200 and 1230 z worked JA1JRK,JA3ONB,JA1CGM, and JH0BBE. JA1JRK was S9 on the ft1000mp meter and JA3ONB was, at times, 5 nine plus 5 db!