Hello, I was going to build a "magnetic" receiving loop as described in the second edition of Low Band DXing. But I notice that there is no reference to magnetic loops in the most recent edition. My
Thank you to everybody who replied. Here is a brief summary of the mails received. I still do not know why this loop has been dropped from the 'Low Band Dxer book". As I live in the countryside local
Hello, I have a question concerning temporary radials. I have full use of my garden during the winter months, then it reverts back to a family area when the weather improves. I have a number of reels
Hello, I have some telephone jumper wire which I want to add to my radials. This is basically a twisted pair of very thin (0.1mm ??)wire. The wire has a plastic jacket. Should I keep the 2 twisted to
Re:Balloon lifted wire Antenna? de F5vjc foxfive.vjc at gmail.com 'allo Deni, I have been looking into this over the past year. First of all, make sure you can get a source of Helium. I found this to
Hi, Can some one help me with a copy of the following article: QST (April 2006, pp33-36) 'A cool Beverage Four Pack'. By H Ward Silver N0AX There was a review of this project in radCom (RSGB) recentl
'allo, I have been given some 75ohm coax that I am planning on feeding my Beverage with. (Its green so will be well hidden , that's why I will use it.) Do I NEED to worry about the difference in impe
'allo, I have got 1000m / 3280ft of wire to be used for radials. At the moment my garden is 40m x 40m (130ft x 130ft). The In the winter the ground conductivity is OK to good. How would you use this
Hello, I'm trying to find the the calculation to convert weight in to length for enammelled copper wire. For example here in Europe wire is sold in reels of 500 grammes. What I want to know is what l
Hello, I plan to be active in the ARRL DX test on 160m, but I need to build a balun. I want to use a coax balun wound on a plastic PVC pipe. I have found some designs but they only go down to 80m. Ho
Hello, Thank you to everybody who replied tpo my question. Yes, as was pointed out, it was not a Balun or even an Unun I was looking for, but a choke. I 'built' the 50ft of coax on a 6inch pipe, and
'allo, Has anyone ever thought of using Y shaped radials. Ie you start off with your 0.125 length radials then at the end you attach 2 more radials (still going away from the antenna). You could then
'allo , Is anyone using the Unadilla 80m traps to make a 160m antenna. If yes, which one do you have ? There are 2 types; one for american 80m ssb band and one for the american 80m cw band. I was won
'allo, I've got a SV-RBWD1 Feed & Reflector Transformer for Military WD-1A Wire. However I do not plan on using Military WD-1A Wire with it, I'll probably use twisted pair, telephone drop wire or bel
'allo Topbanders. In my quest for a reversible Beverage I'm looking for a source of WD-1A / Killu wire in Europe. I have contacts at France Telecom , but they have stopped using this wire sometime ag
Hello Topbanders, I'm looking for information on the modification to the HF2V to make it work on 160m.( I am not talking about the butternut 160m coil option.) You can add 2.5m (7ft) to the standard
Hello, My club has access to a water tower, which is about 35m (115ft)high and has a mast of about 6m (20ft). We would like to participate in the ARRL 160m contest. For RX we can install a beverage.
Hello, You may find this interesting; This web-page tells some 20 stories of how he tracked down RFI sources, concentrating on the practicalities, rather than the technical aspects. Format is easy-