Does anyone have this article that can e-mail it?
I'm planning on building a balanced-balanced remote tune antenna tuner too.
Thanks!
Jim W7RY
----- Original Message -----
From: "EUGENE SMAR" <spelunk.sueno@prodigy.net>
To: "TowerTalk" <Towertalk@contesting.com>; "Byron Tatum" <bjtatum@ev1.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 5:48 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Antenna Question
> Byron:
>
> If you can lay yours hands on one, the July 2001 issue of CQ mag has
an
> article by Dick Stroud W9SR on his Large, Remotely-tuned Loop for HF DX.
> It's a 160M full-wavelength horizontal loop and it sounds identical to
your
> planned skyhook. Dick built his with vacum caps and a pair of large,
tapped
> inductors and a BIG rotary switch, but you can get away with air variable
> caps and smaller coils if you're planning on running barefoot.
>
> GL es 73 de
> Gene Smar AD3F
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Byron Tatum <bjtatum@ev1.net>
> To: TowerTalk@contesting.com <TowerTalk@contesting.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Date: Thursday, March 13, 2003 7:54 PM
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Antenna Question
>
> > I am looking at building the antenna tuner remotely controlled, in a
> >large weatherproof box I have been saving. My thoughts are to have the
box
> >mounted on a support on ground in area under feedpoint, so the run of
open
> >wire line would be fairly short, then coax into house. It is not possible
> to
> >have my tuner in the house where the station is.
> > Anyway, if anyone has any recommendations I most certainly am open to
> >all! My thoughts at this time are to use the dual roller inductor tuner
as
> >described in Measures article, however with my lower power levels I
believe
> >I can use some of the surplus roller coils I have salvaged out of Collins
> >airborne stuff.
> > I was curious about lightning protection on this type of system, any
> >suggestions?
> > Thanks to all, Byron WA5THJ.
> >
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any
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