Hi Brian: you should have a great signal, just get that rascal up at least twenty feet and you will be surprised, My power co sold me two new 45 Ft poles and placed them for a little under $ 900 That height models very well for all bands, yes, it is too high an angle for 80 but really good for 20 and up and certainly very usable for 80. I also found that if you have to go through a wall, my garage with steel siding and finished interior wall, short lengths of hardline make a great feed though. I used 3/4 inch and the exterior is a tight fit in holes punched through the siding. length is about 8 inches. I gave up on trying to get something in the trees!! This pulls up and down in a matter of minutes if I want to try something else. yep, 90 ft poles would be much better, but the cost becomes absurd, several $K per pole. open wire feeders are very easy to make, the round clothes hangers that sell by the 50 pack make great spreaders. cut, drill, feed the wire through,. wrap with small guage wire and cover the wrap with RTV. near zero loss. always best to feed in the center, but I am using a 260 foot wire fed 60 + feet from one end. Bernie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian - KF5CCN" <bzwie...@sbcglobal.net> To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" <amradio@mailman.qth.net> Cc: "CL in NC" <mjca...@yahoo.com> Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 2:34 PM Subject: Re: [AMRadio] AM on Ants(forgot to ID)
> By the way, Maybe I did not mention this, I am putting out about 450 watts > P.E.P. with a resting carrier of 150 watts. I am working on the antenna > today. > Thanks for all your input. > > Brian > KF5CCN > ______________________________________________________________ > Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net > AMRadio mailing list > Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ > List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html > List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net > To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with > the word unsubscribe in the message body. > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
