Re: Topband: Radials over a stone wall

2012-09-13 Thread N2TK, Tony
pband [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Tom W8JI Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 1:50 PM To: N2TK, Tony; 'topband' Subject: Re: Topband: Radials over a stone wall > Thanks for the info. This is what I was looking for - info from > someone who has modeled the radials and

Re: Topband: Radials over a stone wall

2012-09-13 Thread Tom W8JI
Thanks for the info. This is what I was looking for - info from someone who has modeled the radials and/or actual experience with measurements. Going over the wall simplifies things for me both for the shunt fed tower for topband and for the radials for the 80M 4-sq. I plan on soldering the radia

Re: Topband: Radials over a stone wall

2012-09-13 Thread N2TK, Tony
radials together for both antennas wherever they crisscross. 73, N2TK, Tony -Original Message- From: Tom W8JI [mailto:w...@w8ji.com] Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 11:27 AM To: N2TK, Tony; 'topband' Subject: Re: Topband: Radials over a stone wall > Thanks for all the fe

Re: Topband: Radials over a stone wall

2012-09-13 Thread Tom W8JI
Thanks for all the feedback on how to get the radials over/under/through the wall. After playing with this for the past few weeks I realize no way to go under as test poundings on rods indicates the wall is too deep. Tony, Sometimes things get lost in all the traffic on debatable topics. You

Re: Topband: Radials over a stone wall

2012-09-13 Thread N2TK, Tony
Thanks for all the feedback on how to get the radials over/under/through the wall. After playing with this for the past few weeks I realize no way to go under as test poundings on rods indicates the wall is too deep. Without dismantling the wall the only way I can get through is possible drill

Re: Topband: Radials over a stone wall

2012-08-11 Thread ZR
- Original Message - From: "Mike Waters" To: ; "topband" Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2012 11:04 AM Subject: Re: Topband: Radials over a stone wall > On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 9:10 AM, Herb Schoenbohm > wrote: > >> When drilling in stone to prevent o

Re: Topband: Radials over a stone wall

2012-08-11 Thread Mike Waters
On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 9:10 AM, Herb Schoenbohm wrote: > When drilling in stone to prevent overheating of the drill bit and tip > consider using water as a coolant. > You have to be careful doing that. Some types of carbide will instantly crack from the thermal shock of cooling too fast. It's b

Re: Topband: Radials over a stone wall

2012-08-11 Thread Herb Schoenbohm
here you sit on the ground to work and then lay down >> when tired and keep drilling! >> >> Carl >> KM1H >> >> >> - Original Message ----- >> From: "Herb Schoenbohm" >> To: "N2TK, Tony" >> Cc: "'topband'

Re: Topband: Radials over a stone wall

2012-08-11 Thread W2PM
rge field stones. It would be rough to drill >>> through >>> all of that. I had thought about taking portion of the wall apart but >>> figured I would never get it back to looking as good as it does now. The >>> stones go fairly deep so not much chance of going under the wa

Re: Topband: Radials over a stone wall

2012-08-10 Thread Herb Schoenbohm
On 8/10/2012 4:52 PM, Bill Wichers wrote: > The directional drilling rigs used for fiber installation "under > highways", etc., aren't *attachments*, they are big hydraulic machines > with 6 figure price tags. Bill I used here a Bobcat with a vibrating plow attachment for short runs. It also had

Re: Topband: Radials over a stone wall

2012-08-10 Thread Jon Zaimes AA1K
t back to looking as good as it does now. The > stones go fairly deep so not much chance of going under the wall. > > 73, > N2TK, Tony > > -Original Message- > From: Bill Wichers [mailto:bi...@waveform.net] > Sent: Friday, August 10, 2012 12:26 PM > To: N2TK, Tony; topband

Re: Topband: Radials over a stone wall

2012-08-10 Thread Bill Wichers
The directional drilling rigs used for fiber installation "under highways", etc., aren't *attachments*, they are big hydraulic machines with 6 figure price tags. I doubt very much anyone would lone one out, and I wouldn't want to borrow one if I didn't know how to run it. Also, directional drilling

Re: Topband: Radials over a stone wall

2012-08-10 Thread Clive GM3POI
heavy drill. 73 Clive GM3POI -Original Message- From: topband-boun...@contesting.com [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] On Behalf Of N2TK, Tony Sent: 10 August 2012 18:21 To: 'topband' Subject: Re: Topband: Radials over a stone wall Thanks Bill and Herb about drilling a ho

Re: Topband: Radials over a stone wall

2012-08-10 Thread ZR
so not much chance of going under the wall. >> >> 73, >> N2TK, Tony >> >> -Original Message- >> From: Bill Wichers [mailto:bi...@waveform.net] >> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2012 12:26 PM >> To: N2TK, Tony; topband >> Subject: RE: Topba

Re: Topband: Radials over a stone wall

2012-08-10 Thread Herb Schoenbohm
ng as good as it does now. The > stones go fairly deep so not much chance of going under the wall. > > 73, > N2TK, Tony > > -Original Message- > From: Bill Wichers [mailto:bi...@waveform.net] > Sent: Friday, August 10, 2012 12:26 PM > To: N2TK, Tony; topband > Subject:

Re: Topband: Radials over a stone wall

2012-08-10 Thread N2TK, Tony
bject: RE: Topband: Radials over a stone wall I would expect an "up and over" to clear the wall would result in a choke-like effect on the radial and would, at best, reduce the radial's effectiveness. It should be easy to just drill some small (maybe 1/4"?) holes through the wal

Re: Topband: Radials over a stone wall

2012-08-10 Thread N2TK, Tony
over a stone wall I can run a NEC simulation tomorrow to see how much radials up and over affect things. Dave WX7G On Aug 10, 2012 10:16 AM, "Herb Schoenbohm" wrote: > On 8/10/2012 11:17 AM, N2TK, Tony wrote: > > I shunt feed my tower for topband. I use variable vacuum

Re: Topband: Radials over a stone wall

2012-08-10 Thread N2TK, Tony
d: Radials over a stone wall What about pushing them thru holes in the wall? I do that with the radials for a pair of 2 wire Beverages that terminate at trees right at the wall which has been there since at least the early 1800's. If you have to push 2-3 thru the same hole it shouldnt mat

Re: Topband: Radials over a stone wall

2012-08-10 Thread DAVID CUTHBERT
Simulation will tell the tale but in the mean time we have two things caused by the up-and-over that we can mull over: 1) There is cancellation of the magnetic fields by the up-and-over wires thereby minimizing any additional inductance to the normal radial return current. 2) current is induced i

Re: Topband: Radials over a stone wall

2012-08-10 Thread Bill Wichers
I would expect an "up and over" to clear the wall would result in a choke-like effect on the radial and would, at best, reduce the radial's effectiveness. It should be easy to just drill some small (maybe 1/4"?) holes through the wall in a few places to pass the radials through. With a decent hamm

Re: Topband: Radials over a stone wall

2012-08-10 Thread DAVID CUTHBERT
I can run a NEC simulation tomorrow to see how much radials up and over affect things. Dave WX7G On Aug 10, 2012 10:16 AM, "Herb Schoenbohm" wrote: > On 8/10/2012 11:17 AM, N2TK, Tony wrote: > > I shunt feed my tower for topband. I use variable vacuum caps and a > vacuum > > relay at the base to

Re: Topband: Radials over a stone wall

2012-08-10 Thread Herb Schoenbohm
On 8/10/2012 11:17 AM, N2TK, Tony wrote: > I shunt feed my tower for topband. I use variable vacuum caps and a vacuum > relay at the base to switch between the low end and the high end of the > band. It seems to work okay. I have 100' buried radials spaced 10' at the > ends from o degrees going clo

Re: Topband: Radials over a stone wall

2012-08-10 Thread ZR
What about pushing them thru holes in the wall? I do that with the radials for a pair of 2 wire Beverages that terminate at trees right at the wall which has been there since at least the early 1800's. If you have to push 2-3 thru the same hole it shouldnt matter. Carl KM1H - Original Me