Re: [RE][drakelist] Request Drake users experience, opinions and comments for an all
Hello everyone Another $0.02 I agree with Rich. I use a G5RV at 45 ft. in a crowded neighborhood. It has 450 ohm ladder line coming straight down from the center. I use coax into the shack and a home made balun where the feed lines meet. I use it with my Drake transceivers. I can work anything I can hear barefoot and tune it to almost unity with either of my Drake tuners. Real sweet on 20m. One thing I found important is a good ground to everything. It is neighbor friendly as it has darker wire and dark nylon support lines so it blends right into the background of trees and such. Like Rich said, inexpensive and easy to erect. I plotted tuner settings for different bands and noticed that it tunes a little different depending on the weather but nothing significant. Lots of rain out here in Oregon. Regards Steve WA7EZB > "Richard Arland, W3OSS" made an utterance to the > drakelist gang > -- > Gang: > > Gotta put my $0.02 in. > > I have known Jim Thompson owner of The Radio Works, since he first started > the business in the early 1980s. I have reviewed a number of his antennas > over the years. The number ONE thing about t The Radio Works and Jim > Thompson: consistency. He builds quality products AFTER he researches the > topic. There is NOTHING magic about his antennas; just solid antenna > physics, quality components, and excellent quality control. He can back up > his claims with data taken from antenna modeling and actual on-air use. > > In 1987 I had the unique opportunity to test one of his standard G5RVs > against a full size 40M dipole, both erected at the same height (about 45 > ft) of the ground.. Hands down, the winner was the G5RV! Absolutely the > best antenna when compared to the dipole. There was no formal test bed, just > on-air testing and the G5RV easily outperformed the dipole. > > Six years earlier, at the RSGB HF Convention at Oxford (UK), I was able to > get 20 minutes of one-on-one face time with Lou Varney, G5RV. We discussed > his mystical antenna and I got quite an education. First of all Lou > designed the antenna as a single band (20M) gain antenna TO BE USED WITH AN > ANTENNA TUNER!! The fact that it worked on other bands was a definatet > "plus", but Lou was specific when he talked about the antena that bears his > callsign: it was a single band wire gain antenna! > > Having said all this: if I was limited to only ONE antenna for HF work, it > would be the G5RV, no question. Even at low heights this antenna works > great. They are inexpensive, easy to erect (just like a diople) and since > the feedline terminates in a piece of coaxial cable routing the feedline > into the shack is not a challenge. REMEMBER to use a tuner!!! The antenna, > while being multi-band, will tune most, if not all the HF ham bands (160 > might be a little tough, but mine would do it) howver, a TUNER is > MANDATORY. If you go with an altered feedline configuration (300 or 450 ohm > ladder line all the way in from the antnna feedpoint to the transmitter) you > can achieve true multiband performance. Just remember, it won't be a gain > antenna on all bands. > > 73 Rich W3OS >
Re: [drakelist] Who is the guy on ebay?
His name is John Kriner, he worked for Drake for many years. He has a store on "E-" The URL is: http://stores.ebay.com/The-Mans-Amateur-Parts-Supply Regards Steve WA7EZB > -- > Who is the guy on ebay that bought much of Drake's ham radio parts > when they quit making ham gear? I just was looking for him on ebay > and can't seem to find him right now. If anyone knows how to reach > him that would be great. > > Al, n7ioh > > > -- > Submissions: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - unsubscribe drakelist in body > Hopelessly Lost: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - help in body of message > Zerobeat Web Page: www.zerobeat.net - sponsored by www.tlchost.net > --
[drakelist] FW: From Steve WA7EZB
-- I second (or third) that. John is honest and competent Hi All John Kriner is a first rate service tech for Drake gear. He just serviced a TR-5 for me and is doing another radio this summer. Fair rates, excellent work and first rate safe shipping. He went the extra mile for me and even replaced some cosmetic parts I couldn't find. He worked many years at the Drake factory and used to have a web site. He said he is working on a new one. Also, sorry for opening the can of worms on the logbook mail damage. As a side note, I looked up some of the faces in the logbook from the Drake book I purchased and recognized some of them. The logbooks look vintage which adds to their appeal. Regards Steve WA7EZB
Re: [drakelist] Technology strikes
Thom The exact same thing happened to me as I mentioned in my earlier e-mail. Glad you got it straightened out. Steve WA7EZB -- Original message -- From: Thom LaCosta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Thom LaCosta made an utterance to the drakelist gang > -- > I discovered why Joe didn't claim his moneyhe never got it. > > I happened to ask the PayPal merchant services folks some questions about > what I > want to do with the web hosting businessand asked them to explain what > would > cause the "unclaimed" message.I gave them the transaction > information...low > and behold, there had been a glitch somewhereand I redid the payment. > > Hopefully Joe will see it tonight before he leaves. > > I didn't him to think I was a deadbeat, nor did I want to miss the logbooks. > > 73,Thom-k3hrn > www.zerobeat.net Home of QRP Web Ring, Drakelist home page,Drake Web Ring, > QRP IRC channel, Drake IRC Channel, Elecraft Owners Database > www.tlchost.net/hosting/ *** Web Hosting as low as 3.49/month > > -- > Submissions: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - unsubscribe drakelist in body > Hopelessly Lost: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - help in body of message > Zerobeat Web Page: www.zerobeat.net - sponsored by www.tlchost.net > --
Re: [drakelist] LogBook Deadbeat
> Thom LaCosta made an utterance to the drakelist gang > -- > I just looked at my paypal account and see that the payment to Joe has not > been > claimedand his web site shows that I have not paid via check. > > Hopefully he won't dump my logbooks at Dayton and he'll claim his money at > paypal. > > Thom > Thom I've noticed that Joe updates his site late in the day. I sent him a confirming e-mail to make sure there were no problems with PayPal. I had one problem before due to a server issue with them. Here is his e-mail address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] If there are any problems, I would be happy to share mine with you Thom. I purchased extra ones to help out the cause. Regards Steve WA7EZB
