Re: [Drakelist] Drakelist Digest, Vol 33, Issue 12
I'm with you , Don - I was wondering : what am I missing? Actually, from what I understand, we should all go back to the old ladder line to feed the antenna because it has the lowest losses - not convenient in most cases 73 de Grant I On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 7:32 AM, Don Cunningham wrote: > Grant, > It's a matter of "personal preference", and you'll get as many yeas as > nays. I subscribe to the old school, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!". I > suspect some of this comes from VHF/UHF usage of coaxes, and they DO make a > tremendous difference there, but under 30 megs, loss is minimal in good > quality coax. When we could get Belden Coax at a decent price, most thought > RG-213 was better than "regular" RG-8, but likely there was little > different. You will have some more loss with RG-8X, but with low power, you > shouldn't notice enough difference to warrant a change. Only my opinion, no > more factual than any else, hi. > 73, > Don, WB5HAK > ___ Drakelist mailing list Drakelist@zerobeat.net http://mailman.zerobeat.net/mailman/listinfo/drakelist
Re: [Drakelist] Drakelist Digest, Vol 33, Issue 12
Grant, It's a matter of "personal preference", and you'll get as many yeas as nays. I subscribe to the old school, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!". I suspect some of this comes from VHF/UHF usage of coaxes, and they DO make a tremendous difference there, but under 30 megs, loss is minimal in good quality coax. When we could get Belden Coax at a decent price, most thought RG-213 was better than "regular" RG-8, but likely there was little different. You will have some more loss with RG-8X, but with low power, you shouldn't notice enough difference to warrant a change. Only my opinion, no more factual than any else, hi. 73, Don, WB5HAK___ Drakelist mailing list Drakelist@zerobeat.net http://mailman.zerobeat.net/mailman/listinfo/drakelist
Re: [Drakelist] Drakelist Digest, Vol 33, Issue 12
> > I've been using a Cushcraft R-7 "half-wave" Vertical on the roof of my > house driven be my Drake gear; I've been feeding it with RG-8X with no > problem, both QRP and QRO. I'm curious why we should avoid RG-8X? What's > the big deal about the "X" cable? > BTW, the R-7 is designed to configure and operate with no radials, and is very easy to assemble, erect and tune. I also have the Butternut HF-6 which works great! but requires some work to its "mind right," adjusting the sections and the radials and the ground. can't say that one is a better performer than the other but the Cushcraft is definitely easier. Grant > Message: 7 > Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 20:49:18 -0500 > From: Richard Palmer > To: drakelist@zerobeat.net > Subject: Re: [Drakelist] Station upgrade? > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Well I'm guessing that the only thing that has changed antenna wise is it's > advertising. And most of that is now not only crap, it is an out and out > lie. And because the ARRL(for one) does not require truth in the > advertising > that they print it sorta looks like there is all this new stuff. Most > notably are vertical antennas that do not require radials or even a > counterpoise. > > I use a Butternut HF-6V with a MN2000 and have (can) tune the WARC bands > with it. > I know that this does not directly address your system but the theory does. > If your MN2700 is anything like the older MN2000 you should not have a > problem. DO NOT use RG8X. I think that anything short of Times LMR 400 is a > waste of money and time. > > The best thing anyone can do is to ignore the advertising and get your > information from other Hams... just like you are doing. > > Take Care > KB8NXO > > On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 6:30 PM, Michael & Sue Trussell < > mtruss8...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > The weather and old age have taken its toll on my old AV5 Cushcraft 5 > band > > vertical antenna. I am considering a purchase of another all band > MBVE-1UP > > 45 foot vertical by DX Engineering. Because I have been out of amateur > radio > > for many years the technical knowledge that I thought knew about antennas > > and such has evolved so much by the various equipment manufactures that > my > > knowledge base has become outdated somewhat. I need to stick with a > vertical > > because of lack real estate and living in a city lot! > > > > > End of Drakelist Digest, Vol 33, Issue 12 > * > ___ Drakelist mailing list Drakelist@zerobeat.net http://mailman.zerobeat.net/mailman/listinfo/drakelist
