[IRCA] Antennas

The wind has died down to gusts to about 45 MPH, so I went out in the backyard and took a quick check of the antennas and all look fine. I pulled on the beverage and it's fine too. I expected them to come through this as our peak gusts were only 67 MPH and they only lasted for 2-3 hours. When the w

Re: [IRCA] Antennas

Patrick Martin wrote: >Thanks for the advice on the Cablecaster. We now have a Home Depot > about 3 miles away and they may have the item too. I get a wire up into > a tree, I have used long PVC poles. It works but takes a bit to ballance > things. If you can use a "wrist rocket slin

Re: [IRCA] Antennas

Bruce, Our Pacific storm has been downgraded to gusts of 50 MPH tonight, so no biggie. Those tree behind the house have been weakened by the hurricane of last Dec. I just do not want to have deal with more trees down. The antennas are anchored to the tree behind the house too. Thanks for the ad

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I have something similar. Mine is called a Greenlee Cablecaster. It looks like a cross between a dart gun and a fishing reel. It was actually designed for electricians who need to pull wire long distances above suspended ceilings etc. You aim it, pull the trigger, and it shoots a dart attac

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Thanks Patrick. Now that is an idea! I will check it out. Patrick Patrick Martin KGED QSL Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are

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Patrick I saw an antenna launcher for sale on e-bay a couple days ago. It is designed to let you launch antenna wires over trees or for long distances. It has a fishing reel attached to let you reel it back in. It appears to be based on one of those tennis ball launchers for exercising your dog. P

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Hi Kevin, I hope not too. Repairing the Beverage is the roughest one to do, since 500 feet of it is elevated. Patrick Patrick Martin KGED QSL Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opi

Re: [IRCA] Antennas for receiving...

Chris From: "Neil Kazaross" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Neil Kazaross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" Subject: Re: [IRCA] Antennas for receiving...

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end QRM, but in comparison to aiming right at the DX, the back end DX will be a few dB down, but often the directivity will be so good, you'll get good stuff anyhow. 73 KAZ - Original Message - From: "CHRIS KNIGHT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, August

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Neil, Re. your terminated BoG, what is the typical value of termination resistance and how should this vary per wire length? Can you null anything with just this one antenna alone? Is having just one antenna terminated an "optimal" situation? This has me thinking that I could place a tempora

Re: [IRCA] Antennas for receiving...

The Superloop seems like a great antenna that can give very sharp backside nulls compared to my flag. I had one up momentarily last spring prior to digging a garden (in the exact spot where it was). It was only 12' x 27' and didn't provide sufficient gain but almost did. The next antenna will be

Re: [IRCA] Antennas for receiving...

At 19:46 8/23/2008, you wrote: >It's getting toward that time of year to put up some more antennas. So, I'm >looking for suggestions as to which antenna is the best one to put up in a 60 >foot by 90 foot lot for AM BCB reception that will either outperform or >complement an existing 16' x 36' f

Re: [IRCA] Antennas for receiving...

Thanks Gil & KAZ for the information! Basically, any of the cardioid antennas (flag, pennant, KAZ, Ewe) perform about the same, but the Ewe eliminates the "trip" wire is what I'm understanding. The BoG system is absolutely ingenius! Unfotunately, there's no room for it at this QTH. The BoG woul

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;Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2008 6:16 PM Subject: Re: [IRCA] Antennas for receiving... Chris, The advantage the ewe has over the others that you listed is that it functions quite well without an elevated return line. The rest

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Chris, The advantage the ewe has over the others that you listed is that it functions quite well without an elevated return line. The rest require an elevated return line (front yard trip wire). I have tried a return line on a ewe connecting the ground rods, but didn't notice any difference in p

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Patrick, Thanks for the suggestions! The EWE would be a good one for the front yard as my daughter has a little Pekinese dog in the backyard who likes to help out with ground conductivity (if you know what I mean). A 10' x 40' KAZ antenna would conform pretty nicely. I don't know much about th

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Chris, You may try a K9AY, KAZ, or a EWE. My favorite is the EWE as you may know, but you do need a good ground for it. K9AY or KAZs would be better with a poorer ground. I had a K9AY for a couple seasons and logged two new Filipinos. One was 1 KW. Patrick Patrick Martin KGED QSL Manager ___

[IRCA] Antennas for receiving...

It's getting toward that time of year to put up some more antennas. So, I'm looking for suggestions as to which antenna is the best one to put up in a 60 foot by 90 foot lot for AM BCB reception that will either outperform or complement an existing 16' x 36' flag antenna (I have a Quantum Phaser

Re: [IRCA] Antennas!

Nice photos, Bob, I wonder how upset my neighbors would be if I put one of those up in the back yard, hi, hi. I would have to scan it, but I have a picture of the Deutsche Telekom antenna farm at Jülich and that is quite impressive as well. 73 Joe On Wed, 2 Apr 2008 07:44:58 -0700 (PDT), Bob

[IRCA] Antennas!

With apologies, this is shortwave, but anyone that messes with radios has to be impressed. 80m high, 87m wide, 6-26 MHz. Bob Coomler Cloverdale, CA ___ IRCA mailing

[IRCA] Antennas

Greetings everyone, Well the two EWE's are back up and going. I was up the tree in the backyard 3 times yesterday. Then in the afternoon inbetween service calls, I got the first 450-500 feet of the Eastern beverage up. But what a job, more ladders and trees to climb. One thing I have had trouble w

[IRCA] Antennas & home owners associations

Les, I have to live under the laws of the homeowners association They allow one antenna outside, with the homeowners associations approval. I use the High Performance Active Whip and the H-800 active antenna. I have the High Performance Active Whip mounted on a 18' window washers pole. I d