I must wonder why you're endeavoring to replace your 80' wire when it seems to suit your needs. It's not like you're planning to transmit.
On Sat, Apr 30, 2016 at 7:26 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. < walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com> wrote: > well, in buying this I have learned I don't like "projects", stuff I have > to source parts for and then put together. Nothing is available locally, so > it all has to be bought and shipped here to Alaska. > > The ALA100LN has sat in the corner of my living room for weeks, unused > with no progress made towards getting it up and working. > > This is the antenna where you supply your own wire. I have the wire but no > way to power the antenna. Where I DX is nowhere near power sources and > trying to find the right parts, adapters and batteries to power it has > proven to be useless, annoying and a complete waste of time as I can't find > what I need > > I need 2 support structures, one to hang the top of the wire off, I've > got that.. but no second support structure for it. > > For the loop to be useful, it'd have to be 7-10 feet big here in Alaska > and that's too big to be portable. I can't leave it in the trees or it'll > be torn down. > > And making the loop 7 to 10 feet big is too big for it to be portable and > too big for me to carry it across the street and back home each time I use > it. > > I likely should've never bought the ALA100LN because I don't like > "projects" where I have to put stuff together. I don't really have anyone > here to help me with this stuff. I'm in a village of 500 people and we're > the town/village for 250 miles. > > I don't have the patience and attention span to deal with this any longer. > When I buy something. I don't expect it to take weeks or months to get > working. > > Right now, I roll out my longwire on the ground when I go outside for the > night and roll it back up when I go inside. I can't leave it outside any > longer as someone tore my old one down out of the trees and left it in a > clump. > > I wish the "pre made" wellbrook loops weren't so expensive($400 to > $500US), I'd buy one of them, mount it on a wooden pole and call it a day. > > So my advice is, for those who aren't handy/don't like projects/are a > little impatient like me, stay away from the ALA100LN. It requires more > parts then they will sell you and takes time to figure out and put > together. Not worth it. > > Such as it is.. I'll keep looking for some kind of loop I don't have to > put together. The 80 foot long wire I've got right now seems to suit my > needs > > > Paul > > > > _______________________________________________ > Swprograms mailing list > Swprograms@hard-core-dx.com > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms > > To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to > swprograms-requ...@hard-core-dx.com?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL > shown above. > > >
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