The ala100ln was supposed to be better then a long wire, thats why i bought it
Paul On Sat, Apr 30, 2016 at 4:50 PM, Scott Royall <roy...@conchbbs.com> wrote: > 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. >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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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