I am using a Hi-Z 8 here along with a Waller Flag?? (From N4IS es TopBand
Systems) at 95 feet. In the past I had up a K9AY antennas, several short
beverages and several Ewe's. I also had up a low dipole at one time.
What I am using now is head and shoulders above any of the above listed
compromise antennas. I can hear stuff now I could NEVER hear before....
73,
John, W4NU
Atlanta
(K4JAG 1959 to 1998)
On 7/29/2019 9:40 AM, Mark - N5OT wrote:
This is a really good answer. Thanks Tim.
73 - Mark N5OT
On 7/29/2019 7:12 AM, Tim Shoppa wrote:
Terry, I strongly encourage you to put up the K9AY. By no numerical
measure is it the best. But it???s easy to put up and Compared to all
the others, it is relatively insensitive to other objects around it.
And for a first RC antenna, it is super satisfying to click between
directions and hear stations in the null disappear as proof of
directivity.
Interactions with other antennas is a ???big station problem??? and you
or I won???t notice what bothers the big stations.
Tim N3QE
On Jul 29, 2019, at 12:27 AM, terry burge <k...@comcast.net> wrote:
Hi folks,
I have four kits purchased on ebay for receive antennas as well as a
bi-directional beverage from KD9SV. Looking on my county plot map it
looks like I can run about a 412' beverage using my neighbors ground
and mine. Got a good neighbor you could say who just doesn't want a
BOG to trip on but a beverage not too low to walk into is Ok. My
ebay provided kits are DHDL, EWE and Penant/flag/diamond from a low
cost Canada source. But I'm faced with the problem of fences, power
lines, roads and my TX antennas on my 1 1/2 acre plot. If one of
those antennas could handle being near the fences,etc or TX antennas
I'd like to hear about it. I've already got a K9AY in the works and
that one is near my 40 meter 4-square. Running the beverage is going
to be near or even under my K8UR style 80 meter 4-square made with
1/2 WL slopers. I've thought some about converting the 80 meter
4-square to using 3":irrigation tubing extended with some 3"
irrigation tubing and a coil at the elevated base but I'm j
ust not sure if it would be an improvement. It would be near 50'
verticals if I could do it. Not sure if I would lose too much gain.
Any suggestions other?? than 'give up'? I've always had a time
hearing the DX especially on 160 meters.
Terry
KI7M
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