Howdy All, The powers that be have allowed me the honor of putting up one of my APWD antennas up for our club¹s Special Event station. APWD: APeriodic Wideband Dipole. I¹ve started building one with the newest design.
Safety is of prime importance when putting up antennas and the plan is to put the antenna up before folks start setting up for the hamfest. For those of you who are familiar with the fairgrounds, there exist 2 lamp poles neatly bisecting the area between the big building and the smaller building where speakers are imprisoned <grin>. The plan is to use squidding line, a wrist rocket and a 1 1/2 ounce teardrop sinker to get a line over the poles. For those who have been to my QTH, you saw the line over a 65¹ pine tree. The 600-ohm feeder will be brought down to the balun box and then coax into the building to our station. I think a crew of me and 3 other helpful people would suffice. This would provide 2 people to watch for safety while things are underway to keep people, vehicles and any low-flying aircraft out of the works. And yes, we will have safety tape around the balun post to keep the curious from touching the binding posts on the balun when the station is transmitting. (I just know somebody was going to ask). There will be a non-powered balun on my table for people to look and touch. Show of hands? 73! Bill Bill Crowell, N4HPG Pearland, TX Text messaging one-handed since 1982
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