I have one up on a pole about 30 feet. I cut the stinger for 10m meters and it tunes and works great on 10m and fairly well on 15m
I have some scans if you want them. Have Fun, KG5LRP. On Thu, Apr 18, 2019 at 7:10 PM DAVID M GRAY JR via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > W5TOM….. I checked out some of your movies… good stuff. Thank you! > > David K5HEC > > > > On Apr 18, 2019, at 2:53 PM, Tom M. Morton via BVARC <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Martin: > > Please visit my you tube antenna vids and you will learn why what you are > doing doesn't work and some ways to make a good HF antenna. If you need > help, call me at 281-352-4818 and we will get you on the air. For vids go > to you tube and search w5tom and watch the vids. Also go to w5tom.com > and visit antenna listings. > Good Luck, Tom > Tom > > On 4/18/2019 1:43 PM, Martin Blaise via BVARC wrote: > > Ok I will explain I connected the solarcon antenna to the coax that runs > into my house. Gus checked the coax and it’s good. The cushcraft r5 > matching box however is not working properly when you put the antenna > switch to that antenna you get no signals on any band 20 through 10. So I > decided to try other antennas with the coax such as solarcon. When I say > did not tune I mean the yaesu 450d internal antenna tuner did not tune any > of the bands not surprising since the solarcon cb antenna was in the back > yard for years. Finally I took a piece of Belden cable and cut the end to > expose the shield and the center conductor and I measured wire for the > length of a 20 meter dipole and the soldered the wires to the coax. Then I > plugged this antenna in but I got the same response where the hf rig did > not tune anywhere on 20 meters and the noise level was so low it was like > no antenna was connected. I have never been able to solder very well. At > this point I am thinking of just buying an antenna if it doesn’t work then > maybe it is the coax I hope that helps I am just having a hard time and no > I don’t have an antenna analyzer I cannot afford one at the moment I just > cannot believe that I can’t build a simple dipole > > On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 12:20 PM msircg--- via BVARC <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Do you have an antenna analyzer like the MFJ 259 (?) >> If not get one >> Michael Monsour ac0tx >> >> *Sent from my LG K10, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone* >> >> ------ Original message------ >> *From: *Gus Bernard via BVARC >> *Date: *Mon, Apr 15, 2019 10:48 AM >> *To: *BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB; >> *Cc: *Gus Bernard; >> *Subject:*Re: [BVARC] Solarcon antenna tests >> >> YouTube David Tadlock. >> >> Gus >> >> On Fri, Apr 12, 2019, 4:11 PM Martin Blaise via BVARC <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> I found an old Solarcon vertical antenna in my backyard. CB antenna that >>> some say will work on 20 through 10 meters. My test results: >>> 20 does not tune >>> 17 does not tune >>> 15 does not tune >>> 12 does not tune >>> 10 does not tune >>> Was looking for a quick antenna for 20 meters. Well this won't work. I >>> built a 20-meter dipole but it did not work. I'm not the best solderer. >>> Maybe I can find something on Ebay. Any suggestions? >>> >>> >>> <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> >>> Virus-free. >>> www.avg.com >>> <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> BVARC mailing list >>> Radio,Radio,Radio We are a radio Club! >>> Talk it up! 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