Do you guys know ON4UN? He died and his memorial is in 30 minutes... here is the link:
digital farewell ceremony will be held tomorrow, Saturday November 21 at 14:00 UTC You can follow it through the link below https://cmore.be/afscheid-john-devoldere/ Warm regards Marleen Devoldere Can you broadcast this as I am blocked on BVARC and TDXS mailing lists On Fri, Nov 20, 2020 at 6:25 PM Rick Hiller via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > Nice complete cookbook type video. An antenna analyzer certainly helps > adjust things. Either the MFJ or the Nano VNA can show you the feed Z -- > Resistance AND the reactance showing whether it is short (Xc -j) or long > (Xl +j). > GL......73...Rick > > > On Fri, Nov 20, 2020 at 2:00 PM KJ Anderson via BVARC <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Definitely look at a NanoVNA. It’s cheap and does all the things. >> >> >> >> *-------------------------------------------------* >> >> *KJ Anderson* >> >> 253-380-2636 >> >> www.linkedin.com/in/scrumnerd >> >> >> >> *From:* BVARC <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Michael >> Giannaccio via BVARC >> *Sent:* Friday, November 20, 2020 1:37 PM >> *To:* mark janzer via BVARC <[email protected]> >> *Cc:* Michael Giannaccio <[email protected]> >> *Subject:* Re: [BVARC] Antenna feed point help >> >> >> >> Thanks for the info Mark! Good read on the hairpin match. That makes >> sense that maybe just a possible shorter hairpin match could be the ticket. >> I guess I'll be looking into getting an antenna analyzer. I'll need one >> around the shack anyway in the future. >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> Mike Giannaccio >> >> KI5LFZ >> >> >> >> >> >> On Friday, November 20, 2020, 12:44:00 PM CST, mark janzer via BVARC < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> Here's a youtube of constructing a tape measure yagi, for reference. >> >> >> >> (1) Tape Measure Yagi Beam Antenna - Ham Radio Q&A - YouTube >> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmHoQrDfw-0&feature=emb_logo> >> >> >> >> Tape Measure Yagi Beam Antenna - Ham Radio Q&A >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Trying your modification may only require experimental adjustment of the >> hairpin match. >> >> You'll want to use an antenna analyzer to check it. >> >> >> >> Here's an article on the hairpin match. >> >> >> >> HairpinArticleFix (ehpes.com) >> <http://ehpes.com/n6mw/HairpinArticleFix.pdf> >> >> >> >> Hopefully someone from AMSAT (Andy? W5ACM or Rick HIller W5RH) can shed >> more light on this. >> >> >> >> >> >> 73 >> >> Mark >> >> K5MGJ >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Friday, November 20, 2020, 11:09:31 AM CST, Michael Giannaccio via >> BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> Good morning, >> >> >> >> I'm wanting to build a 2m tape measure yagi and I'm seeing that most of >> the designs on the web are feeding it with a length of RG58 coax stripped >> at the end and soldered to the driven element. However what I was thinking >> of doing is putting an SO239 connector right at the feed point of the >> driven element and mounted to a pvc conduit body. Then making a short >> jump (3 inches max) with 12 ga solid wire and soldering them to the >> element. I really have no experience with this kind of stuff and I'm >> wondering if this would work or if it would horribly impact the performance >> of the antenna. Sorry if this a dumb question! >> >> >> >> I'm appreciative of any help you can offer. >> >> >> >> Thanks! >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> Mike Giannaccio >> >> KI5LFZ >> >> ________________________________________________ >> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >> >> BVARC mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> >> ________________________________________________ >> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >> >> BVARC mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> ________________________________________________ >> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >> >> BVARC mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> > > > -- > Rick Hiller > *e-mail: [email protected] <[email protected]>* > *Cell: 832-474-3713* > *Physical: 9031 Troulon Drive* > * Houston, TX 77036* > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >
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