Had some antenna problems this weekend , so took the wires down and today astily made a rotating dipole for 20M. I made it out of scrap aluminum tubing , mostly scavaged from old antennas that I find at yardsale or hamfests.
Currently it is only up at 20 feet but increased WWV's 15Mhz signal from S6 to 10 over 9 (comparing with the R7 vertical). With my tuner it loads on 75-80, and 40 (have not tried other bands yet). Previously, my wire sloper would not load on 75 M and my vertical is too noisy on 80M. So, if anyone local/regional wants to try 80 or 40 tonight, I would like a couple of tests. The antenna is just twisting in the breeze, actually quite a breeze today,hanging from a tree branch. I'll eventually figure out a mechanism for securing it in place and using some rope to turn it. It appears to have settled in to an east-west postion and thus should favor signals north-south. With its low height it may be more omnidirectional. Listening to WWV I did get a deep dip from 10 over 9 to S5 at one time, not sure if that was the antenna shifting in the wind or just QSB. Sounded more like antenna change than the typical QSB. Andy K3UK K3UK DX Cluster via telnet://cluster.dnyalias.org Other K3UK-CARC Groups DIGITALRADIO Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/ MixW Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ Unsubscribe this group via [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carcomm/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
