I just got more than a dozen IRCA list e-mails, including this one. Is it just my ISP that's running late? Or are others getting yesterday's posts today?
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gil Stacy Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 3:51 PM To: Les Rayburn; Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Subject: Re: [IRCA] Deed Restrictions and DXing Les, With a 7' tall fence, you are 2/3 to ½ way up for a collapsible ewe for nighttime work. Any way to clamp temporary, lightweight poles at night on the fence to hold up a ewe 12-15' above the ground with a 30-40' run? Stealthy #26 black-jacketed Copperweld is what I use for my ewes. The camp commandant, Colonel Klinkette, to whom I'm married, can spot a new antenna in our yard a mile away, at night, in a fog bank while looking the other way with her eyes closed. But not the ewe and she has walked underneath it every day for almost two months. It straddles the home's entrance sidewalk 18' above, and the vertical elements parallel two sweet gum tree trunks 3' out to the ground. The terminating resistor assembly is in a 3" long capped pvc tube, covered with black tape for camouflage; it lies on the lawn and is tied into the water meter in the front yard for ground The xrfrmr is in a small RS project box on a short ground rod. Emboldened by its invisibility and performance, 3 weeks ago, I put up another alongside the house. We tunnel out of here on the new moon. If you can put up a flagpole, you can put up a vertical antenna for HF. You said bogs were out, but are temporary bogs totally out of the question? Out at night, up at dawn, behind the house? I use military commo wire (WD-1/TT) for bogs, After an unsuccessful effort in the front street gutter (the antenna, not me; most likely there is rebar in curb) earlier this month. Last night, I ran it behind the house 500' down the dirt lane. It showed high promise as it performed very well. Curiously, the Bog heard VI's WDHP 1620 3 dB lower than the ewe, but ZIZ 555 was 3dB stronger than the ewe. The ewe and BOG fire the same azimuth, 118 degrees, and St. Thomas and St.Kitts-Nevis are roughly the same bearing (within 2 degrees) and distance (within a 100 miles). The Bog takes 3 minutes to roll it up on a $6 extension cord reel I bought from HD. 73, Gil NN4CW Savannah, GA _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected] _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
