Re: [BVARC] name that antenna?

2023-05-15 Thread Rick Hiller via BVARC
t way to learn. > > > > 73/chris > > > > *From:* BVARC *On Behalf Of *Rick Hiller via > BVARC > *Sent:* Monday, May 15, 2023 10:28 AM > *To:* BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB > *Cc:* Rick Hiller > *Subject:* Re: [BVARC] name that antenna? > > > > Mar

Re: [BVARC] name that antenna?

2023-05-15 Thread M Reiter via BVARC
ks like? Im having trouble picturing it.. since I >>> suddenly don’t think the sticks are end to end. >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* BVARC *On Behalf Of *Mike Knerr via >>> BVARC >>> *Sent:* Monday, May 15, 2023 9:34 AM >>> *To:* BRAZ

Re: [BVARC] name that antenna?

2023-05-15 Thread Chris Medlin via BVARC
From: BVARC On Behalf Of Rick Hiller via BVARC Sent: Monday, May 15, 2023 10:28 AM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: Rick Hiller Subject: Re: [BVARC] name that antenna? Marc, XLNT, but now...Define "work"Matched for low SWR, RL , Z, etc. or works as in makes con

Re: [BVARC] name that antenna?

2023-05-15 Thread Rick Hiller via BVARC
5, 2023 9:34 AM >> *To:* BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB >> *Cc:* Mike Knerr >> *Subject:* Re: [BVARC] name that antenna? >> >> >> >> I'll vote for that. >> >> >> >> On Mon, May 15, 2023, 9:18 AM Jorge Gutiérrez via BVARC >&g

Re: [BVARC] name that antenna?

2023-05-15 Thread Chris Medlin via BVARC
RADIO CLUB Cc: M Reiter Subject: Re: [BVARC] name that antenna? the down legs are 20m hamsticks, the upright is a 224" telescoping set at 17ft it is fed at the joint with coax. seems to work on both 20m and 10m maybe 40m but did not test it. Marc. On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 10:01 AM Chris M

Re: [BVARC] name that antenna?

2023-05-15 Thread M Reiter via BVARC
OS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB > *Cc:* Mike Knerr > *Subject:* Re: [BVARC] name that antenna? > > > > I'll vote for that. > > > > On Mon, May 15, 2023, 9:18 AM Jorge Gutiérrez via BVARC > wrote: > > Call it SPARKY (Spe

Re: [BVARC] name that antenna?

2023-05-15 Thread Chris Medlin via BVARC
AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: Mike Knerr Subject: Re: [BVARC] name that antenna? I'll vote for that. On Mon, May 15, 2023, 9:18 AM Jorge Gutiérrez via BVARC mailto:bvarc@bvarc.org>> wrote: Call it SPARKY (Special Profile Arrayed Radiating Kilo Yapper) [signatur

Re: [BVARC] name that antenna?

2023-05-15 Thread Rick Hiller via BVARC
@bvarc.org> >> *Sent:* Monday, May 15, 2023 6:38:16 AM >> *To:* BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB >> *Cc:* M Reiter >> *Subject:* [BVARC] name that antenna? >> >> so i made a homebrew antenna, it has a 17ft telescoping vertical with 4 >> 20m hamsticks at 135

Re: [BVARC] name that antenna?

2023-05-15 Thread John Brockus via BVARC
20m 1/4 wave ground plane? The question mark is because of the hamsticks. If they were just 20 ft wires, I'd remove the question mark. On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 7:54 AM Chris Medlin via BVARC wrote: > Vertical end fed? > > Typos brought to you by iPhone > > > On May 15, 2023, at 07:38, M Reiter

Re: [BVARC] name that antenna?

2023-05-15 Thread Chris Medlin via BVARC
Vertical end fed? Typos brought to you by iPhone > On May 15, 2023, at 07:38, M Reiter via BVARC wrote: > >  > so i made a homebrew antenna, it has a 17ft telescoping vertical with 4 20m > hamsticks at 135 degrees down. I ran it up a mast about 20ft off the ground > and it seems to work

Re: [BVARC] name that antenna?

2023-05-15 Thread Mike Knerr via BVARC
I think I'd call it Fred. On Mon, May 15, 2023, 7:39 AM M Reiter via BVARC wrote: > so i made a homebrew antenna, it has a 17ft telescoping vertical with 4 > 20m hamsticks at 135 degrees down. I ran it up a mast about 20ft off the > ground and it seems to work relatively well compared to the 10

[BVARC] name that antenna?

2023-05-15 Thread M Reiter via BVARC
so i made a homebrew antenna, it has a 17ft telescoping vertical with 4 20m hamsticks at 135 degrees down. I ran it up a mast about 20ft off the ground and it seems to work relatively well compared to the 10 or so other homebrew antennas that I have hoisted. not sure what this configuration is