[Drakelist] Antenna question

2008-11-01 Thread Gypsymt34
Hello to the group, Has anyone out there installed a Hy-Gain MK80 adapter (80 meter top loading coil setup) on top of their Hy-Gain 14AVQ (10-490 meter) VerticalNote this is a non WARC setup. If you have how much did you have to trim the 40 metier capacitor hat? Roughly. Did you

[drakelist] Antenna question

2008-07-03 Thread Gypsymt34
Hi all, For those with experience in regards to dipole and inverted v antennas. I do not have enough length available for an 80 M dipoleI do however have enough room to run to wires from our chimney into my back yard with about 92 ft one way and 95 ft plus at another angle. This would

Re: [drakelist] Antenna question

2008-07-03 Thread anchor
[EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Hi Carl, If you stretch it out as a dipole in the longest space avaliable, why not let the ends, about 15 ft each, droop down? The ends contribute much less to the

Re: [drakelist] Antenna question

2008-07-03 Thread Gary Poland
Buy or make 40 meter traps and use it on multiple bands. The traps will shorten the overall antenna length. 73, Gary

Re: [drakelist] Antenna question

2008-07-03 Thread Rick Tucker
it short. I use one at 30' with a DX-60B and Drake R4A (mostly on 40 CW) and get consistently great reports. Rick W0RT - Original Message - From: Gary Poland To: drakelist@zerobeat.net Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 4:01 PM Subject: Re: [drakelist] Antenna question Buy or make 40

Re: [drakelist] Antenna Question

2004-10-03 Thread Tom S
Tom S [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterence to the drakelist gang -- --- Thom R. Lacosta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: or a loop around my roff (and perhaps extending to the neighbors? Thom, If your neighbor is amenable, go with