[DX-CHAT] EWE
Good Morning All: Has anyone in this group tried a EWE antenna for 80 and/or 160? Recently I put up 3 of these antennas at different locations on my property, and so far none of them provided the desired results. All are fed with 1:3 torroid Xfrmrs. None of the three antennas performed as well on receive as the transmitting antenna. I live in town and, of course, have no room for a beverage(except the cold 807's in the frig). So the questions are: 1) If you are using a EWE what did you do to get it to receive better than your XMIT antenna. 2) What are it's dimensions and what value termination resistor did you use? 3) If you are not using this antenna, what do you use for low noise receive antenna on the two low bands? Lot dimensions are approx 90 X 200. 80 meter antenna is a Delta Loop. 160 meter antenna is a shunt fed 70 foot tower with a full size 30 meter yagi as a capacity hat. Your comments and suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thanks 73 Mike, W5UC Age and treachery will overcome youth and skill Outbound mail checked by Norton Anti-Virus 2003
Re: [DX-CHAT] EWE
In a message dated 12/9/03 12:21:10 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: None of the three antennas performed as well on receive as the transmitting antenna. Special RECEIVING antennas typically have REDUCED SIGNAL LEVELS but IMPROVED Singal-to-Noise Ratio. My Beverages are typically 10 dB down from my transmit antennas on Received Signal LEVEL but often / usually show Better S/N which allows better copy. EWE antennas are very small and have even lower signal LEVELS but sometimes do yield improved S/N. Tom N4KG
[DX-CHAT] EWE etc
Thanks to all who responded to my inquiry about the EWE antenna. I have a lot of work to do. Most likely the first thing I need to do is to get outta town. 73 Mike, W5UC Age and treachery will overcome youth and skill Outbound mail checked by Norton Anti-Virus 2003 Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
Re: [DX-CHAT] EWE Question
Kelly,I recommend you K9AY Loop,its working on the base of EWE but is easy to construct and has all 4 directions. I was using EWEs but since at least 5 years K9AY and in my opinion its better solution. Look at; http://www.hard-core-dx.com/nordicdx/antenna/loop/k9ay/k9ay_orig.pdf 73 Rys SP5EWY Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
[DX-CHAT] EWE Question
Hello group, Just a quick question regarding EWEs. I'm getting ready to punch some holes in the ground today to put up a set of 4 EWE 80m receiving antennas. I've read both articles by Floyd Koontz, WA2WVL, about his 80/160 flavors and wondered if anybody has had any experience with them. I'm thinking about doing an 80m only set of 4 based on the 80/160 set of 4 article published in Jan (1997?) QST. The original article was published in Feb, 1995 QST. My question is this. What do you suggest for the terminating resistor to ground? Plain ole fixed carbon type resistor, some kind of pot, commercial terminator? Also, for 80m what would you suggest for the horizontal length? My though was to go either 25' or 30' depending on where I end up locating the antennas (need to weave around power lines, ack!) and go 10' vertical. 25' horizonal claims 34.8dB F/B with -18dBi gain, while the 30' flavor claims 27dB F/B with -16.9dBi. So the 30' would get me a dB in gain, but I'd loose a little F/B. These numbers are for the bottom fed antenna which is what I'm leaning towards installing. And finally, what does everyone typically use for switching between the 4 directions? Would a plain 'ole Ameritron 4 position remote switch suffice? Sorry for the newbie low band questions. I don't have room for beverages and I've heard EWEs are a pretty decent compromise. I don't see myself working 160m anytime soon, so I'm not really worried about making the EWEs work on 160 (although that might come later). If anybody is on a low band reflector, feel free to repost this there. Thanks, Kelly - KE9KD http://www.dxcentral.com Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
