Re: [Elecraft] OT: 3L rotating 160m yagi

2008-12-31 Thread Bill W4ZV
DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL wrote: I bet this will add some punch to your Top Band QRP signal. http://www.ok1rr.com/news.php Scroll down a bit. It is difficult to imagine the scale, so read a little about it. That will be an interesting experiment but I'm glad I'm not funding it! There is

RE: [Elecraft] OT: 3L rotating 160m yagi

2008-12-31 Thread Bruce McLaughlin
- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Vic K2VCO Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 2:10 PM To: Tom Cc: Elecraft Reflector Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: 3L rotating 160m yagi Tom wrote: On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:20:58 -0500, you wrote: I bet

Re: Re: [Elecraft] OT: 3L rotating 160m yagi

2008-12-31 Thread Fred Jensen
Bill W4ZV wrote: but the difference is significantly more on 160m because 1.8MHz is very close to the electron gyro-frequency (which varies from about 0.7 to 1.7MHz worldwide depending on the intensity of the magnetic field), which significantly modifies the index of refraction of the x-wave.

Re: [Elecraft] OT: 3L rotating 160m yagi

2008-12-30 Thread Tom
On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:20:58 -0500, you wrote: I bet this will add some punch to your Top Band QRP signal. http://www.ok1rr.com/news.php Scroll down a bit. It is difficult to imagine the scale, so read a little about it. de Doug KR2Q [snip] That's insane! And... I'm insanely jealous!

Re: [Elecraft] OT: 3L rotating 160m yagi

2008-12-30 Thread Jeff Wandling W7BRS
I think those guys probably are scrapping the bottom of the Ham Purity Test. We join our Elmer on question 168: 168: Have you climbed a tower? 169: For a 80m beam? 170: For a 160m beam? 171: Have you climbed on a boom? 172: Inside a boom? 173: for a purpose other than adjusting the

Re: [Elecraft] OT: 3L rotating 160m yagi

2008-12-30 Thread Lee Buller
Heck Guys, I took mine down last week.  Thinking of something to put up that is bigger. Lee K0WA  :) GRIN In our day and age it seems that Common Sense is in short supply. If you don't have any Common Sense - get some Common Sense and use it. If you can't find any Common Sense, ask for

Re: [Elecraft] OT: 3L rotating 160m yagi

2008-12-30 Thread Vic K2VCO
Tom wrote: On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:20:58 -0500, you wrote: I bet this will add some punch to your Top Band QRP signal. http://www.ok1rr.com/news.php Scroll down a bit. It is difficult to imagine the scale, so read a little about it. de Doug KR2Q [snip] That's insane! And... I'm

Re: [Elecraft] OT: 3L rotating 160m yagi

2008-12-30 Thread Paul Christensen
I took mine down last week. Thinking of something to put up that is bigger. With that much work and cost involved, it's good that the antenna is located in an isolated area. Can you imagine installing that system, only to find S9 noise from an uncooperative neighbor's plasma television?

Re: [Elecraft] OT: 3L rotating 160m yagi

2008-12-30 Thread Jon Kåre Hellan
Paul Christensen wrote: I took mine down last week. Thinking of something to put up that is bigger. With that much work and cost involved, it's good that the antenna is located in an isolated area. Can you imagine installing that system, only to find S9 noise from an uncooperative

Re: [Elecraft] OT: 3L rotating 160m yagi

2008-12-30 Thread Vic K2VCO
Jon Kåre Hellan wrote: Paul Christensen wrote: I took mine down last week. Thinking of something to put up that is bigger. With that much work and cost involved, it's good that the antenna is located in an isolated area. Can you imagine installing that system, only to find S9 noise from