On 9/4/2018 8:53 PM, K9FD wrote:
Beware .. in some soils the aluminum wire disappears in a short time,
In ILL had aluminum wire down and it just corroded away and left nothing
Agreed, but if your soil permits, it works. YMMV.
I did try to obtain insulated aluminum wire but could
not obtain
Okay, bear with me...
Perhaps we here ought to have a Code Of Conduct. Something along the lines
as this one:
https://stackoverflow.com/help/behavior
https://stackoverflow.com/conduct
I am one of the three moderators on ham.stackexchange.com. Now, that site
is not a forum or a reflector, but I
Beware .. in some soils the aluminum wire disappears in a short time,
In ILL had aluminum wire down and it just corroded away and left nothing
but lot of noise as the "joints" went bad.
Merv K9FD
On 9/4/2018 4:36 PM, Jeff Draughn wrote:
I’m looking for suggestions for radial wire that will lay
On 9/4/2018 4:36 PM, Jeff Draughn wrote:
I’m looking for suggestions for radial wire that will lay as flat as
possible. I realize that’s probably what everyone is looking for, however
See: http://www.alcotec.com/us/en/products/tie-wire.cfm
Rick N6RK
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Topband Reflector
On 9/4/2018 4:36 PM, Jeff Draughn wrote:
I’m looking for suggestions for radial wire that will lay as flat as
possible. I realize that’s probably what everyone is looking for, however
I once ordered some dead soft pure aluminum wire
and it was as soft as "butter" :-) Even softer
than
I used 6300' of radial wire from DX Engineering.
The great thing about it is that it lays flat on top of the ground without
snarling upno need to stretch it...just roll it out.
Don’t take it sideways off the reel...unroll the reel.
I scalped the grass around the vertical and then used lawn
On Tue, 4 Sep 2018 18:36:54 -0500
Jeff Draughn wrote:
> I’m looking for suggestions for radial wire that will lay as flat as
> possible. I realize that’s probably what everyone is looking for,
> however I have used the wire from the big box stores THHN etc. and it
> always has that permanent
Hi Jeff,
I use 14 AWG THHN stranded wire for temporary radials laying
on the ground. Its lays flat.
www.wireandcableyourway.com/14-awg-thhn-stranded-building-wire-500ft-or-2500ft-spool.html
73
Frank
W3LPL
- Original Message -
From: "Jeff Draughn"
To:
I’m looking for suggestions for radial wire that will lay as flat as
possible. I realize that’s probably what everyone is looking for, however
I have used the wire from the big box stores THHN etc. and it always has
that permanent curl to it or permanent for a good long while.
Anyone know of
On Sun, 2 Sep 2018 23:09:21 -0400
Nick Maslon - K1NZ wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> While I have enjoyed many of the technical topics of the list, I have
> become rather annoyed by the blame that has repeatedly come across the
> reflector. From the FT8 arguments in addition to the "millennials
> causing
My 2 cents on the issue and nobody is going
to give me that much for my thoughts,
is...
When someone leaves in anger, rejection,
assertiveness, (Fit in your favorite
adjective), There are two winners and two
losers:
One wins because they left on their terms,
the other wins because "Thank
Joe and others, Thanks for your helpful information. So, this will not be a
difficult project at all. I have a pretty decent start on my radial system -
only need to put down 10 more or so. I am kind of fired up about getting back
on 160. It’s been a long time (40 years) since I was on the
Hi:)
I don't comment much but I would like to relate a lesson from early in
my life. The kid across the street would bring his ball and bat over to
our farm and we (I am in a *large* family) played baseball all summer.
There was no such thing as softball even though thats what we used. The
Well, I have been gone a few years (spent time partially paralyzed and few
other minor impediments) but when I come back nothing has changed.
Yeah, Tom headed off into the distance. He sure did like to argue. What made
those arguing with him go ballistic is he is often/mostly right on technical
> On 2018-09-04 1:18 PM, Richard Beerman wrote:
Rick and Bob, Thanks for such swift replies. Looks like I should try
to reinforce the 3/8” tubing (it’s pretty short) with a wood dowel or
perhaps with smaller or larger aluminum tubing.
Unless you want to redesign the antenna's taper schedule,
Jim,
Did you build the isolation transformer exactly as described in K2AV's
article?? By exactly I mean using "teflon sleeved double polyimide insulated"
wire. I'm not planning on using it with more than 100W...
73,Julio VE3FH
Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android over Bell Mobility Network.
On
Beware not putting the top yard inside small Teflon tubing. You will have an
infinitely high Z at the top and potentially lots of KV. It will burn through
the support line. 73 Clive GM3POI
-Original Message-
From: Topband [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Richard
Rick and Bob, Thanks for such swift replies. Looks like I should try to
reinforce the 3/8” tubing (it’s pretty short) with a wood dowel or perhaps with
smaller or larger aluminum tubing. Then the fishing line method should be a
perfect solution using 24 or 26 gauge wire. Using this method, I
On 9/4/2018 9:36 AM, Richard Beerman wrote:
Anyway, here is my question…. my vertical has 3/8” tubing at the top. Pretty flimsy to connect top loading wires except maybe small gauge wire. I am not sure how well small gauge wire will handle voltages that may appear at the top of a 68’ vertical.
Gary, I use an inv L with K2AV FCP and matching balun. I purchased a RigExpert
AA-30 to tune out the reactance. It worked great. No tuning cap or inductor
were needed. It took just a couple cuts to dial it in. My L is now 126 ft
long with a 65 ft vertical leg standing a few feet off a
Top Banders, This discussion has been tremendously helpful to me as I also am
going to put a DX Engineering 68’ vertical when the QRN subsides here in South
Texas. Initially, I planned to install a large inductor (looks like it came
from a BC transmitter) that I found at a local hamfest. My
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