Topband: Small loop in Inv L to secure wire to tower

I am putting up my Inv-L , one thing I fear is that if the wire breaks at the feed point I will lose the wire as if goes thru the pulley at the top of the tower. Is it ok to have a small loop about 3-4 ft above the feed point around an insulator , so I can secure it to the to the tower so that

Topband: K9AY loop questions

As soon as i have th radials under the Inv-L i was considering constructing a K9AY rcv loop system. The best/easiest place to put it is actually jsut out side the shack , but , I am wondering if the 2 story house (about 30 ft away from the loop)  between the loop and basically EU will have much

Topband: Inv-L swr changing when adding radials

I installed an Inv-L for 160 of about 134ft , ~72 feet vertical , when i checked the SWR initially it was about 1.2:1 , then when i connected the ground rods it rose to 1.5:1 , today I added the first  2 radials and the SWR is now 2:1. The antenna is being fed directly , my question is

Topband: OT Sorry - Attn W8CAR

Dan I lost your email you sent regarding matching my Inv-L , can you resend it ? Thanks Dan N8DCJ ___ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK

Re: Topband: Inv-L Issues - Still no luck - Solved , I think

... as soon as i get an enclosure I will rework the feed system again so that it isn't so susceptible to issues such as this... Dan N8DCJ From: Dan Bookwalter n8...@yahoo.com To: topband@contesting.com topband@contesting.com Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 3:48

Topband: Caged Inv-L - Pros and Cons ?

I am considering modifying my Inverted L such that the vertical part (~ 70 ft) is a cage of say 4 wires , purely for bandwidth. Besides BW any Pro's and or Con's to this idea ? my current configuration allows me to use from about 1800-1860 Dan N8DCJ

Topband: RCS-10 problem

Awhile back I had an issue where i was losing signal after transmitting  , i found out that the antenna was basically shorted to ground and it appears that it may have done something to the switch . I currently have antennas on positions 2 and 6 , if I am listening to a signal that is S5 and i

Topband: radial wire source

I think I asked something similar last fall , but , circumstances changed and I couldn't do anything about it at the time... So , here I am again looking for a source of radial wire I was thinking of either going with K2AV's FCP or a radial field If i go with the radials I was thinking

Topband: My grounding scheme

I do not recall if I posted this last year or not , but , due to circumstances I was not able to implement this , however , I will be starting on it shortly keep in mind that I am living in a rental house so there is only so much I can do All ground rods are 5/8 copper clad steel , I

Topband: 20 40 meter vertical dipole

Sorry guys I know this is top band reflector , but ,. you are used to dealing with people with very compromised antenna situations... here is my problem... I want to get on the air , live/rent in a double ( i freaking hate it , situation is what it is for now) in a neighborhood , I can probably

Topband: 20 40 meter vertical dipole - modeling

Would someone be able to help me model this antenna ?  there will be serious constraints on my end , but , we can discuss that privately... basics , 50ft vert wire , my assumption is it will be OCF , also I can have no radials , and no chance of going horizontal with antenna ... Dan N8DCJ

Topband: FT8

I have been reading this thread all afternoon... I can see all sides of the issue... I am an avid CW op , but , my current situation prohibits me from putting up any antennas that are even reasonable this sucks since I have a TX-472 in storage just sitting there :-( I was actually talking

Topband: HF Antenna question

I know this is really out of this groups subject , but , you guys  know more about antennas than any other site. So , I may head to Barbados in February just to have fun during the ARRL CW contest in my limited research i have sort of landed on this antenna ... Comet CHA250B HF/VHF... I