I am considering installing one of these hi-z or DXE buffered-type receiving
4-square arrays for 160/80. The best place on the property is on the north
west corner - in a location about 400’ from the transmit vertical. It’s got a
clear shot NE to EU and is about 600’ from the nearest house.
Jeff, I live on what was once a pasture with barbed wire fencing about
90' diagonally from one corner of the 4-square. I didn't worry about
the fence when I first installed the array and it seemed to work OK.
When I was having what turned out to be a hardware problem, I cut the
barbed wire
On 12/11/2012 1:36 PM, Jeff Blaine wrote:
I am considering installing one of these hi-z or DXE buffered-type receiving
4-square arrays for 160/80. The best place on the property is on the north
west corner - in a location about 400’ from the transmit vertical. It’s got a
clear shot NE to EU
Jeff - the southern periphery of my 8 circle vertical array (W8JI broad
side/end fire passive version) is 75 feet from a barb wire fence that runs
a quarter mile east and west. While one might claim some theoretical
interaction I have not documented any or identified any performance
degradation as
While one might claim some theoretical
interaction I have not documented any or identified any performance
degradation as a result.
I see Big Gun Mike, W5UC, has a lot of experience with RX arrays close to
fences has responded as well.
The rusty twisted-joint barbed wire fences by my RX
5:39 PM
To: Joel Harrison ; Jeff Blaine
Cc: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: rx array proximity to barbed wire fence
While one might claim some theoretical
interaction I have not documented any or identified any performance
degradation as a result.
I see Big Gun Mike, W5UC, has a lot
