[ADXA] ADXA meeting

[w5zn at w5zn.org]

EJ,

Thanks for your nice comments. We really enjoyed having everyone here.

As Bill has noted, chicken wire does work however after a year or two of 
being on the ground the soil will take its toll on it.

I can whip up an article on shunt feeding the tower. Its fairly simple 
today given that just about everyone has, or has access to, a good hand 
held VNA like the RigExpert antenna analyzers.

My buddy Steve, VE6WZ, actually recorded a video that details the 
procedure. It is on YouTube at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHlc5MTGTFM

He also has a number of other YouTube videos that are very good as well.

73 Joel W5ZN


On 2019-09-21 19:14, EJ wrote:
> Thank you for hosting the meeting and giving tour of your amazing 
> station!
> Great visiting with everybody.
> 
> Question re: radials:  what do think of using some sort of wire fencing 
> such
> as chicken wire as a substitute for individual radials?  Is there an
> equivalency of say a 3 foot swath of wire for certain number of 
> radials.
> There are several of us who would like to see the article about shunt
> feeding towers if you run across too.  Thanks!
> 
>  Attached is an old picture of an ADXA meeting
> 
> 73
> 
> EJ K5EJ