[ADXA] ADXA meeting

Earl n5zm at suddenlink.net
Sun Sep 22 20:24:03 EDT 2019


EJ, could that have been the: New Orleans Int. DX Convention circa 1997??

Earl..

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On 9/22/2019 8:12 AM, w5zn at w5zn.org wrote:
> EJ,
>
> Forgot to mention the photo in your email. I thought you said that was from 
> an ADXA meeting. The photo I opened looked like a police lineup!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> It was good to see Martin in that photo.
>
> ZN
>
> On 2019-09-22 07:09, w5zn at w5zn.org wrote:
>> 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
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