[Boatanchors] OTQ: Looking for list discussing wire antenna's

Phil ko6bb1 at gmail.com
Fri Aug 24 13:47:30 EDT 2018


I seem to recall that there is an antenna list here on qth.net.  It 
helped me a lot when I moved into this mobile home and didn't have much 
antenna room (now use an 88 foot ladder line fed dipole/4:1 balun and it 
tunes all bands 75-10 with a tuner.  And actually gets out too :)

73 From "The Beaconeer's Lair"
Specializing in DXing NDBs (Longwave Beacons)
Phil, KO6BB,  http://www.qsl.net/ko6bb/
KO6BB/B beacon, ~20W on 28.290 MHz, Ringo Vertical

HF/LF RADIOS:
HOMEBREW:   7 Tube+Rect 1v3 Regen RX for LF (built 2015)
Icom:       IC-7200 Xceiver, DSP IF & filters (~2015).
Kenwood:    TS-450SAT Xceiver, cascaded 250/125Hz Inrad filters.
10M Beacon: 2 x Realistic HTX-100's on 28.290MHz
SDR:        Softrock Ensemble II LF (built from a kit 2017).

ACC:   HOMEBREW  LF-MF Pre-Amp, 8Hz Audio Filter.
        HOMEBREW  4 Port Antenna Multicoupler, Feeds 4 RX's.
        
ANTENNAS: 88 foot Long Ladder-line fed dipole, 35 feet AGL for MW/SW.
           Active Mini-Whip, 36 Feet AGL for LF/MW/SW.
           37 foot "Low Noise Vertical", 11 feet AGL for LF/MW/SW.
           Cushcraft AR-10 Ringo Vertical, 14 feet AGL for 10M beacon.
Merced, Central California, 37, 18, 37N   120, 30, 6W CM97rh

On 8/24/2018 4:12 PM, Doug Hensley wrote:
> OT Question:
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> Is there an active list with members (novice through extra) discussing
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> wire antenna's, dipoles, what not to do, what interferes with what ???
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> The host for my antenna farm (an old tall elm tree [think many branches]),
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> was recently cut down because it was posing a threat to our roof/house.
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> Being in Southern Louisiana which has years where storms can be frequent
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> and severe, we had it cut down.
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> So we are having to start over and it seems wise to tune into what antenna
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> raisers are now doing.
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> TIA,
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> Doug W5JV
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