[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

[Charles Greene]

Kevin,

I had a G5RV, and quickly modelled it using EZNEC which I will send you by 
private post, if you can use it.

  I replaced the G5 this summer with a 135' OCF (Windom) antenna, 90'-4:1 
balun-45'  The reason I replaced it was that I had 135' between the tree I 
was using for support and a mast, with the house mounted mast at about 90' 
- 45' in between, and that unused 40' was killing me!  It also has some 
advantages over a G5 among which that it is a better antenna on 40 and 80.

At 01:03 AM 11/23/2003, you wrote:
>Good Evening,
>     Another hectic week at Buxton Lookout Ranch.  I tried converting my 
> G5RV into a
>vertical per AC7AC's suggestion but was unable to maintain the 
>configuration for long
>enough to evaluate the propagation.  I heard one digital station and one 
>very weak
>CW station in the middle of the day.  But since it is my primary E-W 
>antenna I need it
>for my traffic nets.  If someone has a model for a G5RV antenna for NEC 
>Win Plus I
>would appreciate a copy so I can try out the modification and see what the
>propagation pattern offers me.  Ron's suggestion was to short the inner 
>and outer
>parts of the coax together and thence to the inner part of the 
>socket.  Then make sure
>I have a good ground.  KL7V/5's idea was to lower the antenna the jumper 
>the middle
>insulator and leave the coax as it is.  Ron's idea would give me a 
>vertical and Sam's
>would give me a horizontal antenna.  Ron's idea works in the shack and 
>Sam's is
>outside.  We have had 9 inches of snow so far this week and the fir trees 
>are full of
>snow.  It is not pleasant to work on antennas when the trees keep dumping 
>snow down
>my back.  So 30 meters is out for tomorrow.  I'll stick with what I did 
>last week and run
>it early on 20 meters.  That way we have daylight propagation on 20 
>meters.  I know
>some of you will not be able to attend but I will try to get back to the 
>regular time next
>week on 30 meters.
>
>
>Sunday at 3 PM PST (2300 z)
>
>I hope to hear you on the air tomorrow at or above 14050 kHz.
>
>Sunday 3 PM PST (2300z).
>
>73,
>    Kevin.   KD5ONS  (Net Control Operator 5th class).
>
>
>
>
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73, Chas,  W1CG
K2 462b, 3571