[Hallicrafters] Re: An AM antenna

[RJB]

Bill,

i assume you are referring to the 16' stub portion of the antenna, for the
higher frequency SW bands. I never could get mine to look neat, and after
about twelve years of western Washington storms it has wrapped itself around
the main antenna wire several times. With my second sloper, i attempted to
secure the stub to its spacers, with small nylon grub screws, hoping to keep
it neat and evenly spaced. This was largely a waste of time as the spacers
moved anyway, after only one month :-(

The stub section is intended to work on the higher frequency SW bands (cant
remember which), but i doubt it makes a hoot of difference whether it is
neat. ie, functionally it is prolly not worth the time and energy trying to
fix it.

PS - i know Concrete, there's a place on the highway that does a great
breakfast with omelette and salsa :-)

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:hallicrafters-admin at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Bill Krause
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 9:32 PM
To: rjb at lynden.com
Cc: hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Hallicrafters] Re: An AM antenna


Interestingly that is one of the setups I am using. My son set it up for
me and it sure looks like he did a poor job of setting up the smaller of
the two main wires(sorry I don't recall the terminology at the
moment-the one without traps that rub parallel to the longer one with
traps) It is not evenly spaced and looks pretty crummy. I am going to
take it down this Summer and see if I can properly set it up, not sure
if that will make any kind of difference. Thanks for getting back to me,
I appreciate having a semi local reference. By the way I am in Concrete
up on the North Cascades Highway.

                                                    Bill