[K3PZN-List] 2007 FD HF Digital (Antennas)

[Bill Mellema]

Steve:

I can bring up a TDR Monday evening and see what the line looks like. It 
will show any changes and distance of those changes. QSL?

73's

Bill N3WM






At 08:02 AM 6/8/2007, n3sb at qis.net wrote:
>When WX3B and I were checking out that antenna problem, the windom itself
>checked out OK. The problem appears to be at the junction between the hardline
>at the top of the tower, and the RG-8 coax that droops down and back up to the
>antenna feedpoint. It's possible that the hardline connector has failed --
>several have done so before. I have replacements but they terminate in Type-N
>connectors (these won't fail like the other ones did) so it will need an
>adapter. The drooping coax should probably be replaced as well.
>
>73; Steve, N3SB
>
>Quoting Curt Milton <wb8yyy at yahoo.com>:
> >
> > I am suspicious that the 'smoked' Carolina windom is
> > likely the balun network which isn't readily
> > repairable that i know of .... i don't sense these
> > antennas should be used over 100 watts in spite of
> > whatever the rating.  So a climb is futile unless we
> > have an antenna to mount in its place.
> >
> >
> > --- John Hart <john_k3kwo at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Pat and John,
> > >
> > > If we locate our HF digital stations near each
> > > other, maybe in the main
> > > meeting room, I can supply some very large deep
> > > discharge ( two 12 volt /
> > > 105 AH a 12 volt / 123 AH and a smaller 12 volt / 45
> > > AH) batteries that we
> > > could setup as a bank to supply both stations.  All
> > > are in excellent
> > > condition and fully charged as I keep them topped up
> > > with several float
> > > chargers all of the time, just in case I might need
> > > them.
> > >
> > > I'm thinking about stringing up a 160-80-40 meter
> > > trapped dipole for digital
> > > on these lower bands and this also will give me
> > > mostly horizontal
> > > polarization and them use the Outbacker vertical for
> > > any HF band and
> > > vertical polarization, if conditions require.
> > >
> > > I will need one of the club's computers for logging
> > > and I would like to use
> > > the same logging software program the club uses and
> > > used last year for Field
> > > Day.  At least the logging computer does not need to
> > > run on batteries.
> > >
> > > Talk to you later,
> > > John, K3KWO
> > >
> > >
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