[NJARC] 75M AM QSO? (approx. 3880-3885 KC)

[Scott Roberts]

John-
I have been having very nice luck with the multi-band 10-80M dipole antenna I built  based on the plans in the 2008 ARRL Handbook. Can't find my copy at the moment, but if you want the details, I'll look them up.

Scott


--- On Sun, 2/8/09, John Dilks K2TQN <oldradio at worldnet.att.net> wrote:

> From: John Dilks K2TQN <oldradio at worldnet.att.net>
> Subject: Re: [NJARC] 75M AM QSO? (approx. 3880-3885 KC)
> To: jr6v6gt at yahoo.com, "New Jersey Antique Radio Club" <njarc at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Sunday, February 8, 2009, 6:49 PM
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> _______________________________________________
> Hi John,
> 
> Make the antenna feed with 450 ohm flat line.  You will
> have a great 
> all-band antenna. (use the stranded kind for flexibility).
> I had one 
> a few years ago and it always tuned to almost 1:1.  Now I
> have an 80m 
> one, and it's not as good and doesn't want to tune
> 160.   Next spring 
> it goes back to 160 m length.  You have to use a tuner.
> 
> BTW, my tuner has a BIG transformer to go from 50 to
> 450-600 ohms 
> out.  You have time to look for a good balanced tuner, or
> make 
> one.  Start reading up.
> 
> Do you need an antenna manual?
> 
> 73, John
> 
> At 06:03 PM 2/8/2009, you wrote:
> 
> >Hi John,
> >
> >There's NO WAY I would run the Globe King into that
> antenna. That 
> >cheezy Radio Shack RG-58 would MELT before the RF got
> to the antenna. ;-)
> >Now I'm REALLY sorry I didn't buy that 500W
> Bird dummy load from you 
> >at Mullica Hill last year. Who knew? But the Globe is a
> LONG-term 
> >project (I was looking at it today in the garage), so
> I'm in no 
> >immediate need of a dummy load. I could be retired or
> semi-retired 
> >or institutionalized before I get around to it.
> >Not sure if it's any good, but I have a kilowaat
> fan-cooled dummy 
> >load from the legensdary Joe's Radio Shop auction
> in South Jersey, circa 1995.
> >The plan for this Spring is a half-wave 160M dipole --
> not sure how 
> >I'm gonna feed it.
> >73,
> >John R. KC2UAK
> 
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