[OKDXA] DX, on 160

Thu, 21 Nov 2002 20:46:45 -0600

Geezz you would think I could spell staple or stapling?

Hihi,

73 de jay..
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jay Bromley" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 8:19 PM
Subject: Re: Re: [OKDXA] DX, on 160

> Yes I have been listening to the activity on 160m.  Very good conditions
> indeed!
>
> One thing I have not tried, but heard that works very well is to lay the
> radials flat and pin them with homemade horseshoe hooks made of 12 gauge
> solid wire.  It is like stampling the wire to the ground.  When spring
time
> comes the grass will grow over and push the wire just under the soil.  It
> may save some time relaying radial wire every year.  Note I do NOT
practice
> what I preach!!  :-)
>
> Also a good friend gave me some free galvanize fence wire a long time ago.
> I was poor, young, and going to school.  I thought this was a land fall
and
> worked laying out many feet of the free wire.
>
> Well it worked for a few weeks till the corrosion set in.  So live and
> learn!  The galvanize wire also made a great diode detector for AM
broadcast
> radio.  This was not good for the receiver and made the transmitter sound
> more like spark one complete with FB RFI to the neighborhood!  20 years
ago
> we didn't have Home Depot or Lowes that has 500 foot roll of 12 gauge
copper
> wire for under $15.
>
> Now if I care to climb the tower in the dark to install the shut fed so I
> can hear Clif!
>
> Best Regards!
>
> 73 de w5jay..
>
> > Good stuff Jay.  I use electric fence wire from Home Depot for radials.
> At the end of the season I take it up and throw it away because you cannot
> keep it straight, ha.
> >
> > 160m is busy tonite with contest stations getting ready for the weekend.
> >
> > Jim
> > >
> > > From: "Jay Bromley" <[email protected]>
> > > Date: 2002/11/19 Tue PM 01:27:06 EST
> > > To: "Clifton Sikes" <[email protected]>,
> > > <[email protected]>
> > > Subject: Re: [OKDXA] DX, on 160
> > >
> > > Hi Clif and gang again,
> > >
> > > One thing I forgot to comment on is the radials.  More smaller ones
are
> > > better than a few long ones.  Elevated ones are better than those on
the
> > > ground.  Radials on top of the soil  have less loss than ones buried.
> Try
> > > to put out 40-70 radials and cut them to 75ft.  If you have the room
and
> > > wire then by all means make then a 1/4 wave long which is around 120
> feet.
> > > The ideas is to have very low loss at the bottom of the antenna were
the
> > > current is.  So more is better here, not just one long one!  Elevated
> feeds
> > > can get by with 2 to 4 radials if the ground losses are low and it
also
> > > depends on the height of the ground plane antenna
> > >
> > > Also on your inverted L, if you are using a 1/4 you might want to try
a
> 3/8
> > > wave.  It will move the current up a little and the losses at the base
> are
> > > not as great.  You match it with a simple series capacitor at the
base.
> You
> > > could go to a 1/2, but most folks don't have the support to make the
> center
> > > vertical,  so the 3/8 is a good compromise!  If I remember a 3/8 on
160m
> is
> > > 177 to 180 feet long.  Matching a 1/2 on 160m is no fun with high
power
> > > because you are voltage feeding!
> > >
> > > If anyone needs the exact measurements of the radials, capacitor, or
any
> of
> > > the above I can e-mail them later.
> > >
> > > Have fun and 73 de jay..
> > >
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