[QCWA] Slightly off topic, antenna sharing.
Ed - ad7gr
ad7gr at live.com
Thu Jun 6 14:55:39 EDT 2013
Glad to hear it's working well for you Jeff. Sounds like a great BCB
antenna.
Ed - ad7gr
On 6/6/2013 7:02 AM, Jeffrey D Angus wrote:
> Previously, I had mentioned my antenna sharing project.
> The antenna is up. A 122 foot long terminated folded dipole.
>
> Results in the broadcast band have been outstanding. Instead
> of 2-3 AM stations, I'm hearing stations across the entire band.
>
> Preliminary tests on 20 meter PSK31 are quite promising as well.
> Casual listening has turned up stations in Bogota Columbia, Italy,
> Hungary and New Zealand.
>
> Technically, my project is complete. I have accomplished the goal
> of a wide band receiving system with multiple outputs for use
> with 4 receivers at the same time.
>
> Of course, I would like to transmit as well. so I ordered the requisite
> balun and termination with enough of a power rating to do just that.
>
> Should have the results of that in by next week some time.
>
> And yes, I have an A-B switch to go from receive only to single
> transmit/receive capability.
>
> Jeff-1.0
> wa6fwi
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