Hi Phil.i don't have a stn at the moment (so i don't know what has been happening on 160mtrs --been globetrottingjust returned from Egypt.)Do you know if the...
... HI Brian, I see no reason why this type of coil will not work on the High Sierra ( I presume ) 1800 pro antenna , or indeed any other type of screwdriver...
There is a website in the UK that does fibreglass rods that has appeared in Radcom recently. Could be useful to members if they need strong stand alone mast...
Hi will, That brand looks expensive lol. On e-bay.co.uk there is a guy called spratreader who sells 10M fibreglass poles which slide down to 1M (I think) at...
Oops Will, I should have said for a helical of course you spiral the wire fromm bottom to top. (But of course it will not pack down to 1M whan not needed,...
Well as fiberglass poles they do look good enough not only for masts but also for construction. But they sell in 6m lengths so building anything will leave a...
In the link from that well known downloader gateway site are PDF's of the American homebrew magazine. Sadly it folded in 2005 after 7 editions but there will...
Hi will, Please keep us informed as to your progress. Commercial vertical antennas, even of the cheapest construction, cost an exorbitant amount of cash, so...
Well I am hinking of going the route of fiberglass poles/fishing poles or canal rods. Hopefully that will make the cost come down. Reading on the UK QRP...
Hi All. I¡¦ve been a member of the site for some time now and have done a lot of reading and not a lot of posting.... But I have a question ƒº I understand...
Hi allCorrect me if i am wrong but according to what i think i have read on a web site ( approx 242ft is about the length be it 121fteach leg of a dipole or an...
... Hi Andy, I always use the formula of 468 divided by the frequency in mhz to give the length of a half wave antenna. This would equate to 234 divided by...
Hi, As a new member of this group I am enjoying the ideas and am encouraged that some have had success with helical antennas. I, like many hams, have limited...
Hi, your experiments will be of great interest to the likes of us who live in a modern house. (Read for that, a miniscule gardem lol). I bought a 10M pole for...
... Hi, Thanks for the info, 126 feet sounds good to me. The next question is will the size of the coil or its location up the mast make any difference? Thanks...
... Hi Andy, I would say the size of the coil & its location up the mast are open to experiment & perhaps a case of " suck it & see " . I've had my own helical...
A simple design on a vertical of which can be made in one day? http://www.k6mm.com/antennas/160M-QST.pdf Could be a nice winter project for some of you. Will ...
Hi All Thanks for all the info and advice received so far... From the pictures I have just uploaded you will see that the Topband Helical is up in the...
Hi, Having become foul of planning people here in Aberystwyth, can you give more building details. The photos are a bit too far away for details to be noticed....
With local councils in England and Wales the one thing they have in common is they do not know with part of the body they are talking from. For instance I had...
hi a\ll, I get the impression from those planning notes, that no antenna shall be higher than 100 cm in height. if this is correct then we are all stuffed when...
The document that the Planning Officer used for this location is contained on this page. Apparantly this has been updated and is goig to go through another...
Hi I have added a few more pictures of the QTH Double storey and about 18ft ground to the guttering. There do seem to be a number of different interpretations...
Has anyone made a vertical antenna for topband using a slinky coil? Been considering it over the last few days and was thinking it may cut a few corners as to...
Hi Will, I tried usung slinkies, but they rusted up pretty quickly. I found that sparaying them with varnish helped but of course the insides of the coil where...
I may try that Ron. The thing that gets me is the winding of the wire and it ends up looking "a bit messey" as I am one of these people that like ot make...
Hi all, next month on November 14th sees the annual RSGB Club Calls Contest. Full details here: http://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2009/rclubcalls.shtml This would...
