In early 2005 I spoke with Andy, G7LRR about homebrewing an antenna for Topband that I could fit in my garden.Andy suggested using a design by Alan, G4ERZ that...
Phil, I've found your words about your helical antenna for 160 to be very interesting. I've just started seriously operating on 160 and chasing DX, after many...
Hi Guys, Hmm you got a good sized antenna there 60 feet or so !!. Iv'e been trying to get active with a max of 40 feet garden from the back apex of my...
Hi All I found a good write up on PVC and Coils which i will post here for all to see. Generally PVC is quite adequate for antenna work, but a few precautions...
In one of their older books, ARRL featured a helical which had approximately 1/2 wavelength of wire on the form. This article said the antenna had a low ...
... I'm using white PVC, don't know what brand it is. My contractor got me a piece while he was working on the addition to our house. ... I'm running 500 watts...
... This was probably the article I worked from on the original 80-meter version, back in the early 70s. ... I can attest to the narrow bandwidth; my 160-meter...
Hi All, I have just posted some new pics on the site. I made a new Helical at the weekend. The previous one snapped the hard drawn top loading wire at the top...
Not a great deal of activity during the summer. Although, I am still on 1.972 every evening except Saturday 6.30pm onwards, for an hour or so. (1730hrs GMT) I...
... Doesn't help me much, it's early afternoon here (1:30 PM) and I'm at the office...:-) ... My helical is lying in the back yard right now, I'll be getting...
Not for topband, but I'm working on a 3 element helical vertical dipole yagi array for 40M. I wonder if anyone else has tried this? That's a mouthfull, isn't...
My ground system consists of four 4' earth spikes which are each connected to the 3' copper tank that is buried 4' in the ground. I also use a 120' length of...
My helical is coax fed. The base of the helical is 37' in the air. If you look at the picture in the photos section called "Feeding The Helical", this shows...
Hey gents, I've been thinking of building some helical dipoles, and using them as vertical dipoles, and if that works out, then taking a few of them and ...
... as ... and ... quite ... Hi Jeff, thanks for your interest in the group. Sorry I can't answer your question as I never tried anything like this before....
I finished my helically wound windom antenna and worked Cuba(5x8 report) today on 20 meters ssb with 100 watts. The antenna is an 80-20 off center feed with a...
... 20 ... courtyard ... it ... goodness ... Hi Tom, this sounds very interesting. I certainly look forward to the construction article & the pictures. I have...
... This is a site for HOME-BREWING antennas. I.E. looking at some of the pics, designs & info on here & building one yourself. The few antennas that I have...
I can hardly believe it is a year since I posted my first message on this site. I have just updated the description so hopefully people wanting to Homebrew a...
Fellow Radiators: My name is Steve, NU7T. I built a 160m helical from a description Frank, G3YCC, had posted, somewhere. I used this antenna for a 160m...
Fellow Radiators: The CQ 160m contest is over. I used the 160m helical. About 70' (21 meters) of house wire wound around a 10' tall and 1 1/2 " (3.8cm) ...
... Gee, it's only about 2000Z here. Still about four hours to go in the contest. I figure to get another 2 and a half hours of operation or so as it gets...
... I'm sure I'm not the only one to ask this - how do you fit a 130 foot radial on a "small city lot"? The UBC standards in the US now define "standard city...
