Glad to see a lot of new members to the group recently. I hope the information & pictures have proved useful. I'd love to hear from anyone who has constructed...
Hi there ..i have just put up a 40m long end fed wire to get onto 160m i have earthed the radio and atu to a ground rod and have at the moment 4 80ft radials...
... Hi Dave, it was good to work you on 1.972 last night. It's always nice to hear from someone who's been on the site & then started experimenting with...
If you look in PW May edition you wil lsee a homebrew article for 80M mobile whip. But it also states the parts needed and the lengths used to make it work for...
If not then I will scan the pages in and send it to you in a email. Hopefully there will be a article online. Iwill look first and see for you. If not then...
Many thanks, Will. I'll wait to hear from you. Â Harry ... From: william_northcote1970 <william_northcote1970@...> Subject: [topband-helical] Re: PW...
Hi Will, thanks for uploading the PW PDF file. Looks interesting. I've had good success with my own Homebrew 160m mobile antenna. It's always great when you...
I have heard you on 80M sometimes on a Sunday morning after the GB2RS, but my signal reports are not that good to the East coast as I am in West Yorkhire....
Thank you so much, Will. That looks like a good project to experiment with. For 160 Meters mobile and for fixed operation, I am using a Valor Pro-Am mobile...
Added 2 more files form my collection of online "through a certain pirate media recently in the news" website. The first one is the squashed (or fan) Antenna....
This month I've been working on a new portable antenna to take out with me in the car . The antenna will hopefully be for all bands from 160m to 10m. The...
A good friend of mine , Simon ( 2E0GMW ) has just homebrewed a helically wound add on coil to make a High Sierra Sidekick operate on 160m . Hopefully there...
... HI from Ken, G4KIR, I was monitoring 1933 last evening when Simon made his call into the group, and here in LOFTUS (Nr Saltburn-by-the Sea)his signal...
Hi folks, I have had a go with the helical - I'm not sure if it's my particular qth, or how I had it mounted (in the trees), I had trouble trying to get it to...
... Hi Will, thanks for the info. Johns book ( ON4UN ) is certainly worth a read. It is essential reading if you are a "Low Band DXer" . I've had a copy for...
... Hi Matty, sorry you didn't have much luck with a helical antenna. I guess this is proof that an antenna that works okay at one location, will not work okay...
Hi All, I've just added some photos of a 160m add on coil for the High Sierra Sidekick mobile antenna. Simon - 2E0GMW made this coil a few weeks ago & has...
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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...