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...
... OK, so maybe it's not small as city lots go...but it's small compared to the multiple acreage that some of the local 160 ops have...:-) The lot is 95 feet...
... work,could M0VEY supply me with some details of the whip. ... Hi Walter & Phil. Welcome to the group. If you look in the PHOTOS section, you will see a...
Phil, that is great news! WoW, I can just see the XYL's eyes when putting on a 14 foot whip on the pickup truck.......Grin! Thanks for doing the experimenting...
Very nice. Man, that is a 160 meter whip on Weight-Watchers........very slim and should have low wind drag. Can hardly wait for the pictures that share all the...
I have just uploaded a dozen new photos showing the new 160m mobile antenna I have made. There is a little info with each photo. Basically this antenna is...
