wrote:
On 9 Feb 2005 18:24:44 -0800, wrote:

Sure you better have strain relief, but i
still wouldn't rely on the soldered corner of
an SO-239.

Try it someday.


I did. The SO-239 broke, and
we had to haul the antenna down
just to replace it....pain in the
ass.



Ok, you can solder aluminum, but most
people don't know how, and it's not done often.

There are fluxes and solders for this at every local hardware.


But few people ever solder aluminum.



Delrin is perfect for the Super J.

Don't use wood.

Wood is poor.


Wood sucks. Delrin is great,
and it carves and shapes very easily,
yet is extremely strong.



Our phasing loop doesn't sag and
hasn't failed yet.

Wouldnt last through the 30 inches of snow we got here.


Oh yes it would. Snow ain't THAT
heavy!



It may have been #6, but it was fine
for our purposes.

Marginal.


In what way? Hollow tubing would have been
too weak.



Wanna try a real broadcast FM antenna, try a dual cycloid. Not to
hard to build but has both vertical and horizontal polarization.
good
gain too.


Yeah, this one is our next one:

http://members.tripod.com/AMN92/cp_ant.htm


A full report when we get it together!



Slick