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June 5th 04, 10:06 PM
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"Richard" wrote in message ...
"J. McLaughlin" wrote in message ... Dear Richard - no full name - no call - no location - probably not a real E-mail address: Let me see if I understand: You have the strange idea that someone who has the experience and skill to craft for you an expensive design (for free) is looking for something to do. Strange indeed. Mac N8TT -- J. Mc Laughlin - Michigan USA Home: I bought some "models" from Mr Cebik. This is what he says in his notes: " Although many of the designs may be directly built from the models in this collection, the models themselves are for study purposes. Perfecting the design to a level that permits construction of an antenna that is both electrically and mechanically sound is your responsibility. L. B. Cebik, W4RNL" This is my problem and what I was asking for. I can mess around with the models quite freely, but perfecting the design to a level that is both electrically and mechanically sound is right now beyond me. What you are saying is that this task is such a huge one and requires great skill. Not easy then for your regular Joe ham to do much with the models in a practical way. He/she has to become something of an antenna buff for that to transpire. And because the task is so demanding, no antenna buff would ever consider producing an actual contstruction design for anyone, apart from him/herself maybe. And then he/she might condescend to allow others to copy his/her design. Pore deprived thing. You study some of the mountain of illustrated artcles in the ham literature which show how others have sucessfully put VHF Yagis together to get an education on the various "basement engineering" practical mechanicals they came up with. You run the model based on the materials you have available and the construction scheme you have chosen. You build it. You test it. You tweak it. You put it up again and go SWLing on 162 Mhz. No, you don't have to be an "antenna buff" to do any of it these days. But if you build your own you do have to get off your butt and put a bit of your own mental effort into the matter. Don't hold your breath while hoping that somebody around here will save you from the butt-lift maneuver just because you don't wanna do it yourself. w3rv |
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