Yeah this was ah brewin for some time now.

Here is a link to US Amateur Radio Frequency Allocations.

http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/reg.../allocate.html

Well I am getting my 80 thru 10 meter dipole ready to go. It needs a new
run of coax. And will feed one of the towers in a shunt feed for 160 meters.

Great!

Jay in the Mojave

Jay in the Mojave wrote:
Yeah this was ah brewin for some time now.

Here is a link to US Amateur Radio Frequency Allocations.

http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/reg.../allocate.html

Well I am getting my 80 thru 10 meter dipole ready to go. It needs a new
run of coax. And will feed one of the towers in a shunt feed for 160
meters.

Great!

Jay in the Mojave

Hi Jay

We need a 160M interceptor now!

Steveo wrote:

Hi Jay

We need a 160M interceptor now!

Hello Steveo:

OH Man, that would be 324 Feet tall, and 130 foot ground plane radials.
WOW this is a little out of my league by several neighbor hoods and
trailer parks, blocks.

But I am building a 20 meter Interceptor 10K, 5/8 wavelength ground
plane antenna. I am needing a few parts and pieces that I need to order.
Its way cheaper than driving into the Los Angles area, then having to
stop by HRO and drop way too much money. Oh lets not for get the
Bodaious Mexican Restaurant, with the High performance Marguerite's that
makes you put **** back you didn''t steal!

The nut job (really a great guy!) down the road wants a 40 meter 5/8
wavelength elevated ground plane. At 80 feet high will need to use a 50
foot push up on a insulated tower. And use wire as the ground plane
radials. Problem is he has the Doh Ray Me to do it.

Might just be easier to have a remote tuner on the 20 meter vertical and
try that first.

Jay in the Mojave

Jay in the Mojave wrote:
Steveo wrote:

Hi Jay

We need a 160M interceptor now!

Hello Steveo:

OH Man, that would be 324 Feet tall, and 130 foot ground plane radials.
WOW this is a little out of my league by several neighbor hoods and
trailer parks, blocks.

Hello Jay

Can you make a 1/16 wave version? g

I'm in the middle of painting two bathrooms over here. That friggin
honey-do list is never ending man. wipes brow This is supposed to be my
off season!

--
Happy Holidays

"Jay in the Mojave" wrote in message
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Steveo wrote:

Hi Jay

We need a 160M interceptor now!

Hello Steveo:

OH Man, that would be 324 Feet tall, and 130 foot ground plane radials.
WOW this is a little out of my league by several neighbor hoods and
trailer parks, blocks.

But I am building a 20 meter Interceptor 10K, 5/8 wavelength ground
plane antenna. I am needing a few parts and pieces that I need to order.
Its way cheaper than driving into the Los Angles area, then having to
stop by HRO and drop way too much money. Oh lets not for get the
Bodaious Mexican Restaurant, with the High performance Marguerite's that
makes you put **** back you didn''t steal!

The nut job (really a great guy!) down the road wants a 40 meter 5/8
wavelength elevated ground plane. At 80 feet high will need to use a 50
foot push up on a insulated tower. And use wire as the ground plane
radials. Problem is he has the Doh Ray Me to do it.

Might just be easier to have a remote tuner on the 20 meter vertical and
try that first.

Jay in the Mojave


Hello Jay,

Just string up as much 10-12 gauge wire as you can. You'd be surprised what
a couple of hundred feet of wire fed against ground can do.

I did this as a kid. Several hundred feet of 8 gauge wire fed against 5
eight foot ground rods and the house heating system (radiator ground). I
was good for farther than I could receive in the daytime (a station in
Washington, DC, had to relay to me through Buffalo, NY, that I was banging
in well over S-9 at 1:00 PM!). In the evening, I was good for the lower 48.

Good to see you around in the newsgroup


73 from Rochester, NY
Jim

Hello Jim:

Yes good to see a few of the good guys out there to. Hope all is well
with you and your family.

What type od wire antenna where you using? A long wire.

I used a 300 foot long wire to a Collins ART13 on the Broadcast Band
where I was a kid and didn't know better.

Jay in the Mojave

Merry Christmas.


Jim Hampton wrote:

Hello Jay,

Just string up as much 10-12 gauge wire as you can. You'd be
surprised what a couple of hundred feet of wire fed against ground
can do.

I did this as a kid. Several hundred feet of 8 gauge wire fed
against 5 eight foot ground rods and the house heating system
(radiator ground). I was good for farther than I could receive in
the daytime (a station in Washington, DC, had to relay to me through
Buffalo, NY, that I was banging in well over S-9 at 1:00 PM!). In
the evening, I was good for the lower 48.

Good to see you around in the newsgroup


73 from Rochester, NY Jim