Frank Gilliland wrote:
On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 21:09:37 -0500, Vinnie S.
wrote in :
Also, I have ground hogs, moles, and rabbits everywhere. Won't they chew
up the coax?

If you leave them on or under the ground, yep.

Then the varmints will sleep with the fish!

Hey Enzo, long time. Don't tell me your new place has one of those
busy body anti antenna rules!?

On 14 Jan 2005 11:11:27 GMT, Steveo wrote:

Frank Gilliland wrote:
On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 21:09:37 -0500, Vinnie S.
wrote in :
Also, I have ground hogs, moles, and rabbits everywhere. Won't they chew
up the coax?

If you leave them on or under the ground, yep.

Then the varmints will sleep with the fish!

Hey Enzo, long time. Don't tell me your new place has one of those
busy body anti antenna rules!?


Hey there. Moped !

No, no probelm with that, but I am too damn low. I wanted to go up a tree and
get as close to 40 feet as possible. This is a temp setup. I don't watch TV
anymore, except the news and sports, and some discovery channel. I might do a
firestik with a GP like Frank suggested. When the weather warms, I wil be able
to go up a tree.

Vinnie S.

Vinnie S. wrote:
On 14 Jan 2005 11:11:27 GMT, Steveo
wrote:

Frank Gilliland wrote:
On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 21:09:37 -0500, Vinnie S.
wrote in :
Also, I have ground hogs, moles, and rabbits everywhere. Won't they
chew up the coax?

If you leave them on or under the ground, yep.

Then the varmints will sleep with the fish!

Hey Enzo, long time. Don't tell me your new place has one of those
busy body anti antenna rules!?

Hey there. Moped !

No, no probelm with that, but I am too damn low. I wanted to go up a tree
and get as close to 40 feet as possible. This is a temp setup. I don't
watch TV anymore, except the news and sports, and some discovery channel.
I might do a firestik with a GP like Frank suggested. When the weather
warms, I wil be able to go up a tree.

Vinnie S.

How about a telescopic mast, they range up to 50 feet. Cement it in the
ground next to the house and attach it at the peak. You will need to guy
wire it too if you fully extend it. What's nice about that set-up is you
can stand on the roof to work on the antenna, then raise it back up when
you're done. Were you thinking of going higher than 50'above grade?

Mrs. Enzo is gonna kick your ass when she sees this monstrosity next to
your new house!

On 14 Jan 2005 14:40:43 GMT, Steveo wrote:



I think Mrs. Enzo will get ****ed. Hiding it out in the trees would be great.
Plus I don't know if there are any local ordinances regarding a mast.

Frank presented another problem. The damn Ground hogs, moles, squirrels, will
eat my coax.

Vinnie S.

Vinnie S. wrote:
On 14 Jan 2005 14:40:43 GMT, Steveo
wrote:

I think Mrs. Enzo will get ****ed. Hiding it out in the trees would be
great. Plus I don't know if there are any local ordinances regarding a
mast.

Best to ask first.

Frank presented another problem. The damn Ground hogs, moles, squirrels,
will eat my coax.

Hit em' with a kill'-o-watt as paybacks!

On 14 Jan 2005 14:40:43 GMT, Steveo wrote:



I think Mrs. Enzo will get ****ed. Hiding it out in the trees would be great.
Plus I don't know if there are any local ordinances regarding a mast.

Frank presented another problem. The damn Ground hogs, moles, squirrels, will
eat my coax.

Vinnie S.

Vinnie, Frank, pay attention. He is going to do a buried 150 ft coax
run to the tree, right? What's the velocity factor of RG8 or of the
coax he will use? Do the math, how much of his 4w out will reach the
antenna? He claims he isnt gonna keyclown, but I think he's lying.

On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 19:40:56 GMT, wrote:

On 14 Jan 2005 14:40:43 GMT, Steveo wrote:



I think Mrs. Enzo will get ****ed. Hiding it out in the trees would be great.
Plus I don't know if there are any local ordinances regarding a mast.

Frank presented another problem. The damn Ground hogs, moles, squirrels, will
eat my coax.

Vinnie S.

Vinnie, Frank, pay attention. He is going to do a buried 150 ft coax
run to the tree, right? What's the velocity factor of RG8 or of the
coax he will use?

..78 or 78%

Do the math, how much of his 4w out will reach the
antenna?

2.9 watts

On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 20:08:36 GMT, Lancer wrote in
:

On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 19:40:56 GMT, wrote:

On 14 Jan 2005 14:40:43 GMT, Steveo wrote:



I think Mrs. Enzo will get ****ed. Hiding it out in the trees would be great.
Plus I don't know if there are any local ordinances regarding a mast.

Frank presented another problem. The damn Ground hogs, moles, squirrels, will
eat my coax.

Vinnie S.

Vinnie, Frank, pay attention. He is going to do a buried 150 ft coax
run to the tree, right? What's the velocity factor of RG8 or of the
coax he will use?

.78 or 78%

Do the math, how much of his 4w out will reach the
antenna?

2.9 watts


150 feet of RG-8 has 1.71 dB loss at 27 MHz, so the power at the other
end would be 2.7 watts. Not enough to quibble about except that line
loss has nothing to do with velocity factor.

On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 19:40:56 GMT, wrote:
Yeah, but it's only a partial crock of ****. The rain gutters or wire or
whatever are only half the dipole so the house wiring will become
the other active half and they will radiate. He grounds his tuner to
a ground rod, but also his coax to the radio will tie him in to the
service ground of the residence.



Why would his coax tie him to the service ground?

Radio antenna connector to radio chassis ground.
Radio chassis ground to radio power plug. Radio power
plug to wall outlet. Wall outlet to service ground.

On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 19:40:56 GMT, wrote:

On 14 Jan 2005 14:40:43 GMT, Steveo wrote:



I think Mrs. Enzo will get ****ed. Hiding it out in the trees would be great.
Plus I don't know if there are any local ordinances regarding a mast.

Frank presented another problem. The damn Ground hogs, moles, squirrels, will
eat my coax.

Vinnie S.

Vinnie, Frank, pay attention. He is going to do a buried 150 ft coax
run to the tree, right? What's the velocity factor of RG8 or of the
coax he will use? Do the math, how much of his 4w out will reach the
antenna? He claims he isnt gonna keyclown, but I think he's lying.

Oh, are you a mind reader? I only have an amp in my car, and that is only a 100
watt amp, and I do pretty well with that. I think it's the smallest amp I can
buy. I have no desire to run 1,000 watts or 100 watts at home. If anything, I
might get a Lincoln or 2510 for the extra power. But as far as keyclowning, I
have no desire to do that.

Sorry to disappoint you, but it seems I am one less person for you to hate, and
that must be devastating to you.

Vinnie S.