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December 29th 09, 09:28 AM
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***Ping Steve***
Gregg wrote: On Dec 27, 10:51 am, dxAce wrote: dxAce wrote: dxAce wrote: Gregg wrote: On that 70" wire you use, how long have you used that specific antenna setup? I've been using that since I moved here in 2001. It is transformer matched and the coax is buried, same as the 200' wire. What did you use before that? I used pretty much the same 70' wire and various inverted vee's. And, up until 5 or 6 years ago I had access a few times a year to a nice setup that featured 6 pretty much permanent beverages from 300 to 700 feet or so in a very quiet location. Beginning in late October I've begun experiencing some noise here that pretty much makes the 200' wire useless. The noise did take about a two week break right about Radio St. Helena time but then returned. I'll have to get out one of these days when the weather improves and see if I can locate the source and let our local BPW know. One thing I forgot to mention is that I put up a 25 foot 'flagpole' mast in the fall, but I've yet to install any inverted vee's on it. Maybe come Spring! It's a flagpole made by the Olympus company, comes in about 4-5 foot sections. Had 21 feet of it donated to me and I purchased another 4 foot section. - Show quoted text - Good deal on the flagpole mast - - that definitely opens up other options. I really need to lay down some new coax also, guess it's been seven yrs. maybe eight- on my oldest and it's buried also. One more thing. Is that an actual flagpole-- and you're just going to use the flagpole itself as a mast? Kind of confused me there. ;-) Yep, it's an actual flagpole. |
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