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"dxAce" wrote in message ... MnMikew wrote: "dxAce" wrote in message ... http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/pics.htm Hey Steve, how tall are your supports off the ground? That pic was taken in 2001 when I first installed the system here, and the shot is from the end of the 100' W-E wire, looking west. That wire has now been extended another 100'. I need to take another pic which I'll do this Fall. dxAce How much lead-in coax you using? My backyard is quite similar to yours. I was going to put my wire on the neighbors chainlink fence which runs the length of the yard, but the posts may work better. |
MnMikew wrote: "dxAce" wrote in message ... MnMikew wrote: "dxAce" wrote in message ... http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/pics.htm Hey Steve, how tall are your supports off the ground? That pic was taken in 2001 when I first installed the system here, and the shot is from the end of the 100' W-E wire, looking west. That wire has now been extended another 100'. I need to take another pic which I'll do this Fall. dxAce How much lead-in coax you using? My backyard is quite similar to yours. I was going to put my wire on the neighbors chainlink fence which runs the length of the yard, but the posts may work better. I think my longest run of co-ax is about 85' or so. dxAce |
"Steve" wrote in message om... I'm always curious about people's antennas, though they often go unmentioned here. So, what's in your back yard (or on your roof, or in your attic....)? Steve A G5RV and a 200ft 'Frankenstein" Roof Wire. There is more information, photos and diagrams of them on my web page. See my signalture for the link..... -- Respectfully, Michael Location: New Jersey Primary Receiver: R-75 with full Kiwa mods Antennas: G5RV, 200ft "Frankenstein" roof wire Additional Radios: KA-1101,KA-1102,PL-550, KA-989, Info-Mate 837, GE-SR III Westinghouse H-104 (seven tube) Web Site: http://md_dxing.tripod.com |
"MnMikew" wrote in message ... "dxAce" wrote in message ... MnMikew wrote: "dxAce" wrote in message ... http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/pics.htm Hey Steve, how tall are your supports off the ground? That pic was taken in 2001 when I first installed the system here, and the shot is from the end of the 100' W-E wire, looking west. That wire has now been extended another 100'. I need to take another pic which I'll do this Fall. dxAce How much lead-in coax you using? My backyard is quite similar to yours. I was going to put my wire on the neighbors chainlink fence which runs the length of the yard, but the posts may work better. At the risk of sounding -really- stupid, I just have to ask this. I've read about using your window screen for an antenna; what about hooking directly up to the chain link fence itself? Would it work? It's grounded, so maybe not. I don't know, so I'm asking! |
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@nyc.rr.com says... I'm always curious about people's antennas, though they often go unmentioned here. So, what's in your back yard (or on your roof, or in your attic....)? Steve I have a sloping dipole from the tower to the fence corner, cut for about 15MHZ. There's a Alpha Delta Sloper, the shorter one, off the tower to a roof vent. It needs to be replaced. It's in bad shape, almost 20 years old. I have a short dipole in the attic as a back up. A discone in the attic for one scanner, and two Scantennas for the others. A ringo ranger on top of the tower for railband and the occasional 2M use. Scanners: Base: RS PRO 2004, 2005, 2006 BC 9000XLT Handhelds: RS Pro 93 RS Pro 43 RS Pro 42 RS Pro 37 Yaesu VR500 Icom R2 Yupi 9000 Icom R10 (dead) but should soon be back up and running. BDK |
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-=jd=- wrote: On Fri 10 Sep 2004 01:16:06p, (Steve) wrote in message om: I'm always curious about people's antennas, though they often go unmentioned here. So, what's in your back yard (or on your roof, or in your attic....)? Steve Mine defines "homemade", but worked out well for me: I found a spool of 14 gauge stranded with insulation that precisely matches the color of the ceilings in our home. Using white electrical staples, I mounted it at the wall-to ceiling point, and ran it straight through the family room, down a long hallway, and into my shack, across the ceiling there, and terminating about 3' above my receiver, where I joined it to coax and the coax to an antenna connector for input. It is 55' long, and mounted 7.5 feet above grade. I used this alone for about a month, and was very pleased with the results. In an effort to "notch it up a bit" (don't all antenna experimenters?) I ran an additional 55' of the wire around the ceiling/wall juncture of my shack. It goes around exactly 1 and 1/4 times, (also 7.5 feet up) and again drops to 3' above the receiver, where it joins the coax at the same point as the original wire. I now had a 110' longwire antenna, center-tapped. I read here a few months back where a poster remarked that doubling a 50' random wire to 100' would increase signal strength by only 3dB. That's basically what I found, too. There is a slight edge to signal strength since I went to 110', but only slight. The 55' alone gave me good results. Receiver is an Icom R-75, by the way. I like the relative "invisibility" of teh way I did it. 110' of antenna, and no one even notices it unless it's pointed out to them. Even my wife didn't notice it for more than 6 weeks after I installed it, and had no problem with it when she did notice it ("Gee,you can barely see it.") Comments/suggestions welcome - I'm always trying to learn more. Tony |
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Honus wrote:
At the risk of sounding -really- stupid, I just have to ask this. I've read about using your window screen for an antenna Tried it. Not good. LOTS of buzzing sounds picked up, but strangely enough, never in the winter. mike |
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