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dxAce wrote:

Steve wrote:

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....)?

One 70' wire running N-S, and one 200' wire running W-E. Both are transformer
matched, with the co-ax feed buried running to the house.

dxAce



Steve

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Hey Steve, how tall are your supports off the ground?

MnMikew wrote:

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Hey Steve, how tall are your supports off the ground?

They are 9' off the ground, the actual wood is 12' long.

Steve
dxAce

MnMikew wrote:

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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

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MnMikew wrote:

"dxAce" wrote in message
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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:

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MnMikew wrote:

"dxAce" wrote in message
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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

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"dxAce" wrote in message
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MnMikew wrote:

"dxAce" wrote in message
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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!

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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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

I am using a window screen made of Hardware Cloth 3/8" mesh, 2'x4'
hidden from outside by the curtain. An S3 sig with my rod antenna becomes
an S9 on the screen. k35454.
p.s. hi mike II still on rec.psychic from England ?