amateur radio

[k0ua]

James yes I have worked 6 before at my old house I had a double sized G5RV that I home brewed up and it worked very well on all HF Bands. I just don't have room here but I will look into the OCFD see if I can squeeze one into my lot.Just not happy with the standard G5RV I have up now.

If you can forgo 80 meters, an 40 meter and up sized OCFD can maybe be worked into your real estate. There is not much too making one, just a good 4 to 1 balun(depending on height above ground) and two chunks of wire. Here is a good place to get you dimensions and ideas.

Windom Antenna Home Page, and Handbook

 

[B7510HSD]

If you can forgo 80 meters, an 40 meter and up sized OCFD can maybe be worked into your real estate. There is not much too making one, just a good 4 to 1 balun(depending on height above ground) and two chunks of wire. Here is a good place to get you dimensions and ideas.

Windom Antenna Home Page, and Handbook

I need 80 as I check into a net every evening on 80 I have a balun I believe in my junk box and have the wire also maybe I'll play around with this soon. I have 2 doors to install before I can play radio..

 

[k0ua]

I need 80 as I check into a net every evening on 80 I have a balun I believe in my junk box and have the wire also maybe I'll play around with this soon. I have 2 doors to install before I can play radio..

If you do get one up and working, let us know what you think of it. Mine has been up for many years now, broken once in a wind storm, but respliced and still works well. That is the beauty of wire antennas. There is not much there to go wrong.

 

[B7510HSD]

If you do get one up and working, let us know what you think of it. Mine has been up for many years now, broken once in a wind storm, but respliced and still works well. That is the beauty of wire antennas. There is not much there to go wrong.

Do they have to be installed in a straight line or could you say put the balun from a tree run the long wire straight and 90 degree the short wire??

 

[k0ua]

Do they have to be installed in a straight line or could you say put the balun from a tree run the long wire straight and 90 degree the short wire??

It will not work as well, but it can work.. If you can keep the angle less than 90 it will work better. Look at the website I posted, and it will give some ideas about fitting into smaller spaces.. You can make some compromises with affecting it negatively too much.

 

[k0ua]

Do you want to get on 20 meters and talk now? We might have propogation.

 

[buickanddeere]

Haven't keyed a mike in years since the old 2M handheld quit. VE3TH0. Local ham clubs have either folded or amalgamated several clubs together to try and keep going. I haven't heard 2M and 70cm key up in Kincardine and Port Elgin for at least a couple of years.
it goes without saying that the home computer and smart phones have captured the nerd's attention instead.

 

[techman]

I had my general when I was in high school, many years ago. When I was on I shared a rig with a neighbor. It was a Drake TR-4 with a Hallicrafters full gallon linear, TRI band beam on a 40' tower, plus an 80m dipole. Mostly DX on 40 and 15 and some 80 CW. During college I was not home and after school, got married, had no money and lived in an apartment for some years, so it was just not practical and never had either the time or money to get back into it.

I do miss it at times, but free time is a rare resource today.

paul

 

[k0ua]

I had my general when I was in high school, many years ago. When I was on I shared a rig with a neighbor. It was a Drake TR-4 with a Hallicrafters full gallon linear, TRI band beam on a 40' tower, plus an 80m dipole. Mostly DX on 40 and 15 and some 80 CW. During college I was not home and after school, got married, had no money and lived in an apartment for some years, so it was just not practical and never had either the time or money to get back into it.

I do miss it at times, but free time is a rare resource today.

paul

A Drake TR4 was a cool old rig. A friend in college had one, and we went mobile on 40 meters with it for fun occasionally.

 

[Trails End]

I guess it's time to chime in here! I'm K1HJC and have been licensed since 1959, and
currently hold an extra class license. The station consists of an Icom IC746 PRO running
100 watts to a Tennadyne T6 6 element log periodic beam up 58 feet on a Rohn tilt-over
tower. The T6 covers 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10 meters and works well. No antennas for 40
or 80 at this time. For VHF, I have a GAM TG-5-S 3-element vertical collinear above the
T6 log periodic. I've attached a couple of photos since the TBN golden rule is 'no pictures,
it didn't happen'.