On Sat, 7/1/17, 'J.T.' kg5krz@yahoo.com [070] <070@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Subject: Re: [070] Firecracker Sprint
To: 070@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, July 1, 2017, 11:19 PM


 









For what it's worth, I'm using a
homebrew fan dipole at 45 ft. I love being able to change
bands and not have to tune,  and it talks pretty decent
too. what I don't like is the noise.  I spend more time
fiddling with the dsp than i did with the tuner. I wound a 1
to 1 current balun in it, but am thinking that I will swap
it out for a voltage balun and see if that helps.  I have
also considered replacing it with a yard full of
bazookas.
My
$0.02
JTKG5KRZ
On Jul 1, 2017 10:35 PM,
"Jon Greene wx5nco@yahoo.com [070]"
<070@yahoogroups.com> wrote:















 









I hate to do it, but I'm going to throw in the
towel for this contest. I was able to make about 5
QSO's, and I'm happy with that, considering my
antenna. As some of you may know, I haven't been on HF
in about 5 years. So, yesterday, I decided to fire up the
radio and I've had a blast.



My 40 - 80 meter antenna is less than desirable. It hears
great, but it doesn't talk worth a darn. Now, before I
describe this "antenna" you have to promise not to
laugh. I bought this off of ebay years ago. It's made
out of either speaker cable or lamp cord. The legs are
still together. Now, one leg is 100 foot, and the other is
50 foot. It's fed by a balum to 50 Ohm coax. I've
got it run along the privacy fence about 5 or 6 foot off the
ground. Yeah, less than desirable, but some times you have
to do what you have to do. I'm thinking about making a
multi-band fan dipole with 40/30/20/10. That should get me
the bands that I want. I also have a 80 meter double
bazooka for, well, 80 meters. I have a 20 bazooka that I
use for 20 and 30. It seems to do well, but I want to see
if I can do better. I've never really thought about
getting on 40, until this contest hihi.





DE Jon Greene WX5NCO

Tulsa, Oklahoma EM26

070 - 592

30DMC - 1233

DMC - 741

EPC - 5134

1010 - 74420



 
































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