开云体育

Hi,

As promised...

I got a fishing pole and weight and put the fishing line over the top of the oak tree outside my radio room. I used it to pull up around about 130 feet of paracord. And - as promised - I did all of that in the rain. That paracord reaches from the ground on one side of the tree to the ground over on the other side:)

Tomorrow there is possible rain and I hope we get it. That will fully invoke the inverse-adverse law of weather during antenna work. This antenna should work pretty well <evil grin>.

73,

Bill KU8H

On 4/6/19 8:02 PM, Bill Cromwell wrote:

Hi Joe,

---snip---

RG-174 is wonderful stuff for test leads. I use RG-58 for jumpers in the shack and twin lead, Ladder line, or direct connect to the end of the wire antenna. I currently have a long (70 foot) chunk of coax for antenna feed and it is *killing* me. I need a little bit more hardware that I will get tomorrow and change the antenna! It's going to rain tomorrow. I will just have to get wet:)
73,
Bill? KU8H

--
bark less - wag more

Ideally this work should be carried out later in the evening in failing light to ensure maximum inverse-adverse law effects.

Hi,

I think putting up antennas under severe thunderstorms would give the best results. I am not brave enough (foolish enough?) to try that. It looks like it will rain in a little while. I am waiting for that and then I'll haul the antenna up <evil grin>.

By the way, I am waiting for an order from QRP Labs to be delivered and watching for the QSX so I can order one.

73,

Bill KU8H

--
bark less - wag more

Hi there, same name.
Fancy meeting you here.
Bill, shouldn't antenna erecting be done while stark naked in a roaring thunderstorm?
Better wait until after dark though!

72 / 73,
Bill, N4QA

Hi Bill,

You are right but I am not brave enough - or is that not foolish enough :)

I just went out in a misting rain and deployed 100 feet of green THHN up and over the top of the tree. I was suddenly inspired to go and get another 100 foot roll and deploy all that wire as a delta loop. I have some convenient places to anchor the lower corners. If that won't get out to somewhere I will be selling my radios and shopping for stamps or something. Or maybe get that 100 watt Kenwood down off the shelf <heaven help us>.

Speaking of storms and rain are you the guy that uses the GADS antenna? I am going to put you in my stalking machine, aka RBN.

--
bark less - wag more

he he, guilty as charged.
But, the rain of the century here? finally stopped a week or so ago, so most signals from the GADS! are now somewhat dry.
Recent N4QA RBN spots, to the untrained eye, might seem to be from single- or multi-band radio(s) designed for those bands.
In reality, though, many were from the QCX-17, operating on the 17, 20 and 30m bands.
And, RBN doesn't show the WWV & WWVH etc sigs heard on the QCX-80, so I must report those here :0)

Good luck with your new killer antenna !

72 / 73,
Bill, N4QA