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Thanks for describing your antenna, Deon. I had been thinking of using 12 awg stranded wire, for a little more bandwidth and to withstand the stresses of frequent extension and recoiling as I

Rhona You're not alone with the CA restrictions. (You'll be able to find a lot of info about this topic on the net too) I can add my experience, working lots of dx, at QRPp levels. (using mostly

Hi there gentlepersons, This month's QST has an article (p. 44) on a 160-meter stealth vertical antenna that made me think that I could easily erect a similar one for 40 meters on my balcony. By

Now I see why modeling software is so useful if the theoretical and actual are so close--but different from expected. Great tool to have and to learn. Dave w6dlf

Nick, Beautiful pictures. Thanks for sharing Ren William with us. And congratulations to all of you. 73, Dave W6DLF

That's wonderful Nick.......wishing you guys the best!? Tim

Here is Martin's response to my request for NEC file for modeling his antenna using 4NEC2. Dave W6VYC ----- Forwarded Message ---- To: dwcae@... Sent: Mon, July 12, 2010 8:07:05 PM Subject: Re:

Nick, Great news, congratulation with your new member to the Ham community. We will expect to see him soon a QRP outing. Dave W6VYC ________________________________ To: qrpops <QRPops@...>

Howdy Folks, Ren William Garner was born this past Sunday at 0349. He was 7 lbs. 1 oz and 19.5 inches. He and mom are doing fine and I'm sleepy. :) I've uploaded a couple pictures to the group

Rhona Sounds like your station is ready for action. HF was overcrowded this past weekend with the IARU test. If you're curious about how your station is performing, especially at QRP levels, I find

Thanks for the info Dave. I'll definitely check them out. 73, deon k6wh

Hello there, I am vacationing in Falmouth, Massachusetts, at a Mahony clan rendezvous. Ten of us are in a rented house with various gangs driving down and visiting. I have put up a NorCal doublet on

Here's a source for the 17' poles...about what I paid for my from Cabelas a few years ago.

Congratulations!!! That looks great! I like the hub assembly - with the free rotating mechanism. Do you keep the spreaders in position by the antenna wire tension, or do you have additional spreader

Hi gang, I've been working on a portable version of Martin Hedman's (SM0DTK) 3-element wire beam: The Mini Horse Antenna, QST Mar. 2010. Although it needs some optimization, Dave (W6VYK) and I got it

Sounds like a good time Dave, but Cathy and I have a few things to take care of at work. You and Southern Dave enjoy yourselves and hopefully the bands will be a little more accommodating than it was

Hi All, Dave Flack and I are going to meet at the Flea Market (De Anza College) at around 9 AM Saturday. We will go for lunch afterward and possibly go down to the bay lands for some ops. Hope to see

Dear Gang, At Eric's instigation, he, I and Bill (W6WAR) participated in ?a "Field Day"* on the lawn of the Santa Clara City Library. We spent a most pleasant afternoon with perfect weather, many

Hi Eric, I place a 0 to 100 pf variable capacitor in series with the main copper loop (or any shape). Generally, resonance is somewhere in between those values. The feed loop is fed with coax, with

Dear Gang: Today I made the first tests on my qro mag loop. My goal was for it to be usable from 14 to 21 mhz at 100w. Unfortunately it tunes from 14.800 mhz to 23 mhz. Here's my question: is there a