Hi Dan. Keith here in Amherst.
Looking at your photo, and mentally comparing the antenna to the 5/8 10 meter
ground plane from W1FB years ago.
Aside from your caged radials instead of Doug's 1/2" EMT radials, electrically
they fit the same model. It's too bad that S9 & LDG dropped the fiberglass
verticals, but the design can be duplicated with fiberglass tubing from MaxGain
or DX Engineering.
A lighter duty version coulg be made from Cabella or Bass Pro telescoping
crappie poles and a PVC hub & support. My portable 1/2-wave is similar but not
base loade to an electrical 0.62-waves like yours. Look at the Hustler SF-2 2
meter 5/8 mobile antenna. Same idea as yours but scaled to 10 meters.
I have made cost-effective 5/8 base verticals on 2 meters & 223.5 mhz with the
Hustler verticals and salvaged TV antenna parts. They work fine and hold up
for years...
73, Keith, WB2VUO
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-------- Original message --------From: Dan Mitten - WA3NFV
<WA3NFV@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: 2/18/17 20:36 (GMT-05:00) To:
hfbeacons@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [HFbeacons] Re: Fwd: Spots from Montana
Yes.
However, the counterpoise wires don't look that good after
last week's high winds, but the antenna stayed up. It is a home brew affair,
using an LDG fiberglass pushup tuned at the base and fed with CATV
coax.
Dan
----- Original Message -----
From:
Dieter Pelz
To: hfbeacons@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2017 8:19
PM
Subject: [HFbeacons] Re: Fwd: Spots from
Montana
Hi Dan
Interesting. Did you use the vertical antenna that is on your qrz.com page
?
73
Dieter, vk3ffb
On 19/02/2017 12:15, Dan Mitten - WA3NFV
wrote:
Odd that no one else reported S.A.
I heard Brazilian stations for two or more hours
here, today.
Some kind of contest was going on.
73,
Dan WA3NFV
----- Original Message -----
From:
Dieter Pelz
To: hfbeacons@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2017
3:03 PM
Subject: [HFbeacons] Fwd: Spots from
Montana
One more:
K6LLL 28203.5 kHz
429
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Subject:
[HFbeacons] Spots from Montana
Date:
Sun, 19 Feb 2017 07:00:23 +1100
From:
Dieter Pelz <dpelz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To:
hfbeacons@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
To:
hfbeacons@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <hfbeacons@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
While using KiWisdr:
http://foxgulch.net:8073/
in Montana, I can hear the following 10m beacons:
WA6APQ/B 28244 kHz 529 Long Beach QSB
K6FRC 28300 kHz 319 Tracy hvy QSB
73
Dieter, VK3FFB
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