tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79024373957588271672024-03-04T23:31:05.943-08:00160mG0JHChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14543948682137416557noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7902437395758827167.post-54376333332111667682009-12-21T05:31:00.001-08:002009-12-21T05:31:43.789-08:00Simple EWE 5m x 10m to the USA<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjejoFWx6SaIpwKZav6OyvLl-e0sqzk8G63gUmTxoW_X_SxdtMtSd3sgBhK7rGuknRp9j9WAp0wTSoQrnjgDSUpOaFGNyEO1igr1_1w1H9debR22jQahNov9oWpefEiZmOrYJGhoO2Fmkyr/s1600-h/ewe+to+west.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjejoFWx6SaIpwKZav6OyvLl-e0sqzk8G63gUmTxoW_X_SxdtMtSd3sgBhK7rGuknRp9j9WAp0wTSoQrnjgDSUpOaFGNyEO1igr1_1w1H9debR22jQahNov9oWpefEiZmOrYJGhoO2Fmkyr/s320/ewe+to+west.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417681622230322354" border="0" /></a>G0JHChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14543948682137416557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7902437395758827167.post-55542907804949195872009-12-13T09:42:00.000-08:002009-12-21T05:28:46.301-08:00TX3A Double half delta Loop (to Africa) December 09<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit9QgyLwaoxmgqordhHqqspDg_GBXOK5OsCklkI8TQhA0GnCEEhsCYmXHsMTmdpGLXYgv_HMXOJlUKCjJsTsTfeKm_86rTSwmFSA3xJfikqj4MrISZ31IlyPyZQM0kCsO852bZuo-EA-gT/s1600-h/dd2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit9QgyLwaoxmgqordhHqqspDg_GBXOK5OsCklkI8TQhA0GnCEEhsCYmXHsMTmdpGLXYgv_HMXOJlUKCjJsTsTfeKm_86rTSwmFSA3xJfikqj4MrISZ31IlyPyZQM0kCsO852bZuo-EA-gT/s320/dd2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417680276846653570" border="0" /></a><br />Details of this Antenna can be found here<br /><a href="http://www.tx3a.com/equipment.html">http://www.tx3a.com/equipment.html</a><br /><br />This version has its bottom wire 2.5m off the ground supported by 10m poles.G0JHChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14543948682137416557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7902437395758827167.post-57524857452619934542008-12-08T07:28:00.000-08:002008-12-08T07:30:40.839-08:00nulling out the QRM West<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiagLqFExJfmefUFGwyYBGpZjL_KoFBa4PJmkkVwxauVs_vVdBOiRJ_meD-3xpgSuj_l2wb_HDlunNEPCqk3YVk2EZFcjTPODSsd6powu8yEQODGDGOGD4DJjzw1Bcnpb1M_VGCmFAv13Yz/s1600-h/west.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277441646709651250" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 286px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiagLqFExJfmefUFGwyYBGpZjL_KoFBa4PJmkkVwxauVs_vVdBOiRJ_meD-3xpgSuj_l2wb_HDlunNEPCqk3YVk2EZFcjTPODSsd6powu8yEQODGDGOGD4DJjzw1Bcnpb1M_VGCmFAv13Yz/s320/west.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>G0JHChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14543948682137416557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7902437395758827167.post-71772890690303496522008-12-08T04:28:00.001-08:002009-12-18T03:01:24.467-08:00Rx Ant to the West. Simple EWE 5m x 10m<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAmihx6mMniTEecfNyGYHl0gRHD2Uj51aBA9sXY8KqW7xYtGdtH7hNADLfZgONpNk96FYbu9RaoPqm0skcrSEWI3meIgrgjYmxD8JA1Yvi83-Kb3eYCq_hQWh2TEnOmPTfV1B6la6PMnS-/s1600-h/west+ewe+done.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277400116860750178" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 233px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAmihx6mMniTEecfNyGYHl0gRHD2Uj51aBA9sXY8KqW7xYtGdtH7hNADLfZgONpNk96FYbu9RaoPqm0skcrSEWI3meIgrgjYmxD8JA1Yvi83-Kb3eYCq_hQWh2TEnOmPTfV1B6la6PMnS-/s320/west+ewe+done.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ZI0Qd-VmladhTIRamW9cJi1wFMCHpC_tnK21QzLgBmew0CHeSbybQR0kyqe5xODdIe8u4jo8WGv9wXWyNL0y4aTPqABhxhjKrdWYHIbL9f1VkjaV4-TCG81h3LNONLW-YguyEVM9_upn/s1600-h/south+ewe+done.bmp"></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuiDy4Up3pdAPEP28UlC8ob_cKJkzBH3sg_61PMdq_dnDpasfWHjOXebRXmU99h68WcuTgVFyi0-bTTDvsfPP_fI8M-3a45UMeeOeWDQbQmGij5rqbzmJ31mLGeMNyYbVSAa1McFLpdIoO/s1600-h/east+ewe+done.bmp"></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1CQ7XxsmlboXNggZWIJArsSJ2UgsNBJaVfrDD-9L8vobo8si0QqBTp9Xr2coqEdh6k8oa8ymO2Pla8pXghsIJB1z478R0dvebN2LS5msyP-XeHCC4OodAfy5Lk4uoX4zlG5fOXn8NdYXe/s1600-h/east+ewe+done.bmp"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiR3idSDbLwqyUEBFTu7x-zomJiPM0NnYSKzwThU4rmb1etYlpwWMDQ04g_3on5x9KXImMuaQ2ohUaFPrLNAEl__YW7JAJlL9Txjwba1ISqu740-QFVYr7euKB_pCU7MW8h8gudNMHoHYj/s1600-h/rx+ant.jpg"></a><br /><br /><div> </div></div></div></div></div>G0JHChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14543948682137416557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7902437395758827167.post-5995319082572566792008-12-08T04:27:00.000-08:002009-12-17T01:26:20.052-08:00Why I am "deaf" to the East on 160m<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdgE9CsRbgIe24PWs3y1bXxZobXLO5KnpZUSEs582LH_HrHP4MAbD0Lnit9w7AudojtSB66cYPXDa3E1Uk3cYIkQG_Gsj9ePWAVs7HrA5OxUxhJNY2TdhXqX3s42DsRaX-TgSdjo0523RT/s1600-h/qrm.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416134044809879090" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdgE9CsRbgIe24PWs3y1bXxZobXLO5KnpZUSEs582LH_HrHP4MAbD0Lnit9w7AudojtSB66cYPXDa3E1Uk3cYIkQG_Gsj9ePWAVs7HrA5OxUxhJNY2TdhXqX3s42DsRaX-TgSdjo0523RT/s320/qrm.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ioVqK_423RGeTR5AARVkD8352ECNYaswSvAIhb6OocDjVrTtfgN2zGkYuYr7w-y0GlJFyVpYlSriwD_xdTIGesBUJmuh3zdZv62swQZGLQkxJ3IuRowwE1rVuxgiYMqeDsKVqDTTVRtA/s1600-h/qrm1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277394898354261234" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 286px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ioVqK_423RGeTR5AARVkD8352ECNYaswSvAIhb6OocDjVrTtfgN2zGkYuYr7w-y0GlJFyVpYlSriwD_xdTIGesBUJmuh3zdZv62swQZGLQkxJ3IuRowwE1rVuxgiYMqeDsKVqDTTVRtA/s320/qrm1.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div></div>G0JHChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14543948682137416557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7902437395758827167.post-75211266882328488782008-07-29T08:48:00.000-07:002009-12-17T01:47:03.211-08:0080/160m<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSAqm2rvWfwK3VmieqGrlaa3N6VO1KJDZHtC2oqS2E05zL1-ED0Wer6DyfyLJwPJ9SgOfakjCFUbIME2ZH_em1sNYh27oKdhzFRimgeFgK49cB-_6ulxok8kHG7hnGpo21R3mwYCne1hxn/s1600-h/80m.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416139371268761810" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSAqm2rvWfwK3VmieqGrlaa3N6VO1KJDZHtC2oqS2E05zL1-ED0Wer6DyfyLJwPJ9SgOfakjCFUbIME2ZH_em1sNYh27oKdhzFRimgeFgK49cB-_6ulxok8kHG7hnGpo21R3mwYCne1hxn/s320/80m.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC1SzPpj88Hok8eqESg1Byq8z2OdZYlitow_KLrAgkr_prZsyBll75rEh_sgiSlKFhjtefBOgOR8xTPf-OzqruOorpqZq-XdncvIsdjbQBRKLHIdZWlzxERnX_qEGPMgJkoiAT88Tq7_Ns/s1600-h/80m_vert_with_160m_L_in_back_ground.JPG"></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUSHYsiLa1L8YqEk_R2F0qmGB7Mh1fHkmbl1_C749FdIktC9Qmua8AbD8t0QWz28hMwjd_6RShOSJJrUQiOE0B3MMJ9JssaRw65SjxyQRZJC5choG0-lasj0wJZ_uvYJsBB5msnrAFU4YH/s1600-h/80m+vert+with+160m+L+in+back+ground.JPG"></a></div></div>G0JHChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14543948682137416557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7902437395758827167.post-87533699098164910822008-04-25T04:40:00.000-07:002008-04-25T07:49:57.387-07:00Layout of inverted L<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLKJkCty-Ql9EVIr7LVXt9lR-xRi3u2oxkDNuusxLhfJwspATEJoXh9l9VoaDOLMnop6EFaB73hSnPFJrX5y94aPc7pIjupza9QQbK_jNnoXEhTx1dLhRtjzheuy10_T7eM8o6dwAtZS8f/s1600-h/sofar.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLKJkCty-Ql9EVIr7LVXt9lR-xRi3u2oxkDNuusxLhfJwspATEJoXh9l9VoaDOLMnop6EFaB73hSnPFJrX5y94aPc7pIjupza9QQbK_jNnoXEhTx1dLhRtjzheuy10_T7eM8o6dwAtZS8f/s320/sofar.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193174333070911090" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />As well as the radial system the antenna is 1-2 miles from the Sea and on a bed of wet clay.<br /><br />SWR = 1.3.1 @ 1810MHz 1.0 at 1825MHz 1.4.1 @ 1840MHzG0JHChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14543948682137416557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7902437395758827167.post-22368541251395079652008-04-24T07:05:00.000-07:002009-12-17T01:08:21.256-08:00Radial Mat. 4-5km<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNdOLxjL-szgcVDcwq1P8E_tOtbjandPBqp08J7aC-0_nFbMCqwfbCa_uJOmBpuQ-8QJxZv6D07AopqIVrA9UCw5GT37K5kIignhzrI8E9oqNzZlTHFR6VAW3kxYmWOP_pOtabVhnXrnMk/s1600-h/tx+vertical.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416128776421680578" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 294px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNdOLxjL-szgcVDcwq1P8E_tOtbjandPBqp08J7aC-0_nFbMCqwfbCa_uJOmBpuQ-8QJxZv6D07AopqIVrA9UCw5GT37K5kIignhzrI8E9oqNzZlTHFR6VAW3kxYmWOP_pOtabVhnXrnMk/s320/tx+vertical.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDjZDT_mVfO0Ni20bQiLdBZnporwVeaO4Qm4gwwqpb9P7xDcPr2lVKgKdI5tKJGw0GAllqzvA2Xp5j5u6iNOPwUW3W_sMmbO-axjfnVdGm7Wf1dXCL56TVgQkrtEL8uk6kZNng1fD2Fniv/s1600-h/radials.jpg"></a><br /><br />100+ radials, (5km) the majority 1/4 wave. Some 1/8 wave and 16 x 1/2 wave</div>G0JHChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14543948682137416557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7902437395758827167.post-64488822757046731552008-03-08T07:53:00.001-08:002008-03-09T06:48:00.366-07:00Laying lots of radials (an easy way)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOfZOsE8hOpxgyFwWQZjkq1ABOxkKaHotBnT9iqXowUeiraoSysdke4dzXpS5Nqt7MSUZbi9gyHlHf1CJZnjCm5nr1iHhMUZqJSAUZrUWsZVO-afN_OLs0tPRWyUco30rtf3uc1-5fOmes/s1600-h/radial+tracks+ready.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOfZOsE8hOpxgyFwWQZjkq1ABOxkKaHotBnT9iqXowUeiraoSysdke4dzXpS5Nqt7MSUZbi9gyHlHf1CJZnjCm5nr1iHhMUZqJSAUZrUWsZVO-afN_OLs0tPRWyUco30rtf3uc1-5fOmes/s320/radial+tracks+ready.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5175738256060001714" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPkJX3jCmKYFtFqW_17gu8roGoKsViW3PV90kVZgCaD9cxxyG6uji7cqKeuL45KtzdqSI5Mtl0ZaLw-4fE9KTRen_uC83bZgLdN3ON05u8t-KXmCcRZDx4EvGR3ErofxyENzc3f_HM8BEA/s1600-h/G0JHC+digging+radial+trenches.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPkJX3jCmKYFtFqW_17gu8roGoKsViW3PV90kVZgCaD9cxxyG6uji7cqKeuL45KtzdqSI5Mtl0ZaLw-4fE9KTRen_uC83bZgLdN3ON05u8t-KXmCcRZDx4EvGR3ErofxyENzc3f_HM8BEA/s320/G0JHC+digging+radial+trenches.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5175737835153206690" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhutBoS8PMDP1Hkeda3DgxiAK9bGwWqyYYbh1RazTWwWB8Yun1FcWOhW3ZMG_kQHWKzKwiEv0f3kzcQjV5-SafOtrySlyDZ_vvZb8fb7ByLjNdC3BvogMwAtF4vWpYs-PB_v2tLdVLPIu-R/s1600-h/making+radial+trenches.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhutBoS8PMDP1Hkeda3DgxiAK9bGwWqyYYbh1RazTWwWB8Yun1FcWOhW3ZMG_kQHWKzKwiEv0f3kzcQjV5-SafOtrySlyDZ_vvZb8fb7ByLjNdC3BvogMwAtF4vWpYs-PB_v2tLdVLPIu-R/s320/making+radial+trenches.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5175400130464656770" /></a>G0JHChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14543948682137416557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7902437395758827167.post-63601490396770590362008-03-03T13:31:00.000-08:002008-12-08T04:14:03.623-08:00Simple 2m loop RX Antenna<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJL2tNogsu-tiUk_OqjiUACKTaHV4MKfxMkHIkh_m6GrAE0-2vQXnXdaDmLp_-YHN2KGjulQ1fjxZEvmjQqCGutQZfL4F6qnwAT9hPTOh9gLZLEvTlZWPVvRcy7bXq8S5lWZIv34scMyFP/s1600-h/IMG_1051%5B1%5D"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173631567450706178" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJL2tNogsu-tiUk_OqjiUACKTaHV4MKfxMkHIkh_m6GrAE0-2vQXnXdaDmLp_-YHN2KGjulQ1fjxZEvmjQqCGutQZfL4F6qnwAT9hPTOh9gLZLEvTlZWPVvRcy7bXq8S5lWZIv34scMyFP/s320/IMG_1051%5B1%5D" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Based on this design</div><div></div><div><a href="http://www.hamlife.co.uk/getFile.asp?categoryID=3681&cCID=6858&fFID=594">http://www.hamlife.co.uk/getFile.asp?categoryID=3681&cCID=6858&fFID=594</a></div><div></div><div>provides a deep (40db null) on power station QRM 1 mile away. </div><div>Useful on "bad nights" /High Angle. KD9SV Pre-amp needed.</div>G0JHChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14543948682137416557noreply@blogger.com0