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  1. mb91w126

    Homebrew Beam for 11 meter (27.3850)

    mine came out like this, Material 3/4" emt outside dimensions are a=155.0" b=29.5 " c=7.0" d=20.0" 1" gap at feedpiont graphs are here-> http://www.worldwidedx.com/threads/so-much-for-building-a-moxon-today.174395/#post-496130
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    CB dx on channel 38

    I have him as 119 in my rough notes. but notes are really rough
  3. mb91w126

    Trashing the band

    what tool/device do you use to monitor a given frequency range??
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    CB dx on channel 38

    yep, tc254 Ken from texas was gabbing with a bozo from NJ and covering up all my UK traffic for like 30 minutes. Most of the UK guys I contacted qsy elsewhere and we can have a 2 minute chat. On occasion other UK stations will hear us and call me when QSO has completed. The brits have a way...
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    So much for building a moxon today....

    It was tuned about 1.33 meters above ground laying on two wooden closet doors sitting on top of two plastic recycling barrels . When it is erected on the roof, it will be about 10 meters above ground.
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    So much for building a moxon today....

    Thanks, I'm pretty satisfied. unknown, I don't have a tool to measure that yet, not certain that I want to allocate resources just to look at a number that I wouldn't be able to tune anyway. I must admit it is a bit annoying when listening to UK stations calling CQ and half of Texas walks...
  7. mb91w126

    Stuffed pepper

    out here NY/NY poppers are jalepenos sliced in half length wise, then filled w/cream cheeze , battered and deep fried. call them what you will, but all are tasty Hot peppers were never big in the German community back in Iowa.
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    Stuffed pepper

    1 jalop 2 pepperoni 3 cheddar cheeze 4 taco mix clean out pepper lay 3/4 pieces of pepperoni inside sprinkle taco mix on cheeze stuff pepper with cheeze heat in over or grille
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    So much for building a moxon today....

    first tuning pass, getting closer.....
  10. mb91w126

    Thoughts on building a Moxon

  11. mb91w126

    So much for building a moxon today....

    first attempt, not tuned yet, not half bad...
  12. mb91w126

    So much for building a moxon today....

    Yes I wanted to but I made it home depot and bought a bunch of parts. Feed point is built, now on too measuring once and cutting 5 times ;-)
  13. mb91w126

    maco yquad analyzed

    I'm beginning to wonder how one can correctly assemble any antenna without an analyzer. Now the question is how to move x left .5MHZ. My inclination that fiddling with the gamma matcher wont move X and that either moving the reflector away or the lengthening the driven element is how to move...
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    maco yquad analyzed

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    maco yquad analyzed

    quick test.... 25.5 = 2.0 swr 28.4 = 2.0 swr lowest observed swr 27.632 - 27.712 @ 1.07
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    So much for building a moxon today....

    I shouldn't have even turned on the radio this morning. Conditions to UK, Germany, and France were great today. West coast started coming in mid afternoon. Spent 6 hours chatting. I'm not turning it on tomorrow!
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    maco yquad analyzed

    yes it is! Thanks! I will upon return. measured from coax at transmitter input end. 50' of DX engineering rg-8U. No way I was climbing 15' up a pole. I get sweaty palms just standing on a shallow pitched roof. yes, I can locate those bounds, produce an post those graphs. I spent some...
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    maco yquad analyzed

    These are the graphs for the antenna analyzer. Focus for right now is 27.385 comments on how it looks? Thanks
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    Quality Sound

    where does one locate the audio frequency range for a given radio?
  20. mb91w126

    Moxon antenna high SWR and reactance

    do you recall the length of slightly?? moxgen gave you dimensions based on 27.385 which yielded meter reading of 26.949 = .525 low. inserting 27.910 in moxgen gives a difference of 2.94" in the A dimension. When you shortened driven, did you widen the feed point and pull the ends closer...