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thanks a bunch..lots to read and learn..will get started later this week and hopefully learn something..i hate unhooking all the time but get warned by so many locals i just do it..would be nice to have a diff outlook on it and be able to tell folks that un hook,,that i never do:D

i think this is for 2 meter but ive read this can work..looks scetchy to me. opinions? Cubical Quad with Dual Feedlines for Multiple Polarizations

im always willing to read and learn more..any links welcome:thumbup1: my ham neighbor is grounded out the ying yang on his tower and unhooks everything daily when we have strikes,and he still has been hit dozens of times past 10 yrs he says..just gets the antenna mostly tho. i will never be...

i really did hear from a few others about the big bottle lol..so i had to ask;)

darned if ya do,darned if ya dont..i would have thought opposite,to keep the spacing closer..not sure if that lil would matter tho. i also read somewhere they used the same wire and 2 feed points..it said the seperation didnt bother the full wave..but others didnt like the idea.so i kinda...

funny;i have the rotor sittin on a metal chair, when i hit the brake release it scared the crap outta me,sounded like a 22 going off against the metal chair lol. it works and works great..cycled it thru 3 times each direction..the control box is great also.. i ended with leaving it in the...

oh i will always keep and use the astroplane till death do us part..but the quads recieve is always 3 s units better so vertical on the quad would be sweet..thanks for the link,going there now.

thanks fellas..i will start reading the rest of the week and come up with something hopefully.

heres the rotors..they have to be a diffrent yr or something id think..the black one was new used 6 months when dad got it he said..its been in his shop for many many yrs..it has slight play in the rotor like normal and has a click when i turn it by hand..i feel like its maybe the brake lever i...

arent i glad i asked..i dont always belive what i hear..but i heard that a few times so there prob hard headed and not willing to learn. however,i am! i have no choice but to always leave my coax in the house unless i add a bunch of conectors and i dont want that..only connectors i have is...

hi,as a few here no i have a 2 element homemade quad antenna..best thing i ever did for sure! i set it up in diamond shape and its fed from the bottom tip for the flat side.i used dx engineering rg11 iirc, 75 ohm to match it and works great. i need vertical now..astroplane dont work well below...

did i mention how much i love this crank up tiltover tower? well i really do:thumbup: today i got 2 free ham 2 rotors from my dad,,one new "stored for many yrs"and all there and one older with the mount off the bottom..i will try the one w/out bottom bracket first since it will/should bolt...

i no this is a old thread,but is this true? i was told by a guy that was on a navy ship for yrs that they put all there coax cables in one 5 gallon glass jar when theres a storm coming?he said you can see it dancing around if it gets thru? i have a 5 gal glass one but if a mason will work that...

been spotty here but seems at least once a day i talk to washington state,cali,nebraska,missouri,ky,tn,and canada niagra falls area..im getting out so good with the homemade quad with 5 watts i dont know why i keep using 50-100 sometimes.. ive learned a lot this yr..antenna antenna antennas;)...

now i will be watchin anvil videos all night.:pop:

ive seen before but didnt no about the hole.cuped area in the bottom..since its railroad track i dont think it has to have a hollowed bottom,its been working fine lol. i have been debating curving out the bottom sides to look like legs:D

havent used it yet..what hollow you speak of?? i will prob cut the hardy hole 1 inch on top of the plate i get and wider thru the bottom of the anvil so i can fill it back solid with weld..then will be tappered and have a fall out below..drilling a prichel hole will prob be a chore but i have a...

well i made a aluminum bracket thats pretty simple for the astroplane to mount on the side of the upper part of the lower tower.. turned out nice and level..the top just has 2 solid round alum bars welded so they slide in the top of the tower,,then a v bracket wrapped around the bottom part...

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so hot today i could cook on the roof pretty fast.hope we get rain.