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Thank you everyone. It is a very rewarding feeling and gives me even more motivation to learn everything I need to know to get my Extra. I hope you are able to get your old callsign back Harold. That would be awesome!
I just got home from taking my General Upgrade test and I'm happy to say, I passed. I'm now KB3VQT/AG :w00t: Time to hit the books and hopefully by end of June be ready for the Extra Upgrade.
I originally thought about painting it with grey primer paint but instead sprayed it with Lacquer clear coat. I'm going to have to rethink how I'm going to mount it. That is the main issue right now. I think what I'm going to have to do is extend the bottom mounting stub some way and then water...
I'm afraid I'm at a standstill at the moment. Unfortunately I'm having problems figuring out where and how I'm going to mount the antenna. Its too tall for my attic, I put it on a temporary mast on my back deck and it just seemed very unstable the way I had it mounted. I'm going to have to...
I am making some final checks on the antenna that I built and according to my multimeter I'm only measuring 000.4 ohms resistance across the antenna. Is that a good thing or bad thing? :confused:
I would like to submit the following as my contest entry. For now I have created a pdf file with notes and some instruction on what I did to make the Cactus Super J-Pole. As soon as I get it all completed and operating I will add more pictures. Below is two pictures of the main antenna ready for...
I am putting the final touches on the Cactus Super J-Pole Antenna I'm making and now need to weatherproof the coax connection. What is the best way of doing this? I have seen people use electrical tape and some use heat shrink tubing. What is really the best way to weatherproof the connection?
The main Antenna is an Antron 99 which I will be using for 10 Meter to 40 Meter and the 2nd Antenna will be the Cactus Super J-Pole I'm in the process of building. It will be 2 Meter and 70cm. Given what everyone has posted and with a bit of further confusion, I think what I may wind up doing is...
Thanks for the replies. Reason I was asking is because I was looking to mount the J-Pole I'm building up on the roof near my other antenna and the coaxes for both would run beside each other at some point. What is the minimum distance I can put two antenna's next to each other? They are both...
The one I'm constructing is not like the Arrow Antenna. The one I'm making is what the call a Zeppelin Antenna because its the same design the Germans used during WWII. It can be found Here and Here. I cut out the parts last night and fit it all and I was really surprised at how really easy it...
I'm hoping in the next month or so to be able to purchase an Antenna Analyzer and that should tell me what frequency at least that it might be resonant on.
After researching and looking at all the possible solutions for a antenna that I either wanted to build or buy for 2 meter and 70cm use, I decided to attempt building a Super J-Pole. I figured the cost of me building on was more economically sound and the experience gained in the process would...
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