performance will be more than adequate with the
feedpoint @ 1/2λ above ground or about 18' feet.
feedpoint @ 1/2λ above ground or about 18' feet.
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MACO VQ3
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[QUOTE="freecell, post: 771251, member: 30" ]performance will be more than adequate with the
feedpoint @ 1/2λ above ground or about 18' feet.[/QUOTE]
Really? Thats fantastic news some people were telling me unless I was into the 1st wavelength @ 30 feet plus was going to suck. So half wave length will be ok then? I mean of course Id love a 75 foot tower but cant do here lol.
Trouble is due to proximity to power lines I dont want to push higher in the unlikely event pole and antenna should fall over.....Same problem with installed Imax. Just height limited for safety.
feedpoint @ 1/2λ above ground or about 18' feet.[/QUOTE]
Really? Thats fantastic news some people were telling me unless I was into the 1st wavelength @ 30 feet plus was going to suck. So half wave length will be ok then? I mean of course Id love a 75 foot tower but cant do here lol.
Trouble is due to proximity to power lines I dont want to push higher in the unlikely event pole and antenna should fall over.....Same problem with installed Imax. Just height limited for safety.
Shadetree Mechanic
Delaware Base Station 808
using the array in the combined polarization mode will present noticeably less wind load than the horizontal only mode, besides the other obvious advantages.
The fun part's putting it all together.......
This is a VQ3 22 pounds not the light short 8 pound VQUAD. But it will be a one man job lol.
Wow I paid a lot more than that MSRP lol
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Already have one for MAX2000 8 ft down.Sounds like it is going to be a great setup. Don't forget the ground rods.
No lol. im not gonna have fun with that
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Bull.
It’ll be a dead-quiet 0332 on the clock and you’ll wonder where the hours went.
But unlike a woman having a baby (billions of women having had even more billions of babies) the world just aint gonna take notice and start giving you congratulations for doing what you were born to do.
So, here’s the solution:
A) “Red Panties” across 3-4 channels at 1,330W whenever a couple of guys are talking; or,
B). “Auudio”. (Whistle). “Auudio” every daylight hour on the hour (exactly) for two looonnng minutes (also exact).
Listen carefully and you oughta be able to get surreptitious air checks for distance with their OTHER conversations. That’ll be fun!
And, just think of all the silent thanks coming your way once ceased after Day 17.
Right?
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Well I have around 800 plus the multiplication factor of directed power whatever this is 27x I suppose lol.
So I suppose my silence might be welcomed not sure lol depends how much of an aggravation I am. Will still be glad once all the assembly and install is done and I can hopefully enjoy the fruits of the labor and expense. I have realistic expectations I wont of course match needlebenders big beam out of florida but hope at least I can have more control over my DX Via directability with hopefully more punch than the Maxx2000
So I suppose my silence might be welcomed not sure lol depends how much of an aggravation I am. Will still be glad once all the assembly and install is done and I can hopefully enjoy the fruits of the labor and expense. I have realistic expectations I wont of course match needlebenders big beam out of florida but hope at least I can have more control over my DX Via directability with hopefully more punch than the Maxx2000
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Change a few things in that post and that’s what I say about this latest PITA big truck install.
So, enjoy the skill being exercised!!
Afterwards, it’s ALWAYS “Miller Time”.
But we part ways where I’ll never wish to be that AM-19 irritation riding the New Mexico short bus.
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DX is all about propagation. If your going to spend money to get more performance put it in your antenna and getting it up in the air. It will work at lower heights but the saying height is might is true. There is a point of course where the cost and effort out weighs the benefit which only you can decide.
Becoming dead etc due to powerline contact kinda outweighs that argument a bit, as previously mentioned I have powerlines just beyond the backyard. Anything more than 25 feet at the tip will possibly contact the HV lines if it fell over. Have to work within the confines I have. The 800 watts should compensate somewhat for lack of being in the 1st wavelength. Its not a perfect scenario but between being nearish to an airport (I dont want to risk more power) and height limitations due to HV lines I'll just have to be happy with whatever I get.
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Also just to my horror have just discovered theres not room for the IMAX where it is AND this things boom length. I may be beam only after this lol.