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Recent content by bhayles

  1. bhayles

    Beginner ham antenna questions

    No folks...I did not die. Just close. I haven't changed my HF antenna setup since last post as I've had some health issues, but I'mn bach and working on that fan dipole, getting its center weight down. I have added a Kenwood 271A to the shack and took the easy way out and put up a J=Pole on...
  2. bhayles

    Beginner ham antenna questions

    HM...length of the wires wasn't the weight problem, it was how I constructed the center collector. Look at my avatar and you'll see its a bit weighty...LOL. It needs to go on a diet.
  3. bhayles

    Beginner ham antenna questions

    OK...gave up on getting the fan dipole up...TEMPORARILY! One local Ham loaned me a G5RV and another gave me an old style MFJ Versa Tuner that apparently gets passed around to newbies around here to help them get on the air...(y) The issue with the fan dipole is unsupported weight at the middle...
  4. bhayles

    Beginner ham antenna questions

    Thanks...will do. BTW...this is a b**tch of a one-man-job. WHEW!
  5. bhayles

    Beginner ham antenna questions

    OK...putting the antenna up today, and have yet another question... If you have an antenna that is balanced...is supposed to be balanced, that is...and you add a 1:1 balun before raising it, just in case it isn't balanced so you don't have to bring it back down to add it, what is the result...
  6. bhayles

    Beginner ham antenna questions

    There is rope in the trees!!! Tomorrow the antenna will (finally) be up!
  7. bhayles

    Beginner ham antenna questions

    Well, a month...and some health issues (no, I didn't fall out of the tree)... later, I'm back...and the damn antenna STILL isn't up!
  8. bhayles

    Tyt Th9000d

    I like my Baofeng HT's so far, as far as what they are intended for...camping, hiking, emer communications in car, but have found they suck as a rag chewing radio. The low power doesn't bother me...I'm real close to a kick-butt repeater...but they sure get hot if you try to have a long winded...
  9. bhayles

    Tyt Th9000d

    Does anyone have the TYT H9000D 2 meter radio, and if so, are you happy with it? Pros and cons?
  10. bhayles

    Beginner ham antenna questions

    Slingshot...fail (again). Fishing pole...fail. Potato gun...fail. My tennis game used to be pretty good 35 years ago. Maybe I could borrow a racket, tie a monofilament line to a tennis ball, and try hitting that over the righrt branch...
  11. bhayles

    Beginner ham antenna questions

    Only one thing to add tonight...I'm going to have to practice a lot more or build a potato cannon. It seems my slingshot skills have deteroriated somewhat over the years...
  12. bhayles

    Beginner ham antenna questions

    An interesting article on rope types, specifically written with use in amature radio in mind, by a chemical engineer who is also a Ham.: http://www.mapability.com/ei8ic/contest/rope.php
  13. bhayles

    Beginner ham antenna questions

    I've got a 1000 ft spool of REAL mil-spec 550 paracord for the main support line that will run thru a screw eye in the top of the 4" PVC collector and for haul ropes, and I'm using 50 pound test UV protected mono to keep the radials streched out. That should do the trick...
  14. bhayles

    Beginner ham antenna questions

    OK...another question... I'm wanting to put this antenna up with the center collector for the fan dipole at ~70 feet. I have two perfect trees to string it between that give me plenty of height. But... I am having trouble finding someone to climb the trees. In my younger days I'd have done...
  15. bhayles

    Beginner ham antenna questions

    See #377 and #379