Recent content by lonestarbandit

7 pounds of static on me no joy.

While having my coffee I did talk to needlebender 030 out of SC belive. Didn't hear anyone else.

I wanted desperately to make a snide political comment here but I'll refrain lol.

Indeed. I will likely miss out as I have pledged the day to my own mother for whatever she wants to do. Yesterday was nothing but static for me. Hope you all can find that DX!

I heard nothing all day on 38L

".....The ebay store doesn't make the same claim that they're "Tested", and these clearly, could NOT have been...." Their 3-500ZG I got from their ebay source scared the you know what out of me when I turned it on the 1st time.... crazy arc and spark internally for the first few key attempts...

Pulled the battered beast down and drilled and screwed her and yes I know I wont be able to move Gama sliders but lo the phantom SWR glitching with wind vanished. Have a decent antenna tuner so not too worried. Seems to be working well now SWR rock solid no more fluctuations.

Yeah IDK... marketing probably...

https://www.antennas27.com/antenna_loop_vs_yagi If this is accurate (though this information is not on the 10/11m band maybe I am better off sticking with the Delta loops aka VQUAD? Also has anyone here used both and have any observations to aid my choice?

Man that's sad to hear. He was one of the guys that made me want to stay in radio when I joined this forum years ago and will certainly be a loss to the community in knowledge and character.

To be honest I don't know where I got them. They were saved to my phone years ago when I was first hunting for an antenna before I chose my VQ3 and VQUADs. I certainly appreciate the explanation and the great information. I did notice however you didn't state an opinion on, all things being...

I did say they found a cell, not a functioning complete brain ..... yes I took the same understanding away from that as you have. Luckily I still HAVE my CDL and am nowhere near PA lol

Not sure a workplace situation and all the legal entanglements therein would apply to Someone found a brain cell it would seem.

I'm still at the office lol. No radio here least not 11m lol I wish I could viagra them but I can't. I'm maxed out of height that if they fall over I miss the power lines by a 5-6 foot margin. Any higher and I won't. Safety first.

I certainly agree much of the advertised specs are just that, advertising. I guess what I'm saying is will the 4 element Siro outperform the VQUAD (which we know isn't a true quad but a delta loop). All I have are the specs SOMEONE modeled to compare, with no experience or evidence either way to...