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If you have the room go for the 160 M loop. Feed it with 450 ohm ladder line to a 4:1 Current Balun, then coax to your rig. Put it up as high as you can (even if it's only 25 feet) in a horizontal loop, that way you do not have to be concerned where the feed point is. Loops are very...

HomerBB, Have fun with your new analyzer. You have it in Advanced Mode as shown by the brackets around the Reactance value. Your modified antenna is showing excellent readings by having the Impedance (R) close to if not on 50 ohms, and the Reactance (X) vale at or near zero. It's a near...

Attached is a copy of cross polarized yagi's (aka, circular polarization). Figure 12-3 shows the harness is made from one type of cable (i.e., RG-133). One side of the harness is 1/4 wave of RG-133, and the other side ie 3/4 wave of RG-133. Everything is connected with a tee connector. The...

The Ultimate Guide to 11 Meter CB Antennas states correctly about the 90 degree phasing harness, however the choice of cable will make or break the operation. RG-133/U (95 ohm) is the best to use for the harness. RG-63/U (125 ohm) is easier to find but causes more of a mismatch when used with...

Only if little aliens were present in the area. No, not really. Probably just too much demand for the generator(s) and the electric company had to back the voltage down. In any case, it's bad news for electrical appliances. If voltage goes down, the current draw goes up to make the power...

Antenna reciprocality law: The same holds true for transmit or receive.

Sounds like a major brown out, or the neutral line of the 220 Volt feeder became disconnected. The later happened to my parents house and everything in the house was running on 1/2 voltage or so. They lived 3 miles from O'Hare Airport, on a glide path/runway path, and after 30+ years of...

In a most general sense: Basically (in most but not all cases) a balanced antenna is one where the elements are fed and are of equal length on both sides such as a dipole antenna. Balanced antennas can be fed with open wire transmission line or with coax with a Balun. One of the exceptions...

Maybe someone can clarify: I hear stories that the Hustler CG-144 2 Meter whip is also usable as a 1/4 wave for 10 Meters. If so this would provide a 5 dB gain antenna for 2 Meters and 0 dB gain antenna for 10 Meters, all by a whip antenna that measures 7 ft.

If you're looking for a small/compact beam, look at a Hex Beam. There are several manufactures out there. Most can be turned with a TV type rotor. Most can be made to cover 6 through 20 Meters, and if you have the room maybe 40 Meters also. 80 Meters would still be quit large for a Hex Beam...

Sorry guys, I meant 5-20-12. I won't see much here anyway: They're predicting strong thunderstorms late afternoon/evening time period.

Just QSO'ed with FM1FV on 18.146 MHz, on Martinique Island. Manuel has a very strong signal to the US.

Well if the cell phone (excuse me), mobile phone services keep jacking up their subscription prices, those CB radios will start looking better, and better to the general public again. Plus they can't track what you're saying, or where you're going on a CB either.:thumbup1: There is no privacy...