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well they do actually, they are full of mineralized water, and wet with rain, same reason they effect your signal path; a lot. And that water goes deep into the ground. My loops are on dry wood masts, so that might be a bonus. The path is , the path with potential to ground. The path of least...

Good point I guess we will go with the modern version, a plastic container, I think the idea is sound, with no ground potential very unlikely of a strike, I do have a grounded tower, as the high point, with arrestor, and ground rods on the wifi, so it should take the hit, it also grounds my...

I just unhook the radio, and push almost out outside, likely not the best idea, one idea I have heard people once did was to drop the end of your coax feed into a large empty glass jar. I presume this makes it super insulated offering very little ground potential, I think this will be my new...

no skip here today. Set up a young lad today with a free set up for his car. Had a great chat with a little net we have here every night at 8, on channel 21. Pair of old fellas been on for 40 years, let me in there group, I get on at the start,say hello, then let them have a chat, then drop...

Skip has dropped off here on sideband, hearing better on am right now, will check in later in the day , often get it back on around 4 or 5

I am sure we heard you in there, last 2 days been great, looking forward to more, I will be on there often, "NORTH 7 , Ontario"

I will check in on 16 in a bit, sorry to say I forgot to do 16, am 20, and 38lsb were so alive, I got caught up on it, first day we did the channel 16 I did talk with one of the members on here. Not picked up anybody else since. I will do better to check 16. "NORTH 7" Said that!!

That is a fact, the one that works, is the one you use. Great skip here today, hitting as far as florida, made dozens of contacts from here in Ontario Canada, even hearing Alaska on am.

What are your thoughts on out door MLA, would they out perform, a full wave loop antenna I get about 3 dbi over a dipole with one of my loops, and my 2 loops together get me 6 dbi, in a directional pattern. I have no experience with MLA, some people post they are great some say they are not so...

I keep forgetting, I am in the woods middle of nowhere. I have heard if you check some of these lot restrictions they infringe on your constitutional rights, and would not stand up in court. In the U.S.A I have heard you have some rights to an antenna in law, and these local laws will not stand...

I picked up a radio at a yard sale, and another guy gave me an antenna, so setting a young fella up with a free rig. I think cb has the potential to grow. Talk about it, help it along, One good thing where I live almost nobody running big power. So we have clear air to talk on when we do. One...

Keep calling, same where I live, but you slowly find people. Upgrading my antenna to an array is helping as well, getting out much farther , and making some new contacts. Skip is just about over here, got out once today, but the skip has a fast roll now that the cooler weather is here. Keep...

When I look at this antenna, it would seem to just work out to be a vertical dipole like a biconical antenna. So to me the gain would not be 6, but rather closer to one, It would give, broad freq, response, but not seeing where the gain would come from, to me it is just 3 bent vertical dipoles???

I download this antenna calculator, it says all gaps fed with ladderline???, not sure how this antenna works, but it looks like a good idea, there is no model information, can be downloaded, along with many handy calculators from this link. Anybody up to model this one? Anybody explain how you...

Wish I knew, I know the tower is not ideal , as the one not on the tower works better for sure, than the one on the tower, and I am sure it effects out the back through the tower. I think the loops are high enough over the roof that all they would be doing is helping, maybe bounce some signal...

Working on this design for a vhf, uhf, with 2 side by side sets of 3 elements each, with a screen reflector. Attached is my top hung home made 2 element quad, again on a wood pole with a pully at about 30 feet to the top; to low to work really well.

The one on the left was widened in the middle, to drop the swr from 3's across to get 1.3's across the band, left loop is about 10 feet behind the other loop , and they are roughly 1/2 wave 18 feet apart center to center. The left loop is boom hung out 4 feet, off my new internet tower, at 52...

Thinking maybe move them closer together would be better.