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    Info on antenna's I have been reading

    Great info and good reading for anyone who is interested. Though some of the graphs look like my grandaughters spirograph at times cause I dont understand it totally I am learning . Thank you.
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    Info on antenna's I have been reading

    Searching the net for info all the way around I came across a site www.dx-antennas.com an interesting site for some who might want to know. Don't know if it is listed in here but thought I would pass it along.
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    4 element Yagi going up and want to do it right the first time

    Well spent part of the day assembling the Yagi. Laid out the elements and double checked the measurements. They seem to have that down pretty good. Was going to assemble it all the way but they forgot 2 allen screws so will have to stop at the hardware store and get 2 stainless allen screws that...
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    4 element Yagi going up and want to do it right the first time

    I see you must have a support wire going from one end of your beam to the other ?
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    4 element Yagi going up and want to do it right the first time

    Using #0 guage copper stranded wire right now on the other mast. Will be guying it well and the all thread with nut and shakeproof top and bottom of the rings should each section of mast a little more for less rocking of it since it is only locked with minor clamps. The mast is running up the...
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    4 element Yagi going up and want to do it right the first time

    The first section of the mast is up. It is concreted into the gound (2" schedule 40) and the next section will bring me even to the roofline and then telescope up from there so will mount the antenna when it is at roof level and do all the testing there. At this point I can attach the rotor...
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    4 element Yagi going up and want to do it right the first time

    Have been diligently digging thru the threads and numerous answers abound. So I want to do it right. I am putting up a Sirio sy-4 element Yagi on my CB Base. It will be 43 feet up from highest point of ground level. 1)Reading so many ways of shielding coax cable do I just wire tie it to the...