Someone may have said it already but be careful with antennas that close. Transmitting on one could damage the receiver of the rig connected to the other. A safe bet is to disconnect the coax to your receiver when transmitting on the other antenna.
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Base Long wire antenna for cb?
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Someone may have said it already but be careful with antennas that close. Transmitting on one could damage the receiver of the rig connected to the other. A safe bet is to disconnect the coax to your receiver when transmitting on the other antenna.
BJ radionut
Supporting Member and 6m addict
I am going up 11 feet more on the starduster that should help but I can unplug it easy its half a whole ham setup it has a switch for transmit recieve
I will do that not sure the other one is staying up if it dont work it was fun making it spent five dollars rest is labor
I think I will put a pirate flag up there and start over my starduster works on the shortwave better than the wire one. It was fun cost five bucks and kept me from fixing my amp
That depends on how you connected the ladder line to your receiver. How did you do that?
BJ radionut
Supporting Member and 6m addict
Lafayette HE-80
General Coverage Shortwave Communications Receiver
(1964)
http://www.noobowsystems.org/restorations/he-80/he-80-en.html
https://www.ecrater.com/p/14787374/lafayette-he80-he-80-receiver-service
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Ladder line connects Here
General Coverage Shortwave Communications Receiver
(1964)
http://www.noobowsystems.org/restorations/he-80/he-80-en.html
https://www.ecrater.com/p/14787374/lafayette-he80-he-80-receiver-service
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Ladder line connects Here
BJ radionut
Supporting Member and 6m addict
http://www.vintagemanuals.com/manual/Lafayette/HE-80
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BJ radionut
Supporting Member and 6m addict
If that is true, then something is wrong with the way you did your Doublet. The Doublet if correctly done should have much greater "capture area" than the CB antenna on most shortwave bands.
BJ radionut
Supporting Member and 6m addict
The standoffs should be PVC/fiberglass etc. something NON-conductive and should not touch any metal.
BJ radionut
Supporting Member and 6m addict
Oh I switched to pl259 /r59 where it went through the wall. I thought those two screws might be for the wire antenna hookup. I looked for a manual. Could not find link.Lafayette HE-80
General Coverage Shortwave Communications Receiver
(1964)
http://www.noobowsystems.org/restorations/he-80/he-80-en.html
https://www.ecrater.com/p/14787374/lafayette-he80-he-80-receiver-service
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Ladder line connects Here
I switched to coax and pl259
Thanks I will order it
Mine is oak wood
The standoffs should be PVC/fiberglass etc. something NON-conductive and should not touch any metal.