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Working on the Avanti PDL-2
- Thread starter fortymobile
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That is a slick idea to put it in a swimming pool filled with salt water. How may people can do that? Or have the means to make it happen? Either way - that will be interesting to see the NEXT video once it is all finished and running. Sure beats a viddy of some dude wearing high heels at a ham-fest - that is for sure...
wait, i dont get it.
is that PDL II pointing straight up into the sky?
what is the idea here?
is it like a ground mounted antenna where the pool is supposed to take the place of the multiple ground radials?
seems weird, but maybe im just not seeing it.
LC
is that PDL II pointing straight up into the sky?
what is the idea here?
is it like a ground mounted antenna where the pool is supposed to take the place of the multiple ground radials?
seems weird, but maybe im just not seeing it.
LC
That is the way you can tune it. point it straight up and ajust the swr and then mount it on the tower.
I doubt the salt water pool helped as much as the aluminum ladder 2 feet away from the driven element hurt the setting of the VSWR. Again, more common sense needs to be applied here. The PDL II tunes up perfectly following the directions just pointing it straight up. If nothing else, the salt water could help corrode all the copper to aluminum connections nicely.
Quality !!! 
Whats next? channel a groove out the landscape and let the Atlantic/Pacific Ocean fill up his back garden.
Only in America.
On the positive side he could fill the pool with Sea Bass and if the propagation is shit at least he'll be able to do some fishing.
Whats next? channel a groove out the landscape and let the Atlantic/Pacific Ocean fill up his back garden.
Only in America.
On the positive side he could fill the pool with Sea Bass and if the propagation is shit at least he'll be able to do some fishing.
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Quality !!!
On the positive side he could fill the pool with Sea Bass and if the propagation is shit at least he'll be able to do some fishing.