W5TOM….. I checked out some of your movies… good stuff. Thank you!
David K5HEC > On Apr 18, 2019, at 2:53 PM, Tom M. Morton via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > > Martin: > > Please visit my you tube antenna vids and you will learn why what you are > doing doesn't work and some ways to make a good HF antenna. If you need > help, call me at 281-352-4818 and we will get you on the air. For vids go to > you tube and search w5tom and watch the vids. Also go to w5tom.com and visit > antenna listings. > Good Luck, Tom > Tom > > On 4/18/2019 1:43 PM, Martin Blaise via BVARC wrote: >> Ok I will explain I connected the solarcon antenna to the coax that runs >> into my house. Gus checked the coax and it’s good. The cushcraft r5 matching >> box however is not working properly when you put the antenna switch to that >> antenna you get no signals on any band 20 through 10. So I decided to try >> other antennas with the coax such as solarcon. When I say did not tune I >> mean the yaesu 450d internal antenna tuner did not tune any of the bands not >> surprising since the solarcon cb antenna was in the back yard for years. >> Finally I took a piece of Belden cable and cut the end to expose the shield >> and the center conductor and I measured wire for the length of a 20 meter >> dipole and the soldered the wires to the coax. Then I plugged this antenna >> in but I got the same response where the hf rig did not tune anywhere on 20 >> meters and the noise level was so low it was like no antenna was connected. >> I have never been able to solder very well. At this point I am thinking of >> just buying an antenna if it doesn’t work then maybe it is the coax I hope >> that helps I am just having a hard time and no I don’t have an antenna >> analyzer I cannot afford one at the moment I just cannot believe that I >> can’t build a simple dipole >> >> On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 12:20 PM msircg--- via BVARC <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> Do you have an antenna analyzer like the MFJ 259 (?) >> If not get one >> Michael Monsour ac0tx >> >> Sent from my LG K10, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone >> >> ------ Original message------ >> From: Gus Bernard via BVARC >> Date: Mon, Apr 15, 2019 10:48 AM >> To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB; >> Cc: Gus Bernard; >> Subject:Re: [BVARC] Solarcon antenna tests >> >> YouTube David Tadlock. >> >> Gus >> >> On Fri, Apr 12, 2019, 4:11 PM Martin Blaise via BVARC <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> I found an old Solarcon vertical antenna in my backyard. CB antenna that >> some say will work on 20 through 10 meters. My test results: >> 20 does not tune >> 17 does not tune >> 15 does not tune >> 12 does not tune >> 10 does not tune >> Was looking for a quick antenna for 20 meters. Well this won't work. I built >> a 20-meter dipole but it did not work. I'm not the best solderer. Maybe I >> can find something on Ebay. Any suggestions? >> >> >> <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> >> Virus-free. www.avg.com >> <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail>_______________________________________________ >> BVARC mailing list >> Radio,Radio,Radio We are a radio Club! >> Talk it up! On the air about every event, every meeting, every net, every >> time, talk about the club, ham fests, events and people. >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> <http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org> >> Message delivered to [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> _______________________________________________ >> BVARC mailing list >> Radio,Radio,Radio We are a radio Club! >> Talk it up! On the air about every event, every meeting, every net, every >> time, talk about the club, ham fests, events and people. >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> <http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org> >> Message delivered to [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> BVARC mailing list >> Radio,Radio,Radio We are a radio Club! >> Talk it up! On the air about every event, every meeting, every net, every >> time, talk about the club, ham fests, events and people. >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> <http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org> >> Message delivered to [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > _______________________________________________ > BVARC mailing list > Radio,Radio,Radio We are a radio Club! > Talk it up! On the air about every event, every meeting, every net, every > time, talk about the club, ham fests, events and people. > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Message delivered to [email protected]
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