Thanks Chris. Excited to be a part of the hobby and learn something new. Thanks for the coax suggestion. I will check the 8U cable. I am guessing I would need somewhere in the 50-75 ft length to make sure I can feed it into the room.
Venkata Appala pradhan...@gmail.com > On Aug 6, 2023, at 9:25 PM, Chris Medlin via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote: > > Firstly, welcome to the hobby. > > Secondly, I dont know anything about this antenna except for what I just read > on dx engineering. But 17ft is quarter wave on 20m. > > Maybe someone can give you better info on the antenna… > I can say, if you are wanting to setup when you want to run hf and then tear > down when youre done, thats exactly what i did for the 3 years i was in > austin (prior to my move to houston in 2022). I had 100 ft of RG8U and i just > ran it thru my townhouse and out the door (the door closes over it fine) to > my antenna and when I was done, I disconnected and rolled my coax back up and > never had a problem. > > If youre running 50-100 ft, I dont see a reason why youd need to spend the > extra money on the LMR coax. The loss is negligible, if any. > > Good luck. > 73/Chris/AC5CM > > Typos brought to you by iPhone > >> On Aug 6, 2023, at 20:21, Venkata Appala via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote: >> >> Hello all, >> I am working on setting up a temporary HF antenna that I can setup or take >> down when not in use. For this, I am exploring MFJ 1979 telescope antenna. I >> am not sure if this is the right choice yet. My idea was to use some >> mount(yet to figure this out) in the backyard, run the cable inside the home >> when I want to use HF. In addition, when I am visiting some park, planning >> to mount if using some mag mount. I don’t have much of a backyard and wanted >> to see if this antenna can be used at home and when I am visiting places. >> With this info, I have few questions. Please bear with me as I am absolutely >> new to Ham and might ask dumb questions. While reading, one thing I realized >> is that, the antenna depends on the bands I wish to use. Well, at the >> moment, I want to start with something that can get me on air for commonly >> used frequencies where I can listen in and learn how to use the radio. At >> the moment, all I have is a HF transceiver with builtin tuner. >> >> 1) Is 1979 a good antenna? It appears it is around $70 and I am assuming >> this can get me started without breaking any bank. >> 2) Coax…looking at the options, this seems like a candy store and I can’t >> figure out which one. I am guessing something around 50 ft in length might >> work and my limited research shows LMR 240 might be good option. Is this >> true or should I find a better alternative? >> 3) Any suggestions on mounts for the antenna that I can use in the backyard? >> >> >> Ps: Thank you to Ed and Richard for pointing me in the right direction at >> Fulshear farmer’s market. I am also researching on end fed antenna but this >> will be a build/diy project. >> >> Thank you for all the guidance and suggestions. >> >> 73 >> Venkata Appala KJ5BVS >> pradhan...@gmail.com >> >> >> >> ________________________________________________ >> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >> >> BVARC mailing list >> BVARC@bvarc.org >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> Publicly available archives are available here: >> https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC@bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/
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