wow, snags, all I don't need getting my Hygain AV640 up in this 
mobile home park. Hmm!
what to set it in, a tripod? I have some free area covered with 
1-inch shale, and no radials needed for such an antenna, so though a 
lightning arrester near the house would be advisable, plus a good 
grounding rod, . . . and have some guy rope, so most of the material 
is here, just all the elbow grease and the eyes, you know, guys, 
those eyes which make all the difference!
  :)


At 07:31 AM 03/17/13, you wrote:
>Junior:
>
>Snags??  Yeah, I know all about them. ...  One of the things that took a bit
>more time than planned yesterday with my Cobra installation was that one of
>the ropes that held the pulley up for one of the antenna ends broke, so we
>had to figure out how to get the pulley down and re-run the ropes.  Then,
>there were the extra tree branches we had to cut down so the antenna could
>be threaded through trees and other wires from one end of the yard to the
>other. ... But, at least it's up now. ...  Hopefully, your snags will be as
>minor as mine were, although they didn't seem quite so minor at the time!
>(grin)
>
>Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Junior Lolley KG4ITD" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2013 6:33 AM
>Subject: Re: Cobra Antenna Now Up
>
>
> > Tom, great you have your new antenna up.
> > I would like to hear it on the air.
> > We did not get to finish putting the loop back in the air.
> > It is almost there but a few snags.
> > We are gonna try again in a few days.
> >
> >
> > Junior Lolley
> > Amateur radio call KG4ITD
> > Liberty County Emergency Coordinator
> > "Be careful how you treat people on your way up because you might meet
> > them
> > again on your way down!!!"
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > On Behalf Of Tom Behler
> > Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2013 12:15 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Cobra Antenna Now Up
> >
> > Hi, all.
> >
> > Well, I didn't get to do the 40-meter round table today, because a couple
> > of
> > hams and I were out in our 32-degree, but at least sunny weather putting
> > my
> > Cobra Ultralite Senior antenna up this afternoon and evening.
> >
> > The antenna is about 25 feet off the ground, and is pretty much a flat
> > top.
> >
> > Had about 30 extra feet of ladder line, which we have coiled and secured
> > off
> > the ground near the corner of the house.  The antenna is connected to the
> > Balun Designs balun, which sits right outside my shack window.
> >
> >
> > The antenna does seem to get out, at least on 80 meters, which is where I
> > really needed an antenna.  I made a number of contacts in the North
> > American
> > Sprint contest on 80 meters, and those contacts ranged from Minesota to
> > North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and South Dakota.
> >
> > But, I do have a question:
> >
> > At first, the antenna did not tune on the lower part of 80 and 40 meters,
> > using the auto tuner in my TS590.
> >
> > However, I used an old trick that I learned from the G5RV installation in
> > my
> > RV, and a trick that, I think Lou from the list used. .. I added about 75
> > feet of coax at the transmitter end of the antenna, and then it tuned just
> > fine.
> >
> > Do you think this is normal for this type of antenna?
> >
> > Is there something else I should try to deal with the SWR issue on the
> > bottom of 40 and 80?
> >
> > I don't know how much more time I'll have this week-end to work with the
> > antenna, but at least it's up in the air, and can be tweaked from here.
> >
> > Tom Behler: KB8TYJ, Big Rapids, MI
> >