Maybe, we should move over to a Blind Hams List face book group LOL
73 Dustin KF5VXR
> On Sep 30, 2015, at 3:11 PM, Dustin Thompson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Yeah, the =3D, really irritates me=E2=80=A6 Especially when you use Siri=E2=80=
> =A6 And seems to do it a lot more. I know one time, I posted a message, and e=
> veryone said it was so full of equal signs that they couldn't understand it=
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>
> 73 Dustin KF5VXR
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>
>> On Sep 30, 2015, at 3:08 PM, Eric Oyen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> =20
>> unfortunately, its the email list server thats doing this. I have tried =3D=
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>> different email clients with the same result. I have also tried plain =3D
>> text and html to no avail. if I knew more about the list server package, =3D=
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>> I could probably help.
>> =20
>> DE n7zzt Eric
>> =20
>>> On Sep 30, 2015, at 12:33 PM, Butch Bussen wrote:
>>> =20
>>> Any way to send this without the equals?
>>> 73
>>> Butch
>>> WA0VJR
>>> Node 3148
>>> Wallace, ks.
>>> =3D20
>>> =3D20
>>> On Wed, 30 Sep 2015, Eric Oyen=3D20
>>> wrote:
>>> =3D20
>>>> here is an alternative that is pretty easy to build.
>>>> =3D20
>>>> 1 you will need 50 feet of PVC pipe and at least 1/4 wave of enameled =3D=
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>> =3D3D
>>>> magnet wire. the idea here is to make a helical wound antenna (much =3D
>> like =3D3D
>>>> a firestik. the windings will need to be widely spaced at the bottom =3D=
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>> =3D3D
>>>> (about 1 turn per foot and gradually reducing to a tight wound coil =3D
>> near =3D3D
>>>> the top. You can also create loaded ground radials this way. The =3D
>> ground =3D3D
>>>> radials definitely need to be 1/4 wave long (electrically). the =3D
>> vertical =3D3D
>>>> element can be 1/4 up to 3/4 waves (wound). THis will make an =3D
>> excellent =3D3D
>>>> low space vertical antenna.
>>>> =3D20
>>>> as a second (receive only) you can create a magnetic loop antenna =3D
>> that =3D3D
>>>> is not much larger than 10 feet in diameter. the top will be split =3D
>> and a =3D3D
>>>> tuning cap placed there. there is also a secondary coupling loop =3D
>> (this =3D3D
>>>> will directly connect to the coax). with the addition of a preamp, =3D
>> you =3D3D
>>>> will have a station that can produce a decent signal on 160 with the =3D=
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>> =3D3D
>>>> ears to match.
>>>> =3D20
>>>> DE n7zzt Eric
>>>> =3D20
>>>>> On Sep 30, 2015, at 10:16 AM, Steve Forst wrote:
>>>>> =3D20
>>>>> Mike,
>>>>> =3D3D20
>>>>> I don't have any experience with any of the antennas you mention, =3D
>> but=3D3D20=3D3D
>>>> =3D20
>>>>> perhaps an inverted L would be better than the long wire. For long =3D=
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>> =3D3D
>>>> haul=3D3D20
>>>>> stuff on 160, vertical antennas are the way to go. You would get =3D3=
> D=3D
>> =20
>>>> that=3D3D20
>>>>> from the inverted L, or the other 2 antennas you mention.
>>>>> =3D3D20
>>>>> I'm using what is probably the worst antenna for 160, a loaded =3D
>> dipole=3D3D20=3D3D
>>>> =3D20
>>>>> that isn't very high. You have a better location than me, and =3D
>> would=3D3D20=3D3D
>>>> =3D20
>>>>> probably do well no matter what antenna you use.
>>>>> =3D3D20
>>>>> While there is plenty of SSB activity, and even DX, my experience =3D
>> is=3D3D20=3D3D
>>>> =3D20
>>>>> that CW is the better mode on this band. I have 19 DXCC countries =3D
>> on=3D3D20=3D3D
>>>> =3D20
>>>>> 160 SSB worked, and 60 countries on CW. Only country I worked on =3D3=
> D=3D
>> =20
>>>> phone=3D3D20
>>>>> that I couldn't repeat on CW was Gambia.
>>>>> =3D3D20
>>>>> Of course, your location may give you nice SSB contacts into =3D
>> western=3D3D20=3D3D
>>>> =3D20
>>>>> Europe, that I could only dream about.
>>>>> =3D3D20
>>>>> Good luck. Now is the time to do something before the snow flies.
>>>>> =3D3D20
>>>>> Do you know what the bandwidth would be for the Zero 5 antenna with =3D=
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>> =3D3D
>>>> the=3D3D20
>>>>> optional coil?
>>>>> =3D3D20
>>>>> 73, Steve KW3A
>>>>> =3D3D20
>>>>>> On 9/30/2015 11:35 AM, Michael Ryan wrote:
>>>>>> Hi all:
>>>>>> =3D3D20
>>>>>> This may open up a flood gate but what are your decent 160M =3D
>> antennas =3D3D
>>>> and experiences with these?
>>>>>> I'm hoping to put up a 330 foot long wire on a 20 foot high mast in =3D=
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>> a =3D3D
>>>> few weeks but not sure how well it will get out with 4 or 500W. I =3D
>> think =3D3D
>>>> another favorite is the Hy-gain high towers, which are 50 feet tall =3D
>> with =3D3D
>>>> a coil and require radials. There's now a coil I can buy for my Zero =3D=
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>> =3D3D
>>>> Five vertical which makes it a better performer on 160 with radials. =3D=
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>> I'm =3D3D
>>>> pretty sure I could get this coil and some radials for 160 for a 3RD =3D=
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>> the =3D3D
>>>> cost of the Hy-gain high tower.
>>>>>> =3D3D20
>>>>>> 73:
>>>>>> Mike DE VO1AX
>>>>>> =3D3D20
>>>> =3D20
>>>> =3D20
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