Hi Steve.
I'm located in Hagerstown Maryland.
There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with the R7.
I made 4 contacts on 40, and 2 on 20.
The R7 seems to work best on 10 which I'm not counting because I had
privileges with my tech license.
I have a 30 foot tower along side the back porch which has a dual band VHF
and UHF antenna on it.
I don't want to use that for support because I would have to run wire over
or under the power line.
I have a 40 foot tower in the basement I can put in the yard along side the
house if I can find somebody to put it up.
Failing that, I can always rig up some kind of mast.
I can live with out 160, but I'd really like to get on 80.
I have a Heathkit SB-220 I'm working on getting set up.
I need to get the cable to hook it to my Kenwood TS-430.
I also need to find some way to tune the amp.
I plan to get a LDG TW-1.
I understand I can use that to tune the amp, but money is tight right now.
I plan to get the TW-1 next month, if I can find one.
Right now I'm more concerned with getting a half decent antenna system set
up.
Later I'll work on getting the amp going.
Thanks for your help, and 73.
----- Original Message -----
From: "steve" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 7:52 AM
Subject: Re: HF antenna help please.
> Hi Rick, and a belated congrats on the upgrade. Don't be discouraged ,
> conditions will improve, your skills will improve, and hopefully so will
> your antenna situation.
>
> Is something wrong with the Cushcraft? What bands are you trying to work
> without success? Getting it higher should help, just be careful about
> those power lines.
>
> You can look at shortened dipoles from Alpha Delta, Hy Power, or others
> Look for "limited space dipoles"..
>
> http://www.alphadeltacom.com/
>
> http://www.freewebs.com/hypower/
>
> If you have a tuner, maybe just a simple non-resonant dipole, as long as
> possible fed with ladder line through the tuner will cover multiple
> bands.
> Or the mini G5RV which is only 51 Ft. long, but will limit you to 40 and
> higher and also require a tuner.
>
> 160 meters will be a tough nut for you, but 75/80 should be more doable.
> You didn't mention how many supports you have. You will need at least
> 1
> ( mast, house, or tree) to hold up the center, Or 2 supports to hold up
> the
> ends. The higher the better, but some guys do ok with very low
> dipoles.
>
> BTW, where are you located?
>
> 73, Steve KW3A
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rick" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 11:07 PM
> Subject: HF antenna help please.
>
>
>> Hi list.
>> I have vary limited space, and would like to put up a wire antenna.
>> I thought you all might have some good ideas for me to try.
>> My back yard is about 15 by 26 feet.
>> It's actually a little wider than that, but the power line coming in to =
>> the house comes across the back yard, I don't want any wire running =
>> under or over that.
>> Along side the house I have 79 feet from front sidewalk to back fence.
>> I figure I could put some kind of antenna there but don't know what kind
>> =
>> to get or how to set it up.
>> I would like to put up some thing that is pretty much omni directional =
>> and covers as many bands as possible since I don't have much room to =
>> work with.
>> I have the Cushcraft R7 up about 8 feet, but I don't get out vary well =
>> on it.
>> I have it grounded to the back fence which is chain link.
>> I'm thinking about fastening it to one of the poles on the upper porch =
>> and grounding it to a ground rod or 3.
>> That should get it up around 25 or 30 feet at the bottom of the antenna.
>> I can use the R7 for 40 through 10, but would like to get something for =
>> 80, and possibly for 160.
>> The set up I have now just isn't cutting it.
>> So far I've only made 6 contacts below 10 meters since I upgraded to =
>> general back in May.
>> Thanks in advance for any help, and 73.
>>
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