[450] Antenna Project

[Leslie]

Tom,

....that is just incredibly funny!  Simply superb.  And yes, weird but imaginative!

---- Rich <t41 at optonline.net> wrote: 
Tom...I love ya but you're weird!
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I wouldn't say that religion has promoted the social progress of mankind.
 I say that it has been a detriment to the progress of civilization, and I 
would
also say this: that the emancipation of the mind from religious superstition 
is as essential
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thomas Moore" <piper925 at att.net>
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Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 8:00 PM
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> Wow. Just got back from L.I. and read the thread. Nice going John, that
> thing's gonna cook.   Washers.....can never find one when I need one, so
> lately I've taken to saving the trip to the hardware store and just 
> drilling
> a penny.  Copper coated and it costs a penny, if I need bigger I use a
> nickel....costs a little more though.
> Tom
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Foege" <john.foege at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 1:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [450] Antenna Project
>
>
> It's going to be 13 elements on 22 feet. It's going to be heavy, and
> yes it will sag at the ends. I'm going to have to guy it to the boom.
>
> And go no Rich....I'm not going to use the Suez Canal Coax once this
> baddy goes up. I've got a 100' spool of Bury-Flex to feed it.
>
> Once I get this antenna up, some good feedline going to it, and a nice
> flat SWR, I can start running 175 watts again and that coupled with
> the 13.2 dBd gain and 850 ft elevation, I **SHOULD** hopefully see
> some better performance.
>
> Unfortunately I may run the risk of microwaving Woody's QTH to the
> ground, but hey....like Woody said, you've got to have your priorities
> straight!! lol
>
> On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 12:33 PM, <djmay at comcast.net> wrote:
>> John,
>>
>>
>>
>> How am I going to keep your transmissions from baking my QTH like a
>> microwave once you get that baby up? And I thought you were loud 
>> before!!!
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "John Foege" <john.foege at gmail.com>
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>> Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 11:56:05 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
>> Subject: [450] Antenna Project
>>
>> So the shim stock came in and I've got all three 8' sections stuck
>> together
>> EXTREMELY tightly. The boom looks great and is absolutely massive. I took
>> a
>> few pictures of the boom up on the drill press and roller stand, but I'm
>> not
>> sure the pictures I've attached really do the 24 foot boom justice. It's
>> massive in real life. Check it out...let me know what you all think.
>> Tomorrow I'm going to drill all the holes and cut the elements and then
>> it's
>> on to the t-match. Hopefully this behemoth will be up and on the air for
>> the
>> weekend (although I think Dave and I are going to die trying to get this
>> sucker up on the roof). John
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