[450] Antenna Project

Vinnie Grosso vinnie at vinnievision.com
Wed Jun 24 15:49:32 EDT 2009


John,

Go for it !!!!!!!!!!!!!
I look forward to hittng you with my HT.

Vinnie

On 24 Jun 2009 at 13:19, John Foege wrote:

> 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>
> > To: "144.450 Mailing List" <450 at lists.vhfwiki.com>
> > 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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