[450] Antenna Project

[John Foege]

Last night I bolted the mast together and measured and drilled all the
holes for the elements.

Today the plan is to cut all of the elements and mount them.

Then tomorrow comes the t-match and tuning process....I'm making good progress!!

On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 6:09 PM, David McKenzie<kb1fsy at vhfwiki.com> wrote:
> you can do that now
>
> On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 3:49 PM, Vinnie Grosso <vinnie at vinnievision.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> 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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