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Posted: 4/6/2014 5:20:56 PM EDT
Is this guy like the crazy cat lady of our hobby?
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Posted: 4/6/2014 5:32:03 PM EDT
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This guy is my hero. NOT!
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Posted: 4/6/2014 5:42:45 PM EDT
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Is this guy like the crazy cat lady of our hobby?
http://files.qrz.com/l/k1gzl/23R180_QRZ.JPG http://files.qrz.com/l/k1gzl/Charleys20MAnt.jpg I came across diagrams of antennas that look like that this weekend while I was researching stuff. Can't find them now to save my life though... 
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Posted: 4/6/2014 6:15:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryThat guy must have gone with the upgraded alternator and extra 20 pack of marine batteries.
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I came across diagrams of antennas that look like that this weekend while I was researching stuff. Can't find them now to save my life though... It didn't happen to be for an indoor low band antenna did it? I remember seeing a diagram that looked similar to the picture above, but it was for a 160m attic antenna. It made me think of spiders. 
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Posted: 4/6/2014 6:23:24 PM EDT
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pfft!
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Posted: 4/6/2014 6:27:33 PM EDT
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That guy must have gone with the upgraded alternator and extra 20 pack of marine batteries.
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That guy must have gone with the upgraded alternator and extra 20 pack of marine batteries.
Go to a hamfest with lots of cash and you can make your car look like that too! 
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I came across diagrams of antennas that look like that this weekend while I was researching stuff. Can't find them now to save my life though... It didn't happen to be for an indoor low band antenna did it? I remember seeing a diagram that looked similar to the picture above, but it was for a 160m attic antenna. It made me think of spiders. I think it was when I was looking for stuff about log periodics. You can make some amazing spider webs out of wire... 
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Posted: 4/6/2014 6:27:49 PM EDT
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Is this guy like the crazy cat lady of our hobby?
http://files.qrz.com/l/k1gzl/23R180_QRZ.JPG http://files.qrz.com/l/k1gzl/Charleys20MAnt.jpg Nothing to see here. Move along please. 
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Posted: 4/6/2014 6:48:31 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryYour tax dollars, hard at work ... at least they were until someone didn't pay the bill. |
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Posted: 4/6/2014 10:23:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Your tax dollars, hard at work ... at least they were until someone didn't pay the bill. Quote HistoryQuoted: Your tax dollars, hard at work ... at least they were until someone didn't pay the bill. |
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Posted: 4/7/2014 9:51:31 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/7/2014 10:07:06 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/7/2014 10:21:17 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/7/2014 1:07:45 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/7/2014 2:01:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryMmmmmm.... Ham sexy! 
 Tactical......
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Posted: 4/7/2014 6:29:48 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/7/2014 6:45:54 PM EDT
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"That's not a knife, that is is a knife."
Edmund R. Murrow site here in NC. Edward R. Murrow Transmitting Site 
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Posted: 4/7/2014 7:34:34 PM EDT
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Near me is the Navy Jim Creek VLF antenna. It is a little big to get into one picture, but below are a couple of diagrams. I can only find photos of 1/2 of it.
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Posted: 4/7/2014 7:47:33 PM EDT
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Near me is the Navy Jim Creek VLF antenna. It is a little big to get into one picture, but below are a couple of diagrams. I can only find photos of 1/2 of it. http://www.invisiblethemepark.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Jim-Creek-Naval-Transmitting-Station-1950.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Jim_Creek_VLF_antenna.png/800px-Jim_Creek_VLF_antenna.png I climbed this one... 
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Posted: 4/9/2014 6:23:30 PM EDT
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Years ago, I got a call from AT&T asking if I still had my security clearance. It seems they needed a cleared tech to go install a station package at the "Jordan Lake Space Surveilance Station" near Montgomery, AL. I thought they were kidding, or meant near huntsville. But in the middle of the cow pasture was a 1200' long antenna array that throws a fan like beam up into space, and when a satellite passes through it, the signal is recieved in a similar RX only station in GA. They told me what their EIRP was and it was in the 10 megawat range AVERAGE power. The master station was a megawatt out of the transmitter, and nearly a gigawatt EIRP.
I checked the sectional chart to see if there was any warning for pilots, but at least for the alabama site, there wasn't. |
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Posted: 4/9/2014 6:59:06 PM EDT
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The old Russian Duga-3 system was pretty impressive. It was known as "The Woodpecker" and cursed by hams worldwide.
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Posted: 4/9/2014 7:36:29 PM EDT
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The old Russian Duga-3 system was pretty impressive. It was known as "The Woodpecker" and cursed by hams worldwide. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Q-PuSGjFHvY/STsaCNQg5YI/AAAAAAAACyo/IngeA0QJ_iA/s1600/3.jpg I'd love to hook up my FT817 to the "Woodpecker antenna" and do some QRP work. BTW, Russians often call CW operators - woodpeckers. |
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Posted: 4/9/2014 7:51:11 PM EDT
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The old Russian Duga-3 system was pretty impressive. It was known as "The Woodpecker" and cursed by hams worldwide. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Q-PuSGjFHvY/STsaCNQg5YI/AAAAAAAACyo/IngeA0QJ_iA/s1600/3.jpg Thoughts on the cones? Dipole type configuration? |
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Posted: 4/9/2014 7:56:47 PM EDT
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I remember driving by the OTH-B in Maine as a kid.
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Posted: 4/9/2014 8:03:15 PM EDT
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Thoughts on the cones? Dipole type configuration? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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The old Russian Duga-3 system was pretty impressive. It was known as "The Woodpecker" and cursed by hams worldwide. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Q-PuSGjFHvY/STsaCNQg5YI/AAAAAAAACyo/IngeA0QJ_iA/s1600/3.jpg Thoughts on the cones? Dipole type configuration? It was probably done to increase bandwidth. |
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Posted: 4/10/2014 4:49:11 AM EDT
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They are broadband dipoles, a variation of the old cage antenna. You can play around with the parameters HERE.
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Posted: 4/10/2014 8:02:12 AM EDT
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1. Show these pics to wife, explain to her that this is what you plan on installing 2. Stand by for the rant 3. Make peace offering by willingness to compromise and settle for 60ft rohn and 3 element tri-bander 4. Win |
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