Hello BOOTY MONSTER!! Been awhile. Like JJD said where you been hiding LOL!! This place has been dead as a door nail as of until late. Anyway, glad to see your still around and still giving out some great info!! 2 dipoles is what I run here along with the NV4K for a vert. Wish I could get an antenna like JJD's up in the backyard. I'd have to go pull a damn permit and shit!! And the neighbors wouldn't be too happy either I suppose! At any rate, again, glad to see you are still around, have a good one.
222 Daytona Bch., FL waving a hand!!
BOOTY MONSTER (02-02-2016)
what's up with the guy from TN with the 8 element on the ground? does he use it like that or just an in progress construction pic.
Yeah, he was still in the progress of putting it together... I'm just wondering how many times he had to bring it back down to get it tuned...Took me 3 or 4 times going up and down to tune because once in the air, SWR changed from where I had mine tuned while just 5 or 6' off the ground.
alpha78 (02-02-2016)
Idea never crossed my mind... It was suppose to be pre-set from the factory, but was way off once I got it together, so it ended up taking some guess work to get it in the ball park while on the ground.
Jerry Breedlove is still selling mounts yes. He changed his web address to "breedlovemounts.com"
https://breedlovemounts.com/
Glad to hear your still around, and congratulations on loosing the weight. I know that's tough to do, my daughter has a weight problem, and I suspect will eventually have to do the same thing you did.
right on and thanks for more info. you guys are on it! I woulda' never have thought about metallic paint caveat. or the dual dipole arrangement. bad ass.
not much progress tonight. I must have bungled soldering the PL on the mobile tonight because the SWRs went deep into the red. what did I do. so I will desolder, pull it off and look see. maybe recut the end and try again with a new connector. got to pay my dues again I guess.
If it was on the ground then it was most likely a pic before he put it up or while building. Some only run their beams about 10ft off the ground as that is as high as they can go. You work with what you got I suppose. But if it was "on the ground", they yes, i would venture to say it was being worked on. Just my guess.
it's not for everybody , but i've had great results so far !
thanks for the link , #127 looks like it will do nicely
Last edited by BOOTY MONSTER; 02-02-2016 at 08:27 PM.
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