In a message dated 5/1/06 3:03:46 A.M. Greenwich Standard Time, mcyman@... writes: The site also has some interesting thoughts about burying Coax Cable ...
I was looking through my antenna stuff and came across what is used on the LB quad. I picked this up to match what was supplied with the quad after a wire...
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Dennis Watkins
Andromeda@...
May 1, 2006 11:42 pm
I had flex weave up for 4 years in puget sound country. No problems with braking. The corner pieces could have had a lot to do with it however.. I planning...
Hi All, I have two home brew tri-band boomless quads on towers 100 metres apart. For this Multi-Single/Multi-Two CW contest station there are now some...
Hi, I use a home brew quad: 4 elements on 10M with dual polarity feed system. 3 elements on 15M 3 elements on 20M 3" hubs by Cubix Boom 3" 20ft long by Cubix...
There is a ham here in Connecticut who has some leftover parts from the old Kirk Quad company, mostly fiberglass parts. If anyone needs parts, please contact...
Thanks!! I'll go look for it. I did manage earlier today to find Mike's Auto Service from where the Lightning Bolts quads were all shipped (Mike and wife...
Robert, Can you recheck your original of scan008.jpg and let me know what the length says in step 2 that the wire shout be cut to? It is very smudged and...
Hello Bob, I checked my orignal, and I can't read it either! It may say 24' but Im not sure, maybe someone else has a better copy! rob n8rt ... the ... smudged...
Thnaks for the post Shannon. I checked LOwes and they do not sell that wire at our Local Lowes store in MUrphy NC! Harbor freight only sells .030 aluminum...
What dimension(s) are y'all looking for - my assembly manual is clear. 73 ... From: "Robert" <mcyman@...> To: <HAMQUADS@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday,...
... 5356 ... wire! ... I don't know what size it is, but Home-Depot and the like have aluminum electric fence wire for about $4.00 for 500 or more feet. It is...
... Brad W9FX, says his owners manual says 20 ft or 240 inches. 20"or 240" is the correct info! rob n8rt ... the ... smudged ... the ... Thanks. ... ...
If anyone out there has any LB wire-to-spreader fasteners that they would like to part with, I would like to buy them. These are the flexible rubber tubing...
Just got an email from JOE K2XX he says" Robert, I used Flex-Weave about 15 years ago in NJ for a four element, five band quad. It made for a nice, neat...
I have built a Quad using the "Toughcoat Silky" (Part No. 531) that is #13 19 strand 40% copper-clad steel and it works great. however, as i said before you...
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ac5e@...
May 4, 2006 11:49 am
Yes, I used the Wireman's insulated silky. Preferring tests to guesses I made a single element loop from bare silky and an exactly matching second loop from...
Peter, Glad to know your test verify what the modeling programs show. Press said the reduction in length would be between 2 & 3 per cent. This is very close to...
Hi, Anyone has experience stacking a pair of multiband quads? two to four elements and three bands 10-15-20 on the same mast/tower. Thank you. 73, Maximo -...
Hello Group, Nice to be able to join this interesting group. I am located in Melbourne Australia. I have an interest in building a boomless quad on the WARC...
Hello ALL, I have the Lighting Bolt (LB) 2 Element Quad, its still waiting for the Universal Aluminum Tower to be planted! I am getting the LB ready to mount...
Welcome Mike, We all welcome you to the HAMQUAD Group. And I am sure that there are many of us maybe a few that never have worked VK or DU Land! (I have...
Robert, Go to the following site and read the information on common and separate feeds. www.cebik.com/quad/quad4a.html This should help you make up your mind. ...
Go to the following site and read the information on common and separate feeds. www.cebik.com/quad/quad4a.html I agree Jim (and LB), I put up a 6 band (20 thru...
I currently have two multiband quads and use Ameritron remote switches to select bands on each of them. Each driven element is fed through a W2DU type current...
