From all of the information, that has been submitted to the group regarding Quad Manufacturers. In the USA there are only TWO Manufacturers Left: 1. CUBEX...
Hi all, Recently, we have had the opportunity to test a F12 40m (linear- loaded) dipole mounted within a boomless tri-band quad. Last year we installed a...
Hi Ken.. Interesting stuff!!.. I have a full size 40m inverted Vee, apex at 45ft, a Carolina Windom (260ft long) apex at 60ft, and a bent folded dipole on the...
Hello John, The link you provided below, locks up and freezes! Please check it out to see if you can get it to work? Rob ... station - ... fed ... all ... the ...
Hi Rob.. It works OK from here.. Try the mirror sites at http://homepage.eircom.net/~johnei7ba/index.htm or.. http://www.qsl.net/ei7ba/ Let me know if it works...
For sale HF quad and tower. All new quad parts. New Max Gain heavy duty spreaders. All bands 10, 12,15, 17, 20 and 30 plus extended loops for 40. Sale includes...
I had some problems with abnormal swr readings, I want the lowest swr’s on CW part of bands and that changed when the antenna was on working height. When the...
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Dennis Watkins
Andromeda@...
Jun 24, 2006 8:16 pm
I had a similar experience with the Lightning bolt quad. What I would sugest is throwing the balun that is supplied in the river. Getting a remote coax...
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ac5e@...
Jun 25, 2006 12:51 am
Trying to tune any antenna with elements tied together has always been an exercise in futility for me. Trim one element - and the next is now too long. Or...
Gents, The best match is obtained using a gamma match. SWR can be set at rock bottom... after all is optimized for whatever parameters float your boat, gain or...
Agreed, the gamma match is a good answer to the matching problem. The loop should be cut short, resonant just above the band, and the gamma cap set for mininum...
Has anyone found a suitable replacement for the Lightning Bolt fiberglass spreaders? The quad is of the 2-element, 5-band, 20m through 10m variety. 73... ...
From the estate of W8PCK............brand new complete Lightning Bolt 5 band quad with 6 meter add on parts. Everything is here including the aluminum quad...
According to the lightning bolt instructions, we must not use a tuner with the quad. Anyone know why one can not use a tuner?...
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Gary Holland
garymaxh2@...
Jul 19, 2006 5:14 am
I have a 4 ele. 5-band Lightning Bolt, and don't remember anything in the manual about not using a tuner. There's no reason that I know of, and I use a tuner...
I always used a tuner - my Alpha amplifier is very sensitive to just a slight SWR and will trip off and give error messages with very little reflected power....
I can think of no reason not to use a tuner with a quad. I have used a Ten Tec 238, switching between the triband quad and the 2L 17 and 12 Meter antenna since...
I wonder whether what was meant by such a statement might have been "cut & tune all elements per the directions." I've encountered a number of folks who...
Hi all,just want to let you all know of a new ham antenna group,if you like playing around with antenna's or if you have any problems,just join in and have...
Hi, I would like to get some more of the wire used on the Lightning Bolt quad. I appreciate that I can use other wire with appropriate length changes but the...
Lightning Bolt used MIG welder wire, available at most welding supply stores, as well as many building supplies, and so on. Take the spool and get them to...
Hey Pete he is in Thailand. This is not so easy to find the wire there as i can not find it in Greece. It would be very nice if there is a supplier with a web...
Kostas, they surely weld stuff in Hellas! And in Thailand as well. And if they weld stuff you must have a welding supply of some sort. The place where the...
Thanks to everybody for the replies, very useful and helped a lot. I think I can find it here, Bangkok is probably the welding world capital. Everything seems...
Square Folks, Greetings! This past weekend, I netted a free 55' tower and a bunch of Quad parts from a local Quad geek, WB4SQ, and currently thinking about and...
Well, with a 10 to 12 foot boom you have the makin's of a nice 2L quad, reflector and DE, unless you have some spiders with the 22.5 degree included angle a la...
