Hi all, I've posted a photo of Hex-Beam #190 in it's temporary location... not ideal, but it works! I'm waiting for the snow to melt off the roof so I can get...
Hi Barry: Looks like my HXCC idea is starting to catch on!!! So far, you are on the top of the leader board with 9, Shin has 5, I have 3 and Lynn has 1. I hope...
OK...so I now have received my 5-band Hex-Beam, have painted the fiberglass rods with a very flat primer, and have attached all six "inner" rod sections to the...
Come on Herb! It is 01/01/02, the Rose Parade is over, the sun is out in Southern California and I was even out yesterday running lighthouses. What is the real...
... fiberglass rods with a very flat primer, and have attached all six "inner" rod sections to the base plate. Also have installed the 4.5 foot G-M tower....
I hope that was just a typo - it was A41MO that you worked. HNY Eric G0CGL. Hi Herb, Glad that you got your HB in and nearing installation. Guess I could tell...
... 4.5 ... unwilling ... could ... not ... OK, Barry. I guess we better stop picking on "poor 'ole Herb." I guess if he isn't on by next Saturday I'll have to...
Herb wrote... ... Come on Herb, where's the ol' ham spirit.. I'll trade rain for snow almost any day! My HX-5B is sitting contently on a 10' temporary pole ...
Gentlemen (?): You guys really know how to hurt a guy...especially when he is down and out (or at least his antenna is down and not connected)! As the proud...
Hi...anybody able to help him? Herb ... Herbert J. Meiselman, ScD Professor and Vice-Chair Dept. Physiology and Biophysics Keck School of Medicine 1333 San...
Hi Barry: Congratulations on working A41MO. I just worked Oman also. I worked A41LZ on 20 meters. This antenna really works!!!! Tom, N0YD "Yankee Doodle" ... ...
Hi Guys, Well I'm just about there! I put the elements on today and only need to figure out the phasing/feed system tomorrow and give it all a last coat of ...
Although the smaller rotors will easily turn the hex beam, you might want a rotor that has a brake on it. The wind will move the beam back and forth and...
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... new Channe= ... the 9515 I'= ... as well.= Yes, this is the rotor I bought for my beam... it's a very nice unit, not as rugged as the higher priced ham...
Hi All, Have the beam painted and up on the roof but only at about 15foot so far. The part I mentioned yesterday about selection the element wire turned out to...
Hi David, Seems you are making good progress. Think you can join in the HEX-NET on 05 January, Saturday (here) at 2230Z on 28.356 MHz? If possible, please...
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Interesting - it sounds as if the control unit and remote would work with my rotor since it also uses the three wire system. Does it say anything in the...
Hello again! Yes, I will put # 188 up this week end, so don't worry. BUT, I do have a small question: looking at the pictures posted by K8AC, I note an "extra"...
... work with my rotor since it also uses the three wire system. Does it say anything in the documentation about working with the other Channel Master rotors?...
Hi Herb; Those clamps you see in the photos don't exist on the new version, HX-5bi. I talked to Mike Traffie and he said he had made some improvements to the...
Hi All, Well, had another go at tuning and have hoisted the antenna up to about 35feet. I have 3 bands tuned in well, but have managed to get 17M resonance...
Hi Barry, Thanks for the e-mail and encouragement!! Unfortunately conditions are really poor this evening so not much chance to give it a try out, but from...
Now that my Hex-Beam is on order I need to plan what type tower to put it on. What are you guys using ? I know squat about towers. I "think" crank up is the...
... put it ... I "think" crank ... Mike, One of the reasons I chose the Hex-Beam was because it didn't need a tower. For my installation (not yet completed...
I have mine on an old Triex 37TC (37' - 2 section light weight) crank up. It is at about 30' AGL due to city mandates. The rotator is an old AR22 with...
... put it on. What are you guys using ? I know squat about towers. I "think" crank up is the way for me to go.... over 6 ft off the ground I freeze up...
