Hi guys, I'm going to built a 5 band Hex-beam. Most of the materials are ready, just the hub and the mast are still under construction. I spent lot of time to...
... is ... by ... on ... on ... Great project Bob. Pse keep us posted. Are you putting your HB outside or under the roof in some manner? 73 de Barry - W4WB...
... Hi Barry, tks for the reply. This under roof antenna is just an experiment to test my different computer models and it was the last and best one. The real...
Hi all, my homebrew W-beam is progressively ( and slowly..) getting ready. ( pfff, anywone wants a wife two kids and a house who needs work???..... just...
A new 10 & 15 m Hex-Beam is on its way to Ed, P5/4L4FN. He will pick it up on the 22nd in China if nothing goes wrong in the shipping. Bruce, KK5DO, his QSL...
Thanks Barry ( as you see , some of us are not on holiday...hi ( soon that will change!) I suppose it doesn't matter which side of the radiator you connect the...
Hi all, i think that there is an error in this file on the page with the elements data : A=11 cm, B = 28 cm. Shouldn't A be bigger then ( B-A)? The drawing is...
... with ... ( ... Hello Peter, yes, there is a mistake. Change reflecter & driven element and you are right. A-difference between spreader (center) and the...
... thanks Holger. I'm making mine according to your dimensions; but not so estetical as yours i'm afraid. Had a lot of trouble finding the right materials. I...
Hello Peter, hope youwill have a successful day... I know it takes a lot of time especially the first time. If you will have a look into the photosection under...
... Hi Holger, i'm really impressed with your result( and now i'm not sure i'll post my foto's when its finished...hi)How the ... did you manage to connect...
Peter, this version shows the design with coax feeding between the elements. But untill I'm not happy with the results. It is fine for 20/17/15m but SWR on...
The 10-15 m Hex-Beam safely arrived in Beijing yesterday. If all goes well, Ed will pick it up (plus a rotor and some items for the Butternut vertical for the...
Hi Folks, Field Day starts at 1800Z on Saturday and runs basically for 24 hours. This year, all Region II stations can submit logs, BUT all DX stations can...
Field Day 2002, is now history and the HX-5B performed very well for us at the 20 m SSB station of K4BFT - Big Fat Turkey. Over 1,000 contacts were made;...
Hello Barry, congratulation on your good promotion! I had to work on Saturday so I did not made any QSO this weekend. But on Sunday I started to rebuild one of...
Well, another one done!! Propagation was horrible down in the Florida Keys. Running QRP on PSK and SSB was really hard. Weather, atmospherics, and the noise...
... But on Sunday I started to rebuild one of my beams. The new tubes I got will get the design with low impedance line inside the centerhub. It took me 5...
Hi Holger, nothing new here. I'm still waiting a local workshop to finnish the hub and mast support. Did you tried to feed the antenna from the bottom side of...
... Hi all, good going Barry!! Well i have changed my spreaders for thr third time!!!This time with bamboo and it looks better now. I just have some problems...
Purchased in June/01, my HX5Bi is now up and running!!! Great signal reports i.e. from UK "Your signal is oustanding, solid 5 by 9 throughout, this from...
Congratulations Gordon! After 19 years using a tuned feeder fed doublet, the Hex is a pleasant change to say the least. I had 3 element monoband yagis years...
Thanks Doug, I will look for you guys on 14.165 73 de Gordon VA7XG/VE7SGS ... From: w6hb To: hex-beam@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 8:40...
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Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the hex-beam group. File :...
Dear friends, before I leave you tomorrow for the next 3 and a half weeks I wanted to let you know the data for the probably most interesting place I'll be...
Hi all, it is finnally there : my beam mounted on a selfmade variabel ( 4- 10meters) mast. In the files section you can find the swr readings maesured with a...
Peter, congrats! It does not look that bad. Did you use isolated wire? I think you have some kind of isolation. That may cause in "to long" looking wires. Be...
... thanks for the info and have a good trip! i'll hope i will be ready to reply but my 12volt supply for the transmitter broke down (speaking of bad timing!!)...
