I am considering constructing a spider beam, but have two serious reservations and wonder if anyone has any suggestions. The two reservations I have have to do...
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Christian Buenger
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Jul 2, 2003 7:30 pm
WRT the tie wraps: The black ones are UV resistant (maybe not totally resistant but they survive much much longer than the white ones). Have no idea on the...
Thanks for the suggestions. I will try the black tie wraps. Probably be knocked down by a hurricane first ANYWAY....
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Igor Sokolov
ua9cdc@...
Jul 11, 2003 6:30 am
I have done the models of 3 and 4 band Spider beam using MMANA wich I am ready to share with others. I have also pics of spiderbeams from the WRTC like...
Hello spiderbeam group, SRI I had somehow forgotten my Yahoo membership details and obviously kicked myself out of this group without really knowing it... :-) ...
It's been my privelege to take care of the administrative details necessary to get this YahooGroup up and running, and we have now reached a membership level...
... wrote: (SNIP) ... For the tie wraps, buy the black UV resistant ones (Radio Shack used to carry them). For the line, try using a thin dacron. If I remember...
I will check out the Dacron, sounds good. Too bad I dont have the spider beam up yet, Claudette is coming ashore in just an hour or so about 10 miles north of...
Hi Con I have some pictures of the Spider Beam in use at our Field Day station this year. I was not there but was told that it performed very well. ...
Hi Richard, nice to hear from you and yes, G3SHF /Stockport Radio society was among the first ones to build a copy of a spiderbeam... :-) As for the 7m poles,...
Hi Don, get in contact with Con, DL4SA. He sells Spiderbeam Kits and he will be glad so send you some Info’s about. Use following E-Mail-AD: df4sa@... Cu...
Hi Don, thanks for the inquiry. Will reply to this off the mailing list... I will send you a separate eMail containing a PDF describing the kit in detail,...
Hi Joel, I will send you a copy of the Portuguese manual as a separate mail. It is not 100% up to date, there is still some necessary changes left, you will...
Hi everybody, and, while we are a the subject of adding more bands to the existing 20-15-10m design, I would like to let you know the standings about these...
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Igor Sokolov
ua9cdc@...
Jul 20, 2003 6:04 pm
Hi Con and All ... Just wander why can't you model the 5b driven element? Is there a limitation of the software or some different reasons? 73, Igor UA9CDC...
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Lutty Philippe
lx2aj@...
Jul 20, 2003 6:15 pm
Hi Con, are there no plans to build a spiderbeam only for WARC-bands or 1 for only 40m Band ? 73's de Philippe LX2AJ/LX7I ... -- +++ GMX - Mail, Messaging &...
Hi Philippe, yes there are such plans, but have not had time for it yet. OH4JK has already done some simulations for a WARC only version and is about to build...
Hi Igor, yes there is a NEC software problem. It is impossible to model the true geometry of the multiband driven element exactly, because of two things that...
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Konstantin Vakhonin
osp@...
Jul 21, 2003 9:11 am
Hi everybody. Is anybody translated spider manual into Russian? As I know DF4JU did something but I don't know when russian version will completely ready. 73,...
Hi, pse QRX a little bit more. DL4JU is doing it, is nearly finished. But as all of us, he is doing it in his free time, so we have to be patient.. :-) 73 Con...
Hello everybody, I am just departing to CT3 to join the local crew on their IOTA contest dxpedition to Desertas Islands AF-046. We will be on the air from July...
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Igor Sokolov
ua9cdc@...
Jul 21, 2003 1:21 pm
... element ... MMMANA which is based on Mininec seem to be able to handle it better. BTW MMANA can use both engines - Mininec and Nec2 with just the same...
This is a great idea. Many of us have tribanders already, for the 10/15/20m bands, but would like something better than what we're using (verticals, dipoles) ...
Thanks to all who offered advice on my project. I am now on to version two which appears to be working acceptably as determined by stations heard/worked. My...
Thanks to all who offered advice on my project. I am now on to version two which appears to be working acceptably as determined by stations heard/worked. My...
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Konstantin Vakhonin
osp@...
Jul 28, 2003 10:35 am
Hi Tom, I.e. you offer in the beginning to take the length all element with spare, but afterwards abbreviate them? What exact length of elements you got? You...
Hi Constantin I started with the lengths as per Conn's design Initially I applied a correction factor of 0.96 to the driven element only but that did not...
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mgond
mgond@...
Jul 30, 2003 1:02 pm
Hallo, irgentwie hat es mir dieses Bauprojekt angetan. Ich wollte nicht den ganzen Bausatz kaufen sondern ein paar kleine Dinge ändern. So habe ich nun fast...
Hello everybody, have just returned from our IOTA contest dxpedition to Desertas Islands, where we used the callsigns CT9D & CT9M During the contest we used a...
