Well, I have been using a CD AR40 TV rotator at the bottom of a 15 m spiderbeam telescopic mast since last year. You can watch the pictures on QRZ.com. 73's...
Hi Nicolas, Nice pictures. Theoretically the CD AR40 TV is "almost" strong enough to cope with the wind load of the Spiderbeam. I used one once with a beam...
Hi Rick, To be honest, I had not yet serious strong winds this year, but I had to drill and put a large screw through the rotator bracket (not shown on the...
Hello to everyone! I bought the spiderbeam kit "5 band HD" and finished assembling it just two days ago. I tried to do my best, but, you know, not always...
Sorry for the figure, I wanted to draw a dipole... however, I suppose the concect is clear. I'd have another question... According to you, there would be...
Hello, I understand your frustration with what has happened. The element cutting and installation instructions are (in my opinion) very poorly written, and not...
Greetings ! He beamed (Eat UR heart out, Tom Swift) Randy, KE7ZAG, has echoed my thoughts. I found the instructions very confused and involved when it...
Greetings Spider Men, With all I need, finally including good weather, I'm ready to do my first assembly of my 5 band HD Spider. I had planned the assembly for...
Hi Brenton, No, it is not a dumb ideea, i just did the same thing last weekend. First, I tried to assembly the antenna in my yard, and after I put all the...
Hello Spider Team: I am going to reinstall my lovely SpiderBeam and going to go for HD version. Trying to utilize all left overs from my old collapsed light...
Hey Rick and all: You are quite right, Rick! I did measure again and found that my fiberglasses ARE 35 mm, not 30 mm. That means that I will have to purchase...
Annual Ural Contest Group contest took place 3-5th of June near Ekaterinburg. The contest is utilizing first 6 hours of EU Region 1 Field day. All SO...
Greetings. The "stub" length for driven elements is 15cm for 20m, and 10cm for 15m and 10m. Can anyone tell me the lengths for 17m and 12m driven element...
GE, Brenton ! My book says on page 30 : "As usual, let some excess wire stand out at the end of the driven elements. 15 cm on 20m, 10 cm on all other bands....
Hi Rick / Con . what distance is ideal for the balun to be mounted abouve the centre spider . Why can it not be mounted underneath the centre spider. please...
HI Rohan: In the spiderbeam, the balun is an integral part of the design of the antenna. This is quite different from other antennas, such as the Hexbeam....
Hi John and Rohan, actually the location of the balun is not so critical. This WAS the case in the old Spiderbeam Version 1 (sold between 2001-2003), but the...
Thinking it can be of some interest to the public here are 3 pieces of video from the recent Ural Contest Group championship. This year it was 12th UCG contest...
Hello Igor, many thanks to for sending the video links, I enjoyed it very much. Hello All, I had the pleasure to participate in UCG 2004 and really enjoyed it....
Hello Con, That brings very good memories. You are still well remembered here. In that video (the first part) Victor RK9CR tells the operator about you and...
Greetings again to the group. At long last, and after painstaking care to construct my HD 5 band Spider with some precision, it is complete and on the roof. At...
will the beam work on 40m-10m? From: Brenton Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 5:06 PM To: spiderbeam@yahoogroups.com Subject: [spiderbeam] SWR Bizarre Greetings...
Hi Brenton, I'm curious why you did not follow the instructions when you built the beam? It's difficult to say what the exact result of building the feedline...
Hi Brenton, I can only second what Rick wrote below. I am 95% sure the problem comes from the feedline. While most people get the antenna built without ...
Good Morning Rick and Con, Thank you both so very much for your detailed and helpful responses to this mess of a situation I have created. A bit more...
Has anyone put together a pivot base support for the 18m mast? I usually erect my mast by myself,and it has slipped out from under me a few times as I was...
Hi Paul, I have thought about this many times already. In my "younger years" (sic) I have been windsurfing, so I still remember how the mast of a windsurf...
And for those of us who like a low-cost solution... here is how I have been doing it for years. I put the base of my 18m fiberglass pole into a piece of...
We have do that as on photo J https://picasaweb.google.com/marek.sp5ls/WPX_2010_SSB?authkey=Gv1sRgCPmGl5-zqKiAfg Bottom of the mast covered by pvc tape and...
