I have been following Con's development of the Spider beam with interest for some time. I am now about to home brew a version with the materials to hand.The...
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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...
