I'd like to see what antenna everyone here uses for 10 meter dx,and why.
I'd like to see what antenna everyone here uses for 10 meter dx,and why.
Gap Titan. It's a vertical, and covers a small part of 80 (sort of), 40, 30, 20, 17, 15, 12, and 10 meters. No tuner.
As a vertical, it has a lower angle of radiation, so it works better for "skip".
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10 meter dipole, strung in the attic.
A given Imax 2000 CB antenna with homebrew 5 meter radials ( teflon wire with silvered copper wire in it, as used in The European planes) work 10/12/15/17 with that, on 10 this year Japan, Australia, New Sealand, India, Hong Kong, China, all europe and Eurasia, Iceland, North and South America, South africa, Carabeans, Curacao, Suriname, etc, even a few Membershere from the Island.
t wil tune on 20 but there the OCF works better.
I still have a 3 element beam here, but untill i clean out the 2 and 70 beams out of the mast on the roof, no space to put it up.
A vertical works fine, low angle of radiation good for DX.
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Homebrew Moxon beam.
It's up on a mast now, of course.
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
Neat design, I might have to try one of those myself. I've done 6M moxons from some scrap 3/4 angle aluminum left over from a work project.Originally Posted by KJ6BSO
Homebrew Moxon beam.
It's up on a mast now, of course.
I took some supplies to Field Day one year and built one from scratch on the tailgate of my truck with some of the newer hams. I replaced it a while back with a 3 element Cushcraft but I'm not convinced that the store bought antenna has been any better than my home built antenna.
I am surprised at such a sudden deterioration in a woman whose only ailment was a lazy anus.
Thanks. I ended up cutting the Y arms down by two inches each after I took that picture. They were the correct length at the time but the antenna resonated down around 27 MHz and by the time I shortened things up enough to get it to resonate outside the CB bands, the wire would no longer fit around the frame.
If I had it to do over again, I'd use a smaller diameter pipe as well. I used 1-1/2" Schedule 40 PVC thinking it would make it rigid enough that it wouldn't require any extra bracing to keep the boom from sagging. It sagged anyway so it turned out to be a few wasted bucks, as well as some unnecessary weight. It is hell for stout, though.
Nice—I think I'll try building one for six this summer. I could easily stack it on top of the 10m antenna.I've done 6M moxons from some scrap 3/4 angle aluminum left over from a work project.
I took some supplies to Field Day one year and built one from scratch on the tailgate of my truck with some of the newer hams. I replaced it a while back with a 3 element Cushcraft but I'm not convinced that the store bought antenna has been any better than my home built antenna.
I've become a fan of Moxons after Gordon, AE6QW, and I built a 20m Moxon out of 1/2" Type M copper for Field Day last year. The thing looked like the aftermath of a boiler explosion but, damn, it worked great.
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All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
Solarcon Antron 99. Added a radial for 17/20. Some signals on 20m sound better, others don't. Just depends. With the tuner it tunes up fine. Several years ago I used it on 6m.
Same here. Also I have a homebrew 10m beam. Though, I only work Dx by accident. =P
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There's a little 10m prop right now, anyone care for a go?
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
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