Been lurking for a while and finally jumped in. A soon to be, hopefully after a lot of studying, new license holder. Got my new to me 25 year old rig yesterday and plan on taking my tests before Christmas. So much I want to chew on, but I’ll keep this one to the spirt of the chat line.
I purchased an EFHW-8010 from Danny to get me started. I feel good about it getting me going. What I’m really interested in is building a Skyloop. I’ve got 6 acres, mostly woods, but I think I have enough cleared for my septic drain field that I should be able to get a full 160m wavelength in a squarish configuration. I’d like to go with the 40 degree delta configuration, but my canopy won’t allow for it. I am sure I will try anyway after getting a successful square working.
I like classic things and after quite a bit of research,I was able to put together an ICOM 751a, a 2KL 500w amp, and a AT500 tuner. My plan is to try to get the antenna resonant on 160m. This is where it get fuzzy. While I will trim to get it resonant at 160m, I still think I should plan on a run of 300 ohm ladder line to a to a remote tuner which will then feed my shack, bypassing the AT500 straight to the 2KL, after running through the requisite ground block.
How does this sound? I’m learning more every day, reading as much as I can find. I though it was time to reach out to see what I’m missing and some of the potential pit fall or flat out misses in my design and from the experience of other.
Any and all help is welcomed....actually I’m begging for it. The local club meet on the 18th next month and I’m going to do my best to be there. There is also another house here about 2 miles down the ridge that has a beam up 150 feet in the air and I might just go knock on their door and hope I get some help..... Thanks in advance for reading and especially so for any replies.
Happy Holidays to all!
Carl
I purchased an EFHW-8010 from Danny to get me started. I feel good about it getting me going. What I’m really interested in is building a Skyloop. I’ve got 6 acres, mostly woods, but I think I have enough cleared for my septic drain field that I should be able to get a full 160m wavelength in a squarish configuration. I’d like to go with the 40 degree delta configuration, but my canopy won’t allow for it. I am sure I will try anyway after getting a successful square working.
I like classic things and after quite a bit of research,I was able to put together an ICOM 751a, a 2KL 500w amp, and a AT500 tuner. My plan is to try to get the antenna resonant on 160m. This is where it get fuzzy. While I will trim to get it resonant at 160m, I still think I should plan on a run of 300 ohm ladder line to a to a remote tuner which will then feed my shack, bypassing the AT500 straight to the 2KL, after running through the requisite ground block.
How does this sound? I’m learning more every day, reading as much as I can find. I though it was time to reach out to see what I’m missing and some of the potential pit fall or flat out misses in my design and from the experience of other.
Any and all help is welcomed....actually I’m begging for it. The local club meet on the 18th next month and I’m going to do my best to be there. There is also another house here about 2 miles down the ridge that has a beam up 150 feet in the air and I might just go knock on their door and hope I get some help..... Thanks in advance for reading and especially so for any replies.
Happy Holidays to all!
Carl