End Of An Era At This Listening Post

[vagrant]

As soon as she asks him "What's wrong?", he'll be back in action. Women are wonderful! Anyways, he's spied an area for tripods. The loop is fine being low, but that discone needs height. That may be tricky. Some gray paint will eliminate the glare rather well and not affect performance.

I'm taking odds on this one. I'll give 5:1 he doesn't last 3 weeks.

 

[Boombox]

Worse comes to worse, get a decent portable (Tecsun, Grundig, et al) that works well off the whip, and has decent MW reception. HOAs can't ban that. I'd also consider various 'hidden' antenna schemes. Thin wire that isn't readily visible, that sort of thing. Being that you appear to be receive-only (no transmitting), are are quite a few workable antenna options. Good luck either way, and enjoy your new place.

 

[mass-man]

Good luck in suburbia.....followed your stuff on RR for years!

Good DX, from wherever!!!!!

 

[ridgescan]

Thanks to everyone! Man cutting those feed lines was like cutting an umbilical cord! Antennas still up-been overwhelmed inside QTH packing or tossing 20 years worth of life. Will have to come back and take them down after the move. I gave myself 'till the 31st so I can make a special trip for them.

 

[KB4MSZ]

I gave myself 'till the 31st

The 31st of September?

 

[mass-man]

free beer tomorrow!!!

 

[HavenBTS]

But even if you don't get a shack up and running any time soon, there is nothing to stop you from continuing to post here!

 

[StoliRaz]

As a compromise you should get a good mobile setup for your car or a handheld. At least you'll still be in the game

 

[ridgescan]

HEY ALL I'm all moved in. Got the garage set up with a workbench and the BC785D scanner is there working off a back-of-set whip which will do as PD and FD here are on VHFhi. Temp-set-up Wellbrook loop on lone surviving tripod from old place (the other one fell apart rotted from the ocean salt in SFO). I tossed every feedline I had at the old QTH but managed to hold on to a 10' coax patch line so I set up the R8600 on the umbrella table in the back yard, ran an extension cord from an outside outlet to the rig and the Wellbrook box and with that loop just 8' off the ground, I immediately got India and BBC out of Tinang, Philippines! My only option is to set the 8600 up in the garage and run the feedline from there out to the loop at the back yard. I will be back in business pretty soon! Guys this place is totally RF-quiet! VERY nice for our hobby on both MW and SW. Happy!

 

[KB4MSZ]

I'm taking odds on this one. I'll give 5:1 he doesn't last 3 weeks.

Well you lasted almost 4 weeks. I was really close on this one.

 

[Patch42]

I tossed every feedline I had at the old QTH but managed to hold on to a 10' coax patch line so I set up the R8600 on the umbrella table in the back yard, ran an extension cord from an outside outlet to the rig and the Wellbrook box and with that loop just 8' off the ground, I immediately got India and BBC out of Tinang, Philippines!

I did something similar for years at my condo. I'd drag the Wellbrook out on the balcony (big balcony) and set up my desktop receiver on the patio table under the umbrella. I had a bunch of peripheral equipment so it was quite a job setting up and breaking down again. I recall an unexpected rain shower one summer night that really put a damper on things. Never broke the equipment down so fast in my life.

Good luck getting a more permanent setup in place.

 

[a29zuk]

Welcome back ridge. The start of a new era!

I have my Collins R-390 in the garage to monitor HF when I'm tinkering around out there. So garage monitoring is not new!
I don't think I have a table in the house to hold up the old beast anyway. It's close to 100 pounds with the speaker.

Glad you have the nice quiet RF location. Maybe someday.

Jim

 

[ridgescan]

Well you lasted almost 4 weeks. I was really close on this one.

Actually yeah as far as the HF rigs but the scanner was up the second day here

 

[ridgescan]

I did something similar for years at my condo. I'd drag the Wellbrook out on the balcony (big balcony) and set up my desktop receiver on the patio table under the umbrella. I had a bunch of peripheral equipment so it was quite a job setting up and breaking down again. I recall an unexpected rain shower one summer night that really put a damper on things. Never broke the equipment down so fast in my life.

Good luck getting a more permanent setup in place.

That's funny! I've never done this outdoor thing before but I had to see how the loop would act there in the yard and I was not disappointed!

 

[ridgescan]

Welcome back ridge. The start of a new era!

I have my Collins R-390 in the garage to monitor HF when I'm tinkering around out there. So garage monitoring is not new!
I don't think I have a table in the house to hold up the old beast anyway. It's close to 100 pounds with the speaker.

Glad you have the nice quiet RF location. Maybe someday.

Jim

Thanks Jim-I have the same dilemma here with the SX88 and for that matter the R75. Both of those are just sitting on display up in one of the bedrooms. I can only put up say a "radio shelf" of about 5-6' long in the garage and just high enough to stick maybe a barstool under it to twirl VFOs. So this means only one rig in ops at any time and the old Hallie will have to sit sleeping until I figure something out.

 

[KQA726]

Farm supply company sells a dark green coated wire for electric fences. Run that line along the top of your fencing, and quite the beverage antenna you'll have!

 

[ridgescan]

Farm supply company sells a dark green coated wire for electric fences. Run that line along the top of your fencing, and quite the beverage antenna you'll have!

Good idea! That wire stands up in the elements well too!

 

[KC1UA]

Glad to see you're still in the mix, Ridge. I always have enjoyed your posts and what you were able to accomplish when you were in SFO.

 

[ridgescan]

Glad to see you're still in the mix, Ridge. I always have enjoyed your posts and what you were able to accomplish when you were in SFO.

Thank you!

 

[majoco]

Well done, Ridgy, we all knew you'd be back - just like Arnie - you can't keep a good man down!