ridgescan
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...and every antenna is now working at its zenith, I get a notice from building management that they are going to replace all the windows/frames here. That means a lot to this shack because the feedlines for the Wellbrook loop, its rotator, as well as the D130J scanner antenna exit the shack through a hole I made in the bedroom window frame!
Naturally, I won't be able to make another hole through the new frame they're about to put in so, those two antennas are in peril. My 180' endfed wire exits my shack through the cable TV hole that already exists in the living room wall. That antenna feeds the R75 in the living room as well as the R8600 at the desk in the bedroom. So I'm VERY lucky there that I'll still have those rigs running.
I'm already devising a plan that after they're done, I'll be moving the scanner and its feedline to the living room from the bedroom and hopefully, the feedline/rotator line of the Wellbrook.
I have two problems though; That cable TV access hole will not be big enough for all these lines! The other problem is they would have to pass across a 10- line cable TV feed bundle on the roof to get to the antennas and they will be much closer to power lines. Where they exit the shack now, they are at a comfortable distance from that bundle as well as the power lines.
So at this point, I'm just lamenting. There's a strong possibility I may lose use of the Wellbrook and the D130J, which I've been having up there for many years
Naturally, I won't be able to make another hole through the new frame they're about to put in so, those two antennas are in peril. My 180' endfed wire exits my shack through the cable TV hole that already exists in the living room wall. That antenna feeds the R75 in the living room as well as the R8600 at the desk in the bedroom. So I'm VERY lucky there that I'll still have those rigs running.
I'm already devising a plan that after they're done, I'll be moving the scanner and its feedline to the living room from the bedroom and hopefully, the feedline/rotator line of the Wellbrook.
I have two problems though; That cable TV access hole will not be big enough for all these lines! The other problem is they would have to pass across a 10- line cable TV feed bundle on the roof to get to the antennas and they will be much closer to power lines. Where they exit the shack now, they are at a comfortable distance from that bundle as well as the power lines.
So at this point, I'm just lamenting. There's a strong possibility I may lose use of the Wellbrook and the D130J, which I've been having up there for many years