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About this time of night the cluster fills up with spots from 6's and 7's
working into rare spots in Asia. Sometimes I can hear a few dits from the Vietnam or Cambodia station, but usually not. To remedy this situation, I propose a sure-fire winner to add to the Elecraft product line: what they did for the 500 watt amp, they need to do for the 5 band, 5-element Yagi. Squeeze it down so that I can mount it on my chimney and tuck it away where the neighbors can't see it, but make it perform as if were full-size and about 50 feet higher. The perfect completion to the K-line, the KYAG-5x5. 73, Tony KT0NY -- http://www.isb.edu/faculty/facultydir.aspx?ddlFaculty=352 ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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Agree regarding the KPA500.
But why not make the antenna a 1.8-50.0MHz log-periodic with a minimum gain of 5 dB? Best regards OZ1CCM Kjeld -----Original Message----- From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Tony Estep Sent: 26. oktober 2011 03:56 To: Elecraft Subject: [Elecraft] New product suggestion About this time of night the cluster fills up with spots from 6's and 7's working into rare spots in Asia. Sometimes I can hear a few dits from the Vietnam or Cambodia station, but usually not. To remedy this situation, I propose a sure-fire winner to add to the Elecraft product line: what they did for the 500 watt amp, they need to do for the 5 band, 5-element Yagi. Squeeze it down so that I can mount it on my chimney and tuck it away where the neighbors can't see it, but make it perform as if were full-size and about 50 feet higher. The perfect completion to the K-line, the KYAG-5x5. 73, Tony KT0NY -- <http://www.isb.edu/faculty/facultydir.aspx?ddlFaculty=352> http://www.isb.edu/faculty/facultydir.aspx?ddlFaculty=352 ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: <http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft> http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: <http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm> http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: <mailto:[hidden email]> mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: <http://www.qsl.net> http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: <http://www.qsl.net/donate.html> http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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You mean something like this:
http://www.ae5x.com/blog/2011/07/01/beta-testing-the-new-ele-yagi/ John Harper AE5X ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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That looks like it! We just have to keep after them to release it.
Tony KT0NY On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 9:59 AM, John Harper <[hidden email]> wrote: > You mean something like this: > http://www.ae5x.com/blog/2011/07/01/beta-testing-the-new-ele-yagi/ > > John Harper AE5X > > > > -- http://www.isb.edu/faculty/facultydir.aspx?ddlFaculty=352 ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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Nice! Looks pretty funky!
Maybe Elecraft should sponsor a design contest to make a working all-band antenna in that exact configuration. Something they could sell. The winner gets a complete K-Line station! Eric? Wayne? 73, Ken Alexander VE3HLS On 26/10/2011 11:24 AM, Tony Estep wrote: > That looks like it! We just have to keep after them to release it. > > Tony KT0NY > > On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 9:59 AM, John Harper<[hidden email]> wrote: > >> You mean something like this: >> http://www.ae5x.com/blog/2011/07/01/beta-testing-the-new-ele-yagi/ >> >> John Harper AE5X >> >> >> >> > Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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Don't hold your breath, but do check out the new compact beams from N6BT. I haven't tried them yet and Tom is realistic about their comparison to full-size Yagis, but they look quite appealing for field use and limited space situations.
Rick -- Rick Tavan On Oct 25, 2011, at 3:56 PM, Tony Estep <[hidden email]> wrote: > About this time of night the cluster fills up with spots from 6's and 7's > working into rare spots in Asia. Sometimes I can hear a few dits from the > Vietnam or Cambodia station, but usually not. To remedy this situation, I > propose a sure-fire winner to add to the Elecraft product line: what they > did for the 500 watt amp, they need to do for the 5 band, 5-element Yagi. > Squeeze it down so that I can mount it on my chimney and tuck it away where > the neighbors can't see it, but make it perform as if were full-size and > about 50 feet higher. The perfect completion to the K-line, the KYAG-5x5. > > 73, Tony KT0NY > > -- > http://www.isb.edu/faculty/facultydir.aspx?ddlFaculty=352 > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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On 10/26/2011 12:46 PM, Rick Tavan wrote:
> Don't hold your breath, but do check out the new compact beams from N6BT. I haven't tried them yet and Tom is realistic about their comparison to full-size Yagis, but they look quite appealing for field use and limited space situations. I have one of Tom's 2 element yagis. Because of health problems, I haven't tried it yet, but it looks like a good, sturdy, piece of hardware. Dunc W5DC > > Rick > > -- > Rick Tavan > > On Oct 25, 2011, at 3:56 PM, Tony Estep<[hidden email]> wrote: > >> About this time of night the cluster fills up with spots from 6's and 7's >> working into rare spots in Asia. Sometimes I can hear a few dits from the >> Vietnam or Cambodia station, but usually not. To remedy this situation, I >> propose a sure-fire winner to add to the Elecraft product line: what they >> did for the 500 watt amp, they need to do for the 5 band, 5-element Yagi. >> Squeeze it down so that I can mount it on my chimney and tuck it away where >> the neighbors can't see it, but make it perform as if were full-size and >> about 50 feet higher. The perfect completion to the K-line, the KYAG-5x5. >> >> 73, Tony KT0NY >> >> -- >> http://www.isb.edu/faculty/facultydir.aspx?ddlFaculty=352 >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[hidden email] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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I spent 7 weeks trying to get that antenna from N6BT but Tom never came through with a delivery date for my order much less produce the antenna. I sent emails to three different email addresses he gave me and multiple calls to his cell phone went unanswered. A real shame as I really wanted to give the Q-52 antenna a try.
After wasting all that time I ordered a Cushcraft MA-5B on their website after hours on Monday and it arrived at my house Thursday. Really wish I had started there. 73, Joe, W8JH
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Joe, W8JH K3s, KPA 500, KAT 500 and KX3 happy user. |
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Tom is a really good antenna designer. He has some interesting antennas
on his new site. Running the business was never a strong point. F12 suffered from many of the same issues. Mike W0MU J6/W0MU November 21 - December 1 2011 CQ WW DX CW W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net On 10/27/2011 6:13 PM, W8JH wrote: > I spent 7 weeks trying to get that antenna from N6BT but Tom never came > through with a delivery date for my order much less produce the antenna. I > sent emails to three different email addresses he gave me and multiple calls > to his cell phone went unanswered. A real shame as I really wanted to give > the Q-52 antenna a try. > > After wasting all that time I ordered a Cushcraft MA-5B on their website > after hours on Monday and it arrived at my house Thursday. Really wish I > had started there. > > 73, > > Joe, W8JH > > ----- > 73, > > Joe, W8JH > K3 1713, KPA 132 > -- > View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/New-product-suggestion-tp6931309p6938489.html > Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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