Date: Fri, 28 Jan 94 04:30:14 PST From: Ham-Ant Mailing List and Newsgroup Errors-To: Ham-Ant-Errors@UCSD.Edu Reply-To: Ham-Ant@UCSD.Edu Precedence: Bulk Subject: Ham-Ant Digest V94 #16 To: Ham-Ant Ham-Ant Digest Fri, 28 Jan 94 Volume 94 : Issue 16 Today's Topics: Help: neon light... nearby broadcast antennas RG-58 and Discone ant. problem at VHF Send Replies or notes for publication to: Send subscription requests to: Problems you can't solve otherwise to brian@ucsd.edu. Archives of past issues of the Ham-Ant Digest are available (by FTP only) from UCSD.Edu in directory "mailarchives/ham-ant". We trust that readers are intelligent enough to realize that all text herein consists of personal comments and does not represent the official policies or positions of any party. Your mileage may vary. So there. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 25 Jan 1994 23:49:57 GMT From: caen!usenet.cis.ufl.edu!eng.ufl.edu!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!eff!news.kei.com!ub!dsinc!netnews.upenn.edu!netnews.cc.lehigh.edu!ns1.cc.@@envoy.wl.com Subject: Help: neon light... To: ham-ant@ucsd.edu i Need help in putting a neon lamp ON the COIL of a magmount antenna.....but i never got it to light on when keyed...why? it's a full 4.5watts on the 11m band....K-40 antennas do . oh well..if u can help, PLEASE!!! DAvid -- :)****************************************************************(: ** ** The Flying HAm ** ** David Roseman ** c002@lehigh.edu ** ** ** ** ** Cole's Law: ** Les Boules Qui Roules ** ** Thinly sliced Cabbage ** Tout Les Poules!! ** ------------------------------ Date: 24 Jan 94 05:58:38 GMT From: agate!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!wupost!crcnis1.unl.edu!engvms.unl.edu!tmrdpsrs@ucbvax.berkeley.edu Subject: nearby broadcast antennas To: ham-ant@ucsd.edu Hello All, I have a question about a possible interference problem that I may soon be experiencing. I am considering a move from my current QTH to a new apartment. However, the apartment I'm considering is located immediately next to three transmitting towers. All three are commercial broadcast stations, one FM (102.7 MHz), one TV (Channel 10) and one AM (1240 kHz). I am currently active on 2 m, 440 MHz, and am very active on HF for shortwave listening and will soon be working the HF ham bands. I am worried that moving so close to the towers will cause problems with the performance of my equipment (noise, desensing, images, intermod, etc.) I plan to set up some dipoles very close to the tower sites and am worried that it could ruin my enjoyment of the radio hobby if all the RF causes problems. Has anybody had any experience with this??? Is it anything to worry about??? Any experiences anyone has had (or even just bold speculations from more seasoned operators/listeners) would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance, Ron Synowicki, KG0HX TMRDPSRS@ENGVMS.UNL.EDU ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Jan 1994 15:08:33 GMT From: mvb.saic.com!unogate!news.service.uci.edu!usc!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!darwin.sura.net!fconvx.ncifcrf.gov!mack@network.ucsd.edu Subject: RG-58 and Discone ant. problem at VHF To: ham-ant@ucsd.edu In article <1994Jan26.043629.21788@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> chowes@nyx10.cs.du.edu (Chester Howes) writes: >A guy I know recently installed a Discone Antenna (R-S brand) and 50 ft of >RG 58 for his scanner. Problem: The rubber duck on the handheld unit, 20 >ft lower than the outside antenna works better than the discone. Eppley >field and their aircraft and Omaha PD (UHF) are full quieting on the duck, >barely audible on the outside antenna. He swapped out the coax for >another run of '58 with the same result. He swapped out the discone for >one of the 3 vertical rod scanner antennas. I haven't heard yet how well >that worked out. Does anyone have a suggestion what the problem could >have been? How could the antenna have been so bad? > >Thank's for any suggestions > >Chester F. Howes, N8GHF, > > > > You haven't eliminated the RG-58 yet as the source of the problem. I have hamfest special RG58 that nothing goes through at UHF. Do you know that either of the lenghts of RG-58 is good? Do you have any known good cable at UHF . Joe Mack NA3T mack@ncifcrf.gov ------------------------------ End of Ham-Ant Digest V94 #16 ******************************