Date: Thu, 28 Apr 94 04:30:13 PDT 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 #124 To: Ham-Ant Ham-Ant Digest Thu, 28 Apr 94 Volume 94 : Issue 124 Today's Topics: DAVE BUSHONG's ADDRESS pse Help with ATV antenna tuning, UHF SWR meter advice, general ATV stuff? Shortwave verticals 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: 28 Apr 94 17:03:52 GMT From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu Subject: DAVE BUSHONG's ADDRESS pse To: ham-ant@ucsd.edu Hi Dave, you left a message yesterday, about airband antennas. I noticed you work for Wang Labs. Being an ex-Wang-er also, I would like to send you an e-mail, but could not figure out your e-mail address. Why don't you drop me a message at my home address (due to Easter weekend, I won't be in the office, until next Wednesday), i.e.: sv1cec@athnet.ath.forthnet.gr so we can discuss a bit about people we (might) both know. Best 73 de SV1CEC John Caradimas +-------------------------------------------------------------+ | John Caradimas (SV1CEC) Greek Radio Amateur Station | +-------------------------------------------------------------+ | AX-25 Address : SV1CEC@SV1UY.ATH.GRC.EU | | TCP/IP Address : sv1cec@sv1cec.ampr.org | | Internet Address : sv1cec@athnet.ath.forthnet.gr (home) | | jcaradim@gr.oracle.com (office) | | Mail Address : P.O. Box 31689, 10035, Athens, GREECE | +-------------------------------------------------------------+ | CQ Zone : 20 Locator : KM17UX ITU Zone : 28 | +-------------------------------------------------------------+ | DISCLAIMER : The opinions expressed above, are strictly of | | my own, not representing anybody else. | +-------------------------------------------------------------+ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Apr 1994 23:03:21 -0800 From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!cyber2.cyberstore.ca!vanbc.wimsey.com!pme15.pomo.wis.net!user@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Help with ATV antenna tuning, UHF SWR meter advice, general ATV stuff? To: ham-ant@ucsd.edu Hi, I'm having some difficulty working with my ATV setup. I've got the AEA VSB70, and I've built the 8-element quagi antenna from the ARRL book. I don't seem to be getting the kind of performance I think I should, it's pretty fuzzy at only three miles away with a direct line of sight. I need some advice on how to go about tuning the antenna. What kind of test equipment do people use? I've gone to both my local ham stores and they've told me they don't have any SWR meters that will work up to 500MHz with under one watt of power. With no SWR or power meter, it's pretty hard to tune the antenna. Are there any other methods? Can anyone recommend a good SWR meter? Or should I give up on making my own antenna and just buy one (what the ham store recommended)? Anyone else with experience using the 8-element quagi for ATV? What kind of performance should I expect if it's working properly? Also, I'm thinking about getting an amp; probably the SAU-4 brick. Does anyone have plans for putting an amp together with this module? Or any recommendations for a better solution? Finally, are there any ATV resources on the Internet, eg. mailing list, ftp site, etc.? Thanks in advance...