I wish that I could do as you suggest but the eave is right over my backdoor. But the idea is great!

Does anyone make a heavy duty eave mount? Looking for something like this that has the extra brace like the bracket on the bottom of the photo.
http://www.solidsignal.com/pview.asp?mc=03&p=SKY32815

Need to mount a 4 element Directive Systems 6M yagi and a tv rotor and would like the extra support of a lower bracket arm pushing down at a 45 degree angle.

Thanks
Zack
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I want to turn a small 6M yagi with a TV rotor. What is the closest that I can (should) install the rotor to the yagi? Would prefer to put the rotor right at the bottom of the yagi but have no idea if it will interfer with the yagi's performance. The yagi will be horizontal BTW.

Thanks
Zack
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I want to turn a small 6M yagi with a TV rotor. What is the closest that I can (should) install the rotor to the yagi? Would prefer to put the rotor right at the bottom of the yagi but have no idea if it will interfer with the yagi's performance. The yagi will be horizontal BTW.

Thanks
Zack
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I asked basically the same question about eggbeaters in general earlier today in the Yahoo Work-sta forum.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Work-Sat/?yguid=212792113

The M2 antennas send very little RF towards the horizon. Take a look at the link below.
http://www.m2inc.com/index.php?ax=amateur&pg=133

Compare the antenna patterns here of a regular eggbeater and this hombrew eggbeater. Would be nice if someone sold the Texas Potato Masher!
http://www.observations.biz/K5OE/Eggbeeater_2.htm

Zack
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I have radar dish that I bought years ago at a hamfest and used it as a parabolic mic. However I would like to sell it as I no longer have a use for it. It seems to be made of some type of fiberglass and very light in weight. The seller told me that I was taken out of a military aircraft.

So my question is can a dish like this be used on most of the ham microwave bands or is a special size required for each band?

To see a photo got to http://www.flickr.com/photos/10025089@N05/ . The ruler in the photo is 12 inches across. The dish is 24 inches across and it is about 9 inches from the bottom of the dish to the feed point.

Thanks
Zack
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Thanks! That is a real cool site.

Zack
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Thanks for the reply.

I have worked 111 grids with stacked/phased loops made by KB6KQ but have taken them down and will replace them with a 50-4. Also bought a Elecraft KPA500 and that should help a bit with my Flex-5000 and the 50-4.

Going to put the loops up on ebay as I no longer have a need for them.

Now I just wish that more hams would reply to my QSL requests so that I can get my VUCC!

Zack
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Can anyone tell me where I can find a list of 2&440 repeaters for San Juan PR and Charlotte Amalie in the USVI?

I have looked around but can't find too much on this.

73
Zack
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Thanks for the reply Thomas.

I have worked 111 grids with stacked/phased loops made by KB6KQ but have taken them down and will replace them with a 50-4. Also bought a Elecraft KPA500 and that should help a bit with my Flex-5000 and the 50-4.

Going to put the loops up on ebay as I no longer have a need for them.

Now I just wish that more hams would reply to my QSL requests so that I can get my VUCC!
Zack
N8FNR

I am considering putting up a Directive Systems DS50-4 6 meter yagi on the eve
of my house and turning it with a TV rotor.

http://www.directivesystems.com/PDF/DS50-4.PDF

Are there any Directive System DS50-4 owners here and if so what do you think of
the build and performance of this antenna?

Zack
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I am considering putting up a Directive System DS50-4 on the eve of my house and turning it with a TV rotor.

http://www.directivesystems.com/PDF/DS50-4.PDF

Are there any Directive System DS50-4 owners here and if so what do you think of the build and performance of this antenna?

Zack
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My whine.
Why do losers tune up their amp on top of a DX station when the DX is working split? Can't they tune up well north of there? And usually these morons don't just do it briefly, but for minutes at a time. Is the message "yep me gotz a big amp and need to show deem losers whats me got" or what? And then I love it when they start calling the DX on his TX frequency and are splattering all over the place! Meanwhile I am tailending the last caller and getting the QSO with my lousy 100 watts from my Flex-5000.

Zack
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I am fairly new to QSLing as I started sending out cards last year. However I have been on the air since 1985.

This week I had the pleasant surprise of getting a card from Y43VL for a 1988 SSB QSO. Now that was sweet!

So what other interesting cards have you received recently?

Zack
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Can anyone explain to me why the Flex haters are always in here complaining about how the Flex rigs are the worst radios since time began? Why do they care?  Gee, I wish that I had consulted with them before I made my purchase. Guess I am not very smart and am probably morally and mentally deficient.

After the SDR-1000 came out I read the review in QST and thought that it looked very interesting so I downloaded the demo. Seeing the radio spectrum made a lot of sense (to me but then as I stated above I am not very smart) so I bought a 1000. Yeahn I know what an idiot. Well at the time I had a fully loaded TS-850SAT and thought that I would keep it forever and use the 1000 on occasion. After I got the 1000 I never turned the 850 on again. Not once. The panadapter had me hooked. Even though the rig was kind of buggy with the way the external sound card hooked up it was still a great rig. When the 5000 came on the market I sold the TS-850, an FT-100 (oh man was that a dog! The VHF finals blew twice) and the SDR-1000 to pay for the Flex-5000a. BTW you can read my review in the eham review section. I would not go back to another rig as I am very pleased with the performance. BTW how do people with old fashioned rigs find DX without tuning all the time? I just look at the panadapter and watch for activity and frequently work DX before it gets spotted. Is my Flex-5000 the perfect rig? Can there ever be a perfect anything? To me it is the best radio I have ever owned but then as I stated before I am none too smart.

However I don't care what rigs other people use. Actually I am glad that we have a variety of rigs to choose from. It is cool that you can use almost anything on the air from antiques to WWII rigs to homebrew and the most modern thing out there. But if I was in a QSO with someone who had a (insert model of choice here) I would not tell him he is a idiot and stop the QSO because he did not have a rig that I deemed worthy of being on the air. To me the whole idea is to get on the air, have fun and learn about technology and geography. The only thing I hate about ham radio is guys who tune their amp right on top of DX stations but as they say that is another story for another forum….

So for you haters out there could you explain why you post here all the time about something you hate and probably don’t own?

Zack
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