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K5OE'S Eggbeater	Reply
by KB2HSH on August 29, 2007	Mail this to a friend!
After many frustrating attempts (even on almost 90 degree passes with my old antenna) I have to say that the Eggbeater and my Yaesu are simply awesome. Mind you...I only have the 2-meter version up right now, and I worked into AO-51 without any trouble. The pass was about 32 degrees. Just had to comment. Any suggestions? John KB2HSH

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by KR6N on October 7, 2007	Mail this to a friend!
John, I'm thinking about building K5OE's Eggbeater-II I understand the way the phasing harness is made, But can you tell me if there is any connection to the Ground plane below the antenna, or is it just the distance relationship from the two top elements?? just interested in listing right now.. TNX Ed KR6N

RE: K5OE'S Eggbeater	Reply
by KB2HSH on October 7, 2007	Mail this to a friend!
Ed: There is no physical connection made to the ground plane, per se. It is simply there as a "ground reflection". I have my 2 meter verison mounted over the metallic portion of my garage...so the effect is roughly the same. Also, keep in mind that adjusting the distance between the loops and the ground plane affects the final SWR. Also, I feed my 2 meter EB at the top, rather than the bottom. I did this because I am using 3/4 inch PVC conduit, and didn't want the added bother of the smaller support section at the top of K5OE's building diagram. I simply drilled holes lower on the pole, and then bent the loop ends and connected them to copper ground lugs that I scaveneged off of Comdial telephone systems. I tried using spade/eye lugs, but couldn't get a solid enough of a crimp. The ground lugs (also available at Home Depot) have the eye hole that connect to the 8-32 hardware and have the screw connection to hold the loops firm. I also used No-Ox copper protectant (I used it at Lucent to protect copper ground connections) on all of the joints to protect against weather corrosion. If you need photos or more help, please let me know. I'd be glad to help. (I would have loved the M2 versions of these antennas, but at $250/per it was a bit steep) 73 de KB2HSH

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by N8HUL on February 10, 2008	Mail this to a friend!
I tried building these and never could get them to tune. Very frustrating considering the amount of time spent. If anyone needs the Rg-62 93 ohm coax, look me up on qrz.com and send me an email, I got lots of it!

RE: K5OE'S Eggbeater	Reply
by K7TRK on October 9, 2009	Mail this to a friend!
Hello, I have found several diferent articles for K5OE's Egg II. Including his original pdf which had a link to the phasing harness schematic. Unfortunatly, all of Jerry's AOL links are defunct now and I can't seem to locate the phasing harness design. Does anyone have the original pdf article that shows a pix of the phasing harness that they could e-mail me?? Also, need a few feet of the RG62 coax please help: trkrempa@yahoo.com (e-mail address) Ted, K7TRK

RE: K5OE'S Eggbeater	Reply
by W3JKS on October 10, 2009	Mail this to a friend!
If you're looking for a few feet of RG-62 93-ohm cable, Surplus Sales of Nebraska is selling it by the foot for 35 cents a foot, less in quantity. (http://www.surplussales.com/Antennas/Antennas-10.html) It's a shame, but I threw away thousands of feet of that stuff a decade ago when we ripped out all of our old IBM 3270 CRT cabling! 73s, john W3JKS/AAT3BF/AAM3EDE/AAA9SL

RE: K5OE'S Eggbeater	Reply
by KO4MA on October 12, 2009	Mail this to a friend!
Anyone needing the coax can send me a LARGE SASE via my callbook address, and indicate how much they need. I'll cut them a chunk and send it back ASAP. 73, Drew KO4MA

RE: K5OE'S Eggbeater	Reply
by WD9EWK on October 15, 2009	Mail this to a friend!
Hi! Thanks to the Internet Wayback Machine, you can still get to K5OE's old web site. The last version that was stored there is: http://web.archive.org/web/20080302153317rn_1/members.aol.com/k5oe/ 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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