21-03-2018, 09:37 PM
So... after a long hiatus, I've decided I need something for HF.
I used to have plenty of space to pop up HF wire antennas, not so anymore. I'm restricted to a space of about 25 metres in my backyard, perhaps slightly more with an inverted V.
The antenna location would be mounted on a mast (probably around 6 metres above ground) immediately above and parallel to my 9m long shed (so perhaps some interaction with open feeder type designs might cause issues).
I've had a look at the Western HF10 - and heard good reports about it, especially for low noise (important here in the suburbs). Also looked at the ZS6BKW.
I've also looked at a trap dipole design, if I can build traps out of coax, or similar (I got a bit of RG316 a while back for such a job).
Primary bands I'd like are 80m, 40m, 20m.
160m and 10m would be a bonus (especially 1.8MHz, a band I'd like to play with).
Thoughts? What can I build?
Regards
Hayden
I used to have plenty of space to pop up HF wire antennas, not so anymore. I'm restricted to a space of about 25 metres in my backyard, perhaps slightly more with an inverted V.
The antenna location would be mounted on a mast (probably around 6 metres above ground) immediately above and parallel to my 9m long shed (so perhaps some interaction with open feeder type designs might cause issues).
I've had a look at the Western HF10 - and heard good reports about it, especially for low noise (important here in the suburbs). Also looked at the ZS6BKW.
I've also looked at a trap dipole design, if I can build traps out of coax, or similar (I got a bit of RG316 a while back for such a job).
Primary bands I'd like are 80m, 40m, 20m.
160m and 10m would be a bonus (especially 1.8MHz, a band I'd like to play with).
Thoughts? What can I build?
Regards
Hayden