by w5fcx | Aug 31, 2019 | Antennas, Spiderbeam
This time around the Spiderbeam HD antenna and mast made it two years before succumbing to the winds of a thunderstorm. Here are the pictures. BEFORE View from the water View from below Side view Under – facing North (no guy line to South) AFTER View from the...
by w5fcx | Jan 3, 2017 | Antennas, Mobile
In addition to remote station operation, the next best thing is mobile operation, of course! As with every ham radio station, mobile comes with its own challenges. Here’s how I built mine and overcame the challenges that presented along the way. The Rig Yaesu...
by w5fcx | Dec 30, 2016 | Antennas, Remote Station, Software Defined Radio, Spiderbeam, The Shack
After posting details about A Software-Defined Remote Station Design recently, I received a question about station costs, so went ahead and put together a parts list and cost estimation spreadsheet, which is summarized below. You can download the spreadsheet as a...
by w5fcx | Dec 28, 2016 | Antennas, Spiderbeam
They say a picture is worth a thousand words… Over the Christmas break, we had a short but intense wind storm blow through. As can be seen here, the aluminum Spiderbeam mast did not fare well. Upon further investigation, the topmost guy line on the north side...
by w5fcx | Dec 6, 2016 | Antennas, Spiderbeam
When I first assembled my 5-band spiderbeam antenna, I made some mistakes. Hopefully these tips will help others who decide to assemble their own Spiderbeam. After assembly, the main issue I hit was high SWRs. Here’s how I addressed it with the help of Rick...
by w5fcx | Dec 2, 2016 | Antennas, Spiderbeam
As promised in this post, here’s the parts list for the “Easy Mast” system I posted about recently. Note that several components I bought were more expensive than probably required, simply because they were readily available quickly via Amazon Prime....
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