http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S9Antennas/ LDG S9Antennas Wed, 15 May 2013 20:05:38 GMT Dwayne http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S9Antennas/message/2157 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S9Antennas/message/2157 Just a reminder that we are almost out of the "new old stock" of the S9v31 antennas. These differ from the current 31 foot model that they do not use the Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:20:56 GMT Ron Bean http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S9Antennas/message/2156 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S9Antennas/message/2156 You could, but not sure why you would want to go to all that trouble since the addition of a simple UNUN at the base will give you continuous coverage from Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:21:42 GMT Monterey10 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S9Antennas/message/2155 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S9Antennas/message/2155 I was interested in Bob Rice's video on his multi element vertical. Could I add a 11' aluminum pole next to my S-9 to achieve a reasonate element for 15 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 17:23:59 GMT gealto2000 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S9Antennas/message/2154 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S9Antennas/message/2154 Peter, I also think it would a be a horizontal dipole, but since it's mounted close to the ground will have a high radiation angle in the broadside direction, Wed, 20 Mar 2013 05:19:08 GMT Randy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S9Antennas/message/2153 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S9Antennas/message/2153 On the designed freq. it would be somewhat bi-directional. On other bands, the pattern is going to distort and lobes will form. I find when using mine which is Sat, 16 Mar 2013 02:19:51 GMT beargyrils@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S9Antennas/message/2152 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S9Antennas/message/2152 INCOMING CME: A magnetic eruption on the sun during the early hours of March 15th hurled a coronal mass ejection (CME) directly toward Earth. NOAA forecasters Fri, 15 Mar 2013 22:32:41 GMT Peter W. Borders http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S9Antennas/message/2151 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S9Antennas/message/2151 I like the delta loop idea. That would be prety easy to do as well. Aren't loops like this directional? The main advantages I see of the loop or vee is in Fri, 15 Mar 2013 21:13:19 GMT Steve http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S9Antennas/message/2150 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S9Antennas/message/2150 I have done something similar but using inexpensive 20 foot squid poles since they are easier to transport,store and keep up in the air as well as making the Fri, 15 Mar 2013 21:04:55 GMT Steve http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S9Antennas/message/2149 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S9Antennas/message/2149 Bill, The initial drilling of the holes produces the weakening of the fiberglass since the wall of the fiberglass tubes was not that thick to start, repeated Fri, 15 Mar 2013 20:52:11 GMT Steve http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S9Antennas/message/2148 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S9Antennas/message/2148 I totally agree TAPE of any form in HOT climates like Florida is a pain in the posterior. After a prolonged exposure it gets a bit "sticky" to say the least Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:47:09 GMT Randy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S9Antennas/message/2147 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S9Antennas/message/2147 If I had a couple of S9 laying around I would be tempted to use them to frame a delta loop. Fed at the bottom apex. Even on the ground, it is an antenna I Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:30:50 GMT Ron Bean http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S9Antennas/message/2146 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S9Antennas/message/2146 Pete: I think you're right. Basically it would be a 40 meter dipole. Only concern I would have is that the weight of not having the S9 vertical could put Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:06:11 GMT Peter W. Borders http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S9Antennas/message/2145 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S9Antennas/message/2145 as I have a few of the 31' S9 antenna I was wondering how a non-inverted vee would work, or just a vee as the case may be. I have tried various searches but Thu, 14 Mar 2013 20:59:53 GMT Peter W. Borders http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S9Antennas/message/2144 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S9Antennas/message/2144 That sounds really strange that a screw in a hole would stop splitting (I am assuming that you mean splitting from the hole to the nearest tube end) since by Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:34:07 GMT Dwayne http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S9Antennas/message/2143 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S9Antennas/message/2143 The official response. The screw version of the S9v31 should not be assembled with anything except screws. Where the holes are drilled, the fiberglass is