http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/ SPIDERBEAM Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:30:25 GMT Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/message/2966 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/message/2966 Guys, that's all been tried. Too much interaction with the other bands. It won't work. 73 Rick, DJ0IP From: spiderbeam@yahoogroups.com Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:26:05 GMT Kenwood User http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/message/2965 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/message/2965 I'm sure this was not what you were asking but for any interested readers, the dipole was simple to add, cost only a few dollars, and works great.   I Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:58:49 GMT Rick Lellinger http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/message/2964 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/message/2964 30m has been added to the 5 band Spiderbeam via a dipole at the top. The WARC version of the Spiderbeam has a boom length of 40 feet and the 5 Band Spiderbeam Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:57:50 GMT Brenton Crowhurst http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/message/2963 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/message/2963 In partial answer to my own question, I see from the manual that the 20m and 30m driven elements are in conflict -- both mounting so that they attach to the Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:57:23 GMT Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/message/2962 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/message/2962 Brenton, do you mean added a 30m beam to it, or added a 30m dipole to it? The 30m beam will not work. It interacts too severely with the other bands. Many Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:56:12 GMT Rick Lellinger http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/message/2961 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/message/2961 Thanks, Rick! Rick, N4FBW ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:40:43 GMT Brenton Crowhurst http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/message/2960 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/message/2960 Has anyone ever added 30m to the 5 band version? Brenton, VE6IE ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:46:06 GMT Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/message/2959 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/message/2959 Rick, 2m (absolute minimum) 3m or more would be better. 73 Rick, DJ0IP From: spiderbeam@yahoogroups.com [mailto:spiderbeam@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Mon, 17 Jun 2013 02:03:52 GMT relellin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/message/2958 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/message/2958 Hi, I've been given a tower (50') and if I can put it up (need permits, etc) I'm thinking about putting a three band Spiderbeam on it as well as the WARC Sat, 08 Jun 2013 01:37:18 GMT Brenton Crowhurst http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/message/2957 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/message/2957 Well, I thank you for this honour, and hope to one day take you up on that and collect my prize! de VE6IE, Brenton ... [Non-text portions of this message have Fri, 07 Jun 2013 18:58:48 GMT ah6oy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/message/2956 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/message/2956 No problem. Some of us are there and the rest headed there oblivious and denying they are headed there. Its mostly a case of relaxing and trying to enjoy Fri, 07 Jun 2013 13:40:16 GMT Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/message/2955 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/message/2955 BRENTON, CONGRATULATIONS! YOU JUST WON A BEER WITH THAT NAME! (But you have to come to the Spiderbeam Factory in Spremberg Germany to collect it ;-) 73 Rick, Fri, 07 Jun 2013 13:17:24 GMT Brenton Crowhurst http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/message/2954 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/message/2954 A Spider's beam? ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Fri, 07 Jun 2013 12:02:49 GMT Aravind Balasubramanian (VU2ABS) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/message/2953 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/message/2953 On a lighter note. When I brought down my hexbeam recently, I noticed a nice big spider had built a beautiful web in one of its spreader/support chord section. Fri, 07 Jun 2013 02:34:25 GMT Dave Rust http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/message/2952 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spiderbeam/message/2952 To AH6OY, I was indeed in the wrong place. I am building a Hexbeam and for some reason (I can blame it on old age) I called it a Spiderbeam. Sorry for the