Dr David Mills1d ago
First casualty of the wind this afternoon - my longwire antenna is now about half as long.
Show threadDr David Mills1d ago
I've ordered some decent kevlar wire to repair it. I should get a roof ladder too so I can fix my beams.
The 5 element 144 MHz beam has been totally trashed by birds landing on it.
Show threadDr David Mills
That's not a horrifyingly bad match on 80m now. The shorter longwire.
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Show threadDr David Mills1d ago
Ignore the fact the VNA claims to only have been calibrated from 100Mhz to 300 MHz.
Show threadF4GRX Sébastien1d ago
@dtl calibrated full range by natural extrapolation.
Show threadDr David Mills1d ago
@f4grx I'll wait for the next storm and sweep it again.
Show threadDr David Mills1d ago
S9 noise on 80m. As usual.
Show threadDr David Mills1d ago
The 144MHz beam recently
I didn't even realise the feeder was a tangled mess too.
Show threadImogen1d ago

@dtl

Oh my, that is not good.

Show threadIan1d ago
@dtl hehe bloody hell Dave
Show threadDr David Mills1d ago
@mw0ian the elements only have a single screw to the boom, so they pivot. I'll fix that when I get it down.
Show threadIan1d ago
@dtl sorry if I over reacted 😊
Show threadDr David Mills1d ago
@mw0ian perfectly valid answer to be honest.