tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590176649168185428.post1061612315898069120..comments2024-03-28T18:51:21.655-04:00Comments on SolderSmoke Daily News: Moxon Aloft!Bill Mearahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07662500663603350847noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590176649168185428.post-84278422657757785422014-07-24T17:21:41.477-04:002014-07-24T17:21:41.477-04:00Bill this looks like a suspended Rhombic of sorts ...Bill this looks like a suspended Rhombic of sorts I can't make out the feed point clearly or what you have opposite. I would suggest however that at that height you would be getting rather a lot of interference from the metalic parts of the antenna and from the roof . Nice job though and thanks for postingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590176649168185428.post-77530164066096294162014-07-22T05:44:52.190-04:002014-07-22T05:44:52.190-04:00Tony: "A thing of beauty" is a phrase t...Tony: "A thing of beauty" is a phrase that hams often seem to mutter when their beam antenna is put in place. John, EI7BA, used that phrase. I agree. But it is definitely "in the eye of the beholder." 73 BillBill Mearahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07662500663603350847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590176649168185428.post-57806780354308601172014-07-22T05:42:32.918-04:002014-07-22T05:42:32.918-04:00Rogier: I thought about building a tilt-over mast...Rogier: I thought about building a tilt-over mast, but that would have been complicated and difficult. <br /><br />Nigel: It is fixed to the roof with 9 wood screws at the base of the tripod. Scroll down to the picture of the tripod and you will see where the screws go. Bill Mearahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07662500663603350847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590176649168185428.post-55673871554997170642014-07-21T14:21:54.408-04:002014-07-21T14:21:54.408-04:00Bill, how is it fixed to the roof. Some more phot...Bill, how is it fixed to the roof. Some more photos required please?<br /><br />73 Nigel M0NDENigel M0NDEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09970160146232724123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590176649168185428.post-22983203396375300322014-07-20T20:15:24.261-04:002014-07-20T20:15:24.261-04:00That chimney is a great skyhook for a sloper or in...That chimney is a great skyhook for a sloper or inverted delta loop! Perhaps even a horizontal loop over the parameter of the yard...<br /><br />73<br /><br />pa1zzRogierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11355222106470607835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590176649168185428.post-12303800843418861272014-07-20T16:42:44.793-04:002014-07-20T16:42:44.793-04:00Of course Bill, the neighbours will not see it as ...Of course Bill, the neighbours will not see it as the thing of great beauty that we know it is. Tony G4WIFnoreply@blogger.com