Sunday, July 20, 2014

Moxon Aloft!



We put it up on the roof this afternoon.  I think it looks great!   The neighbors have not yet risen up in opposition to the new skyhook.   My family thinks it cool that I can spin it around.   I have it pointed at Europe and I notice a big difference.  I've worked F5LIW, OT4A, YL2BJ,  F5BBD.  Lots of fun. 



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6 comments:

  1. Tony G4WIFJuly 20, 2014 at 4:42 PM

    Of course Bill, the neighbours will not see it as the thing of great beauty that we know it is.

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  2. RogierJuly 20, 2014 at 8:15 PM

    That chimney is a great skyhook for a sloper or inverted delta loop! Perhaps even a horizontal loop over the parameter of the yard...

    73

    pa1zz

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  3. Nigel M0NDEJuly 21, 2014 at 2:21 PM

    Bill, how is it fixed to the roof. Some more photos required please?

    73 Nigel M0NDE

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  4. Bill MearaJuly 22, 2014 at 5:42 AM

    Rogier: I thought about building a tilt-over mast, but that would have been complicated and difficult.

    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.

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  5. Bill MearaJuly 22, 2014 at 5:44 AM

    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 Bill

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  6. AnonymousJuly 24, 2014 at 5:21 PM

    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 posting

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