I have never done any side by side tests against anything so I don't know about performance or efficiency. I've made them before and I hear stations and make contacts! The feedline being balanced is

John, I have used the NorCal Doublet made from both ribbon cable and zip cord. It has performed well for me as both a flat top doublet and a sloper in several Flights of the Bumblebees. I have used

John, I have one in my bag, works OK for me and cost almost nothing to build. I used mine with a BLT ASTU, that's the only caveat, you have to use a balanced ASTU. You need ribbon cable to build one?

Hello, I was trying out a new transmitter tonight ( 7 QSOs so far ), a 6V6 crystal oscillator running 4 Watts output. Pardon the keying for the next few weeks as I re-learn how to use a Hallicrafters

I have been a ham for 52 years. During that time I have made nearly all of my antennas, except for a beam. I don't know why, but during this time I have not constructed a Norcal Doublet. From

With increasing daylight, I doubted that 2 1/2 hours after my NJ sunrise I'd hear you guys. But doggone, there was Terry, 937 miles distant, pushing an easy 559. I dropped my callsign at 1450Z, but

Nice turn out guys! Sounds like band was good. 72 Johnny AC0BQ -- QRP....."more smiles per watt"

What a great net today, I admit, I was anticipating an effect of the ol man sun... but if there was.. it was good. We had 4 check in for chats. N6MY in Ca, KF7WNS in Or K5DL in Tx AA7CU in AZ Missed

Great Net this morning, 13 checkins. I had trouble counting this morning on the first report and threw in 5 from last nite. Thanks to all who checked in. AA0DD was a first timer, thank you

I managed to get the radio in my office turned on late in the net and was surprised to hear it was still going. I copied WA0ITP, KD4OBQ, WR9H(?) and NE5DL(?). Everyone was really solid here in

Sri I was late Terry Better late then never Hi Hi KF0XV

Just as I thought Terry, Way better in the mornings than in the evenings, way to go my friend, nice job! 72/3 es God Bless de Wayne - KC0PMH -- http://www.qsl.net/kc0pmh/ Under construction but

Wow! BIG net this morning 18 checkins!!!! I'll summarize tonight. Thanks to all, great fun. ---------------------------------- Back to the bench, Winter's too valuable to waste. I love this radio

---------------------------------- Back to the bench, Winter's too valuable to waste. I love this radio stuff ! 72 WA0ITP www.wa0itp.com www.4sqrp.com

If you haven't looked at your calendar lately, you may not have noticed that this coming Sunday, January 12th, is the 2nd Sunday of the month, which means SECOND SUNDAY SPRINT (or SSS for short). Dust

Charles, thanks for the QSO. You never know what propagation will dish out. Your signal was up to 569 at one point. I'll be listening for you again. 72, Gary

KA0KRN David , Ottumwa, IA K6QKL Chuck, Fairview Hts, IL KC0IFQ Dennis, Augusta, KS KA0EGE Jeff Chancey, Pittsburgh, KS Tnx fer all checkins, good band cond. C/U all next week. N0TGR Dick,

Despite Wayne's very modest "sky" wire, for the late 40m net he was initially 559 in NJ. He gave me 339, but long-cycling QSB would bring me up to 559. I had the same kind of QSB and Wayne's sig

Wayne, the band was really long. Chas had strong signal. Thanks Chas, good coast-to-coast QSO, 2535 mi. Gary/KF7WNS

Well once again we got quality not quantity (always get quality with the 4-Staters!). As expected it was a little thin but a couple of nice surprises, Mileage courtesy of QRZ.com: Early Net: WA9PWP -