[OZAPRS] smart meters ?

[Damien Gardner Jnr]

ooh, really?  I'm building one based from here (http://www.hamuniverse.com/multidipole.html)  - yard isn't big enough for 40m of dipole for 80m band, so having already built the centre (http://www.rendrag.net/wpg2?g2_itemId=11755), I thought I'd just make the top band 40m, and add 30 in the middle..  Might shove it through MMANA first to see what happens, before I finish cutting and assembling that behemoth, and then pulling it up between the masts..

Thanks,

DG

On 11/12/2010, at 11:26 AM, Ray Wells wrote:

> Previous experience of adding a 30m dipole to an existing 20/40/80m unit was not good. 30m doesn't have a harmonic relationship and it presented weird and wonderful reactance to the feedpoint. ymmv
> 
> Ray vk2tv
> 
> On 11/12/10 11:19, Damien Gardner Jnr wrote:
>> 
>> Lol, though monitors aren't allowed in bins, or even hard waste roadside pickup :(
>> 
>> I have to say I do like the dell service, where if you order a computer with a monitor (can just be a laptop), they pickup the old monitor for free and dispose of it :)   Though they had a heart attack when we asked if we could dispose of 60 21" sony's through that :-p   Actually, they had enough of a heart attack when we asked about ordering 60 LCD's as 'spares' for our existing machines.. ;)
>> 
>> -_DG
>> 
>> Off to build a 40/30/20/10m fan dipole this arvo after work, will be interesting to see how much better that is than my TEV-1 vertical!
>> 
>> 
>> On 11/12/2010, at 10:54 AM, Ray Wells wrote:
>> 
>>> If I had a garbage service I'd toss the monitor in the bottom of the wheelie bin and it would just disappear but, no garbage service means a visit to the tip. I wonder how many monitors my big dam will hold <g>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Ray vk2tv
>>> 
>>> On 11/12/10 10:43, Damien Gardner Jnr wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> On 11/12/2010, at 10:38 AM, Ray Wells wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> You mentioned monitors. I recently took two dead CRT monitors to the tip (I don't have a garbage service) and was informed there is a (NSW) government enforced $5.00 fee per monitor to leave them at the tip. How's that for a hidden tax? I wonder how many dead monitors will now be given swimming lessons?
>>>> 
>>>> Wow, that's not bad - ACT govt charges $50/monitor to dump them at the tip.. - when we replaced our 21" sony CRT's with 19" LCD's back in 2005 (worked out we'd pay back the costs of replacing 3x21" 500W crt's with 3x19" 50W LCD's per Desk, in just under 6 months!), we ended up shoving them all into the dumpster out the back over a couple of weeks..
>>>> 
>>>> --DG
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Damien Gardner Jnr
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