[OZAPRS] smart meters ?

[Damien Gardner Jnr]

Ewwww, ray was correct - swr on 30m would be 38 (609+j895) on 30m, due 
to the other band dipoles not being full wave etc on 30m..  Ok, will be 
a 40(+15)/20/10 dipole then ;)  I had contemplated shoving 5m on the 
bottom, but it might look kinda rediculous in the middle..

--DG

On 11/12/2010 11:35 AM, Damien Gardner Jnr wrote:
> 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
>>>>> VK2TDG. Dip EE. GradIEAust
>>>>> rendrag at rendrag.net <mailto:rendrag at rendrag.net> - 
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Damien Gardner Jnr
VK2TDG. Dip EE. GradIEAust
rendrag at rendrag.net -  http://www.rendrag.net/
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We rode on the winds of the rising storm,
  We ran to the sounds of thunder.
We danced among the lightning bolts,
  and tore the world asunder

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