Re: [IRCA] Super KAZ update

[Walter Salmaniw <canswl@xxxxxxxxx>]

Good point, Mark.   I loved using my Conti super loop at the old house with
my 50' trees.  An exceptional performer in every way without any need for
amplification!    Walt

On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 10:02 PM, Mark Connelly via IRCA <
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> Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 17:02:08 -0500
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] Super KAZ update
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> What would be the magic of using the Kaz Delta form where you have the
> hold up the center with a catenary rope between the two trees?
>
>
> Wouldn't it make more sense to use the "SuperLoop" (Bruce Conti's term)
> which is like the Ewe with a bottom wire added?  This is also similar to
> the Flag antenna which has the same rectangular shape but is fed halfway up
> one vertical side and terminated halfway up the other side.  SuperLoop,
> like the Ewe, has feed and termination connections at the bottoms of the
> vertical wires.
> http://www.bamlog.com/superloop.htm
>
>
> That antenna requires two supports at the end, which you have.  You could
> also consider the Double Half Delta Loop, an antenna with somewhat better
> directivity but with lower gain.
>
> http://www.ok1rr.com/index.php/antennas/42-double-half-delta-loop-rx-antenna
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>
> Mark Connelly, WA1ION
> South Yarmouth, MA
>
>
> <<
> Thanks for the good article on the KAZ/DKAZ, Super KAZ. Now with the
> missing tree, I will have to figure something else out. I do have options,
> as the property is still there. Putting up poles is not really a good
> option as keeping them up without a lot of extra support and unless a
> person has gone through 90-100 MPH winds, they have no clue what things are
> like here. When roofs blow off, keeping up a pole 30 feet high has its'
> difficulties. But the prospect of a cord across from the two existing trees
> and using the center as the apex, may be an option, or there is another
> angle I can install a KAZ I think. It will take a bit of thought now.
>
>
> Patrick Martin
> Seaside OR
> KGED QSL Manager
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>
> > Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2016 11:02:08 -0600
> > From: swl.tn.usa@xxxxxxxxx
> > To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [IRCA] Super KAZ update
> >
> > If you have to use poles then you may want to consider a DKAZ. Here is a
> > great article by Mark Durenberger that may be of interest:
> >
> > http://www.durenberger.com/documents/DKAZ070314.pdf
> >
> > I have one of Colin's Vactrol units on the way, it left San Francisco at
> > noon on yesterday and will hopefully arrive by this weekend. I will be
> > deploying a 140' DKAZ using the Wellbrook FLG100N and Vactrol.
> >
> > --
> > 73,
> > Brandon Jordan, KM4PBQ
> > Fayette County, TN EM55gc
> > http://www.swldx.us
> >
> > WinRadio G33DDC G313-e | RFSpace SDR-IQ NetSDR | Elad FDM-S2 | Icom
> IC-7200
> > Array Solutions SAL-30 Shared Apex Loop
> > Clifton Labs Z1501F Active Whip
> > DX Engineering NCC-1 Phased ARAV3 Active Whips
> > Wellbrook ALA100HG Loop
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