Re: [IRCA] EWE setup

["Ira Elbert New, III" <ien3@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

How long is the coax run? I would love to see pictures of your antenna(s) if 
that's possible. The EWE especially. I gotta' get me one of them things one 
of these days.

Bert New
Watkinsville, Georgia
Proudly Serving You Since 1964!

Doug,



You're right, I have not heard Hawaii from Vancouver.  Thanks for the 
listings.  My EWE antenna is a portable antenna.  Having  no tall trees in 
the backyard, I have to support it using two different masts.  One mast is a 
16' reach extension used by painters or window washers.  The other is an old 
fiberglass Antron 99 CB antenna I  have four grounding rods driven halfway 
into the ground the four corners of my back yard.  I put a 4' PVC pipe onto 
each of the grounding rods -- I just sort of slide the PVC pipe right over 
the exposed rod.



The EWE wire is 50' long and the legs are about 12' down on both ends.  It 
can be aimed in the NW, SE, NE and SW directions by moving the masts.  I 
have the balum strapped to the CB mast and grounding resistors to all 
grounding rods.  When I  get off work at 1:00 am I go out and set up the 
antenna, usually aimed NW for TP reception.  On either side of me are 
2-story houses.  When the antenna is aimed in the NE or NW direction, the 
top of it is level with the bottom edge of their roofs.  Even so, this 
antenna performs better than any long-wire or other antenna that I've ever 
used.  It's also real portable because the masts are collapsible to 6 foot.  
If I want to go camping, I can just bungee-cord them to trees.  In fact at 
home when I'm through Dxing I just take it down (takes about 2 minutes to 
setup).  That way the neighbors won't see the antenna during the day -- I'm! 
in a new subdivision with CC&Rs so I want to make sure no one finds the 
setup to be to their disliking.  The backyard is about 20'x50', with a 
street and power lines behind the property.  I have to admit, though, that 
sometimes in the wee hours of the morning, when I'm carrying one mast to one 
end of the yard and another to the opposite side, while trudging along in a 
swampy backyard, with rain in my face or frost on the masts, it makes me 
wonder if a 5-foot loop hanging from the den ceiling was a better idea.  You 
know how my wife would vote.  HI



I also have a 10' and 5' loop made from PVC pipe for outdoor use.  And I set 
up the H-800 active antenna, again using PVC pipe over a grounding rod to 
support the mast.  I plan to add more wire to the 10' loop to cover the 
long-wave band.  So was your hypothesis right???



73,



Dennis Vroom

Vancouver, WA

JRC 545

50' EWE (currently resting on grass because it's daylight)


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