Hello,

Thank you, I know the capacity and I have already found what I need there. So I'm going for it.

Peter

Hello Marian,

Sure, I would be glad if as many people as possible sign up, it saves on postage. I have already emailed them about the postage, but so far no response.
By the way, I am also having the same discussion with Ivan OM4ABD on cbradio.cz.

I will guide him here so we have it all in one place. Anyway, no one besides me and Ivan has contributed or advised.

73 Peter

Ivan,

2m and 70cm at home QTH is a thing of the past. I had a Diamond X-300 antenna on the roof and 30m of coaxial cable going up to it. But I only have one coaxial cable and I was dealing with a relay switch or splitter between HF and 2m/70cm. Adding another 30m coaxial seemed counterproductive, and I allocated my finances elsewhere. Anyway, apart from the Galanta repeater, I haven't noted any other activity. So the Diamond is back in its case and set aside for other activities.
As for my previous HAM operations, I only operated on 2m from a handheld and I am setting up a station in the car instead of CB where I find 2m better. At home, I exclusively run on 10 and 15m and that in DIGI mode. I don't even know who I would chat with on 2m. Javorina, even though it used to work, had no one on it. And I didn't have my HAM license back then. So unfortunately, 2m is out, but SSB on 10m anytime and you get an eQSL right away. It must reach Považany even on a piece of coaxial.

This antenna needs ground to work properly, it is a typical GP ground pole. It can also be used on a mast, but you need to add 'ground' radials or counterpoises in lengths of lambda/4 for all bands it operates on. I will have it precisely on the roof, but I have the advantage that it is fully metalized, but I will still pull those counterpoises to it.
If you have a family house and a garden, it will look good on that land.

And one last question. I took the HAM exams this year in April and there was a man from Povazie. Is that you??

If something is necessary, my contact is Peter.fidler@azet.sk or fidlerp on SKYPE. I sent my mobile number via private messages.
73 Peter

PS: As for 2m/70cm, it is not 100% excluded that the diamond will not go back on the roof over time, currently I don't seem to 'use' these bands and I'm replacing the FT-897D with the FT-450AT which is purely HF. But over time, some dualband from the car will probably also go on my desk. We'll see.

A detailed description of this antenna is in Amateur Radio A11/1988. It describes various grounding methods, tuned radials, etc. Just to add, I don't know if you have this link.
An interesting and simple is the dual-band version HF2V 80m/40m – it only uses those two lower coils and one 200pF capacitor.

OM6AAM,

Thank you too, it is really well described there.

However, I do not have good news from the Russian yet. No one has contacted me yet about the order and shipping.

Peter,