Antenna

A NEW ANTENNA TUNER

A wonderfull and a master piece ! LAZTUNER up to 4kW !

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TELESCOPIC MAST

I was looking for a crank telescopic mast. I used to have a pneumatic mast but the crank is just as practical and allows you to do a little sport …

I live in a beautiful villa in the south of France and I did not want to install an important mast which could have disfigured the beautiful location. So it was a telescopic mast that I needed. The 11m mast in black anodized aluminum is perfect.
Not wanting, either, to put back a big beam. The choice therefore fell on a Cobweb that I have been using for many years.
When I do the radio I turn up the mast which is on the terrace of the radio shack. Everything is practical. This terrace is 6 meters from the ground and thus makes a good height for the antenna.
Everything arrived in good condition and the mast is simply attached to a small wall with two clamps. Basically I also bought the very practical foot support. A 110km wind did not disturb the mast which was in the low position.

 

     

More infos on https://silcom-ant.gr/

 


HUSTLER 4BTV


Some experiences around the COBWEB

The CobWeb offers the following features :

  •  20m, 17m, 15m, 12m, 10m operation
  • Compact and easy to handle – Under 8ft square
  • Doesn’t have to be too high – Reasonable performance at 10ft, with 20ft being the ideal
  • Can be made with either figure-of-8 speaker wire (folded-dipole) or single-wires and 1:4 balun (for impedance matching)
  • Can be constructed with PVC tube or fibreglass poles
  • Possibility of being used portable if built right – perhaps with a tripod speaker stand?

Depending upon your circumstances, you may find this aerial visually more appealing that a 5-band flat-top fan dipole. The CobWeb can be a great /P aerial, too. A drive-over base and some swaged poles make a nice setup for operating from the car.

 


1) My COBWEB from EA Antenna

No general problem and easy to build even if the holes in fiberglass are not exactly in the same axe. I just drill more and all is perfect. The cross arm is very nice.

 

 

Problem on 15 m and 17m. The wires are too long. If I let the wire exactly in the holes in the plastic separators:

 

 

COBWEB at 4 meters from the ground for test

I tried it at just 4meters above the ground. In this configuration I get a better reception than with a Hustler 4BTV. So, not too bad.

I expect that at 10meters above the gound it will be better. If I substract 200khz I could get this:

On 21 and 24Mhz RS and XS are not so good.

Bands Minimal SWR at 4m Imagine at 10meters above the ground with 200Khz substract Results
14Mhz 14,300 14,100 OK
18Mhz 18,300 18,100 OK
21Mhz 21,500 21,300 Too high
24Mhz 25,200 25,000 Too high
28Mhz 28,600 28,400 OK

I added some wires on 18Mhz and 24Mhz. Around 2 cm. and all is perfect.

Very light and easy to raise on the roof with one hand.  The antenna is at about 10meters above the ground on the top of the roof. No rotor, omni.. Great !

I get 1 or 2 points more than all the vertical antennas that are on the ground with radials. (4BTV, 12AVQ,…). My brother get the same results.

   


2) COBWEB from F1LAG (my brother in Normandie)

Alain decided to build his home Cobweb. Results are very good.

Read more….

Click to read more  F1LAG Cobweb

Click to read more F1LAG Cobweb 2 v2