Hey Nick, it's good to hear from you! It's funny that you sent me this
because I was scheming in the back of my brain trying to figure out
what I would use as a frame and the idea of fibreglass tent poles came
into my head, I was going to look for possibilities today. So very
timely!
I probably won't be going full on DKAZ, at least yet, unless I am
doing a 'proper' dxpedition. For my little mini ones I would use the
frame to support something like Mark showed me in his email. This
source is a big help, though, thanks.
I hope all is well - I thought that I'd missed your daily DX reports
lately and I was hoping that things are good with you.
Kind regards,
Michael
------ Original Message ------
From: "Nick Hall-Patch" <nhp@xxxxxxxx>
To: "Michael Yule" <michaeldyule@xxxxxxxxx>; "Mailing list for the
International Radio Club of America" <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: 30-Nov-2017 3:15:37 AM
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Florence
If you want to get into bigger antennas at remote sites, Michael,
maybe look at a mini-pole to support either a delta loop or a KAZ
terminated loop.ÂÂÂ Two of them could allow a small DKaz.
https://www.sotabeams.co.uk/mini-telescopic-fiberglass-poles/
<https://www.sotabeams.co.uk/mini-telescopic-fiberglass-poles/>
These are quite small when telescoped. I traveled on the train with
one in a small suitcase. I borrowed it from Satoshi Miyauchi in
Japan, and it is thanks to him that I even heard about it. You can
also get a "stake kit", also quite small, that can support that pole.
best wishes,
Nick
At 18:09 2017-11-29, Michael Yule wrote:
Hi Mark, thanks for your message on list. It's a different DX
situation here than Nova Scotia for sure, and there are times that
I'm really gonna miss the DKAZ! But there are some compensations for
me, like well heck, I'm living in Florence...! I'm going to be
starting out with a 'Frequent Flyer' FSL that Gary is very
generously sending over to me, and am looking for a portable to go
with it, as I can't couple it directly to my ELAD. I think I've
narrowed the choice down to either a Tecsun 660 or a Sony EX5MK2,
and I will take the bus about 20 minutes to the hills outside of the
city, a small town called Fiesole where I think reception will be
much better than in town here. We aren't going to buy a car as there
really isn't any need to apart from mini DXpeditions as everything
in the city is in walking range and if we are going on a longer trip
that needs a car we'll rent one. Most places can be reached though
through the excellent public transport available. That being said, I
have been considering ways of trying to make a foldable version of
your broadband loop so I can bring the ELAD and do some broadband
captures, which is what I'd also really like to do. Is there any way
I can use my existing FLG100 with this rather than having to
construct the amplifier? I'd like to use as many existing parts as
possible. I sent myself the FLG, the transformers I used for the
CAT5 and one of Colin's Vactrols from Nova Scotia before I left
along with a couple of toroids and some other things, and they
arrived safe and somewhat sound, athough Poste Italia made me do a
lot of 'splainin what exactly I was trying to import and made me pay
an import fee.
I'm definitely going to join the groups you mentioned, thanks very
much for the tips. My Italian is developing, and I can usually make
myself understood in the present, past perfect and past imperfect
tenses, but my vocabulary is still quite weak and so English is
still very helpful. I still think in English. We have a tutor come
in 3X a week, so we're making some progress.
I will definitely post what I am hearing, and if you )or any of the
other list members are interested in having me try to assist in an
ID based on an interval signal or have me make a TOH or other ID
recording of a particular station please ask and I'll certainly help
as best I can. It will also be really interesting and not a little
unreal to consider NAm stations as 'DX'! I'll let you all know what
I hear.
Thanks again for the message!
Michael
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