Thank you for sharing your build Justin. I can only envy the plot of land you have. I am stuck in a tiny back garden with a cobweb antenna (folded dipole) Great to see that this antenna works well for you on 80m Happy DX 73
Very nice and thought out. This is the "next" project, hope I can get the 4sq up before winter here in TF ... I'm always happy when I don't hear a G/GM as well as some other TF's on my vertical - then I know it's working for DX ;)
Yo Justin, good stuiff! Shame we couldnt compare while 4SQing in UK :) Anyway, hope to build one soon back here in OK Land... Jiri M0ITY (G0KPW/M6T Team). Very good work, I like the setup and fact you made the collins unit yourself.
That's incredible, and I looked into your play list to see the US contact with the Collins transceiver. One question, the inductor on the legs, have you thought about creating a cage type arrangement, with some sort of circular group of wires for each vertical? I haven't got anywhere near the space to try it on 80m but I was toying with that sort of idea for 10m, just as an experiment, to try increasing the bandwidth.
@@thewtf Ah, no, I wasn't talking about building a four square for it, more about the concept of a cage dipole or a cage vertical to increase the bandwidth.
@@paulsengupta971 Ah OK!! I initially thought about doing that with the 40m 4 square.....theoretically it should increase the bandwidth. What I discovered was that with more wires around the poles the mast became too heavy
A lot of work, but good results! Congratulations !! You will not see the real difference with the dipole until the DX season and intercontinental distances. Best 73 de SP7GXK
I am sure on long distances within Europe, in daylight, the 4-square will always outperform the dipol. That is already the case with my single vertical compared to the 22m high dipole.
@@MrTalaue Of course ! I made a 1/4 wave sluper system here (only 3 every 120 degrees) from my 27m mast and there is very good directivity and QRM attenuation from EU Best 73!
@@zbyszekpodchmielony2642 Great! I use a single quarter wave sloper dropped from the 37m level of my tower and fed at the ground against the 90 radials of one of my 80m array radiaters, works very well and I think now about a second one for the opposite direction or make it a spitfire array next year.
I believe a bunch of pigs would have cleared the lot for you. Viz The Archers. Rent patches out to a pig farmer. Fab system but a bit "Broadcast" ? G.L. es 73 de G3NBY
@@thewtf Hi.... Yes I had thought about that too but small crucial patches could be fenced off with movable fence stock to restrict the porkies as they gorged themselves. However I do believe that pigs are also ingenious escape artists! I've seen big lawns kept in good nick without mowing by trapping pet rabbits in a rectangular frame and moving it around when they needed more grass. 73 de G3NBY.
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Unbelievable craftsmanship. Excellent build quality and really good work. Thanks for making this video.
Thank you for sharing your build Justin. I can only envy the plot of land you have. I am stuck in a tiny back garden with a cobweb antenna (folded dipole) Great to see that this antenna works well for you on 80m
Happy DX 73
Wow, damn, that's a ton of work. Super impressed
Nice project Justin - I look forward to doing some 80m comparisons this coming dx season Dave
I just happened on this terrific video. You have a lovely plot of land. Wonderful that you can have space for good antennas!
Very nice installation which required a lot of work for sure. Great documentary! Seems to work pretty well. 73 de DJ7WW
Very nice and thought out. This is the "next" project, hope I can get the 4sq up before winter here in TF ... I'm always happy when I don't hear a G/GM as well as some other TF's on my vertical - then I know it's working for DX ;)
i worked TF2LL on 80m from south africa 2011-03-06 was a difficult contact trying to break the EU wall, but the qro and vertical setup did the job
Yo Justin, good stuiff! Shame we couldnt compare while 4SQing in UK :) Anyway, hope to build one soon back here in OK Land... Jiri M0ITY (G0KPW/M6T Team). Very good work, I like the setup and fact you made the collins unit yourself.
Very nice set up, Ne2e
Just to let you know, I'm not at all envious.......not much anyway.......maybe just a little, thanks for your hard work.👍🇬🇧
6:37 You can se its going all the way up - which is really lucky since the guy wires would float in mid air otherwise
That's incredible, and I looked into your play list to see the US contact with the Collins transceiver. One question, the inductor on the legs, have you thought about creating a cage type arrangement, with some sort of circular group of wires for each vertical? I haven't got anywhere near the space to try it on 80m but I was toying with that sort of idea for 10m, just as an experiment, to try increasing the bandwidth.
For 10m it would be easier to use a Yagi than a 4 square, more gain, FBR etc
@@thewtf Ah, no, I wasn't talking about building a four square for it, more about the concept of a cage dipole or a cage vertical to increase the bandwidth.
@@paulsengupta971 Ah OK!! I initially thought about doing that with the 40m 4 square.....theoretically it should increase the bandwidth. What I discovered was that with more wires around the poles the mast became too heavy
@@justinwoolgar9853 Ah, ok.
Only slightly envious. With that running water you could setup some small, but potentially useful waterwheels. G7VFY
used to work Tony G3LNP , think he had a 4sq as well on 80m.
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Top video, great work done. More than one year has past, how is it going? 73's de ON8EI John.
Using a lot on the ssb part of the band John… works very well
Nice antenna, thanks for sharing
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A lot of work, but good results! Congratulations !!
You will not see the real difference with the dipole until the DX season and intercontinental distances.
Best 73 de SP7GXK
I am sure on long distances within Europe, in daylight, the 4-square will always outperform the dipol. That is already the case with my single vertical compared to the 22m high dipole.
@@MrTalaue Of course ! I made a 1/4 wave sluper system here (only 3 every 120 degrees) from my 27m mast and there is very good directivity and QRM attenuation from EU Best 73!
@@zbyszekpodchmielony2642 Great! I use a single quarter wave sloper dropped from the 37m level of my tower and fed at the ground against the 90 radials of one of my 80m array radiaters, works very well and I think now about a second one for the opposite direction or make it a spitfire array next year.
Get you some goats 🐐. They'll clean that place out in no time. And you can eat them later 😋! (Think domestic venison. )
I believe a bunch of pigs would have cleared the lot for you. Viz The Archers.
Rent patches out to a pig farmer.
Fab system but a bit "Broadcast" ?
G.L. es 73 de G3NBY
Yes had thought about pigs but the field is not secure and would have had to re-do the fences
@@thewtf
Hi....
Yes I had thought about that too but small crucial patches could be fenced off with movable fence stock to restrict the porkies as they gorged themselves.
However I do believe that pigs are also ingenious escape artists!
I've seen big lawns kept in good nick without mowing by trapping pet rabbits in a rectangular frame and moving it around when they needed more grass.
73 de G3NBY.