John,
Jay posted the following to SharedApexLoop groups.io a few days ago.
Rich - N5ZC
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Jeff, NJ2US
Saw your comments and I'd like to help out. But first let me say
after 35 years of Array Solutions, I am finally retiring at 73. Wow
what a great ride and I could not have done it without my wife, and
family, and great customers. Thank you!
I will try to support our products and do intend to keep the website
active and will be available for emails and phone calls as we wind down
the business. There are a couple of companies interested in continuing
some of our products and if you are interested please let me know if you
would like to take a look at making some of our products.
Now to Jeff's point. I am happy to make the design of the couplers
available to this group so you can build your own SAL systems. And we
are still going to be able to supply electronics through the Hamation
company.
So hopefully I will actually have more time to do some experiments I
have wanted to do for years with the SAL concept. Like phasing them.
Masts, there are sources for HD masts. Scott over at vibroplex has
SpiderBeam masts, and another great source for fiberglass masts is Max
Gain Systems. Here is a direct link to the Masts from them:
https://mgs4u.com/fiberglass-push-up-masts/
You see they also offer guying systems as well.
For stakes I have found using metal fencing T-posts work great. Just
use some good rope and place them about 4-5 feet away from the wire
corner. You can also tie the guy ropes to them. My SAL-30 uses just
four of these T-Posts and has been up for 10+ years. Also I can mow
under the wires too without fear of running over a stake.
Loop sizes, and shapes. There is no secret shape for the SAL to work
well. Square loops might actually work better then the triangle loops,
it seems to show this in the models. So I would encourgage those that
have the time and space to experiment with square loops. You can
separate the loops as well for better gain and pattern. Just make the
delay lines longer to compensate. I will be doing just that in my next
retired life.
I also can publish EZNEC and other models for your use. Mark Bauman who
is a member of this group also can contribute. And we all should
remember Mark is the father of the SAL antenna we all love.
I hope that settles the questions of "will the SAL antenna" be supported
in the future. It is such a great antenna for it's size. How can we not
support it and continue some development. With your help we will.
73 and hope to hear from you all.
Jay
Jay Terleski
Array Solutions
214 954 7140
On 2/26/2024 11:35 PM, john@kk9a.com wrote:
Has anyone ordered from Array Solutions lately?
I just noticed that their website looked pretty bare. No Sixpak, no
StackMatch, no Baluns etc.
John KK9A
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