[600MRG] Free standing verticals

[Brian, WA1ZMS]

I'd think about a tall mast and use part of the length of the top guy wires as a capacity hat. Egg insulators to switch to rope or cord the rest of the way to ground.

I have seen a few old-school FAA NDB antennas that also used a fat wire cage around an insulated mast. The cage tapered right to the mast at very top & bottom. There's a propper name for that type but I don't recall it.

Either the mast idea or plant a new tree and wait 30 years. Miracle Grow helps but only so much. 

-Brian, WA1ZMS
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> On Feb 4, 2018, at 7:11 PM, Ben Gelb <ben at gelbnet.com> wrote:
> 
> My neighbor is taking down my antenna tree ... possibly this week :(.
> 
> Its actually the right thing - the tree is very unbalanced and needs to go. But it means my undersized antenna will be even smaller (gone) soon...
> 
> Seems like I may need to try to get something in the air that doesn't require a tree or permanent support structure. I can probably fashion some kind of vertical pole out of cheap materials, but imagine it will require a lot of guys to remain vertical - which I'd kind of like to avoid since I don't have a lot of room for guys.
> 
> Any suggestions from this group?
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