[Antennas] 80m beams...

Fri, 25 Jan 2002 16:29:55 -0500

At 11:22 AM 1/25/2002 -0600, David W Sher wrote:
>Don't need to mount them on a tower horizontally; you can ground mount
>(or elevate them 10' or so with radials), and with proper spacing and
>phasing change directivity.  Details can be found in the ARRL Antenna
>Book.  Alternatively, put a small model railroad in your back yard, using
>the tracks for a ground plane.
>
>Dave          W9LYA
>What wrought doG hath

Oh Great ANOTHER hobby to tick the XYL off about...;-)

Dave Wa4emr

>
>On Fri, 25 Jan 2002 09:20:35 -0600 Sandy and Kees Talen
><[email protected]> writes:
>> Another question........                
>> 
>> Has anyone ever looked into using two old (non WARC
>> band ...because they are cheaper) verticals and making
>> a 40m/80m beam out of them ? Maybe some sort of 90
>> degree rotation device (pulleys, screwdriver motor, etc) 
>> at the center to pivot the thing for raising/lowering. And, 
>> of course support wires from an extension out the top to 
>> reduce sagging.
>> 
>> 73s  Kees K5BCQ
>> This amateur radio stuff is fun when you are retired and 
>> the job no longer interferes....and you have the Internet.
>> Radio Homepage  http://www.qsl.net/k5bcq/
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