[Elecraft] Antenna suggestions, resent

[Edward R Cole]

Vic,

Too bad you cannot consider a yagi for 20-10m.  That would sit on a 
mast secured to the small roof-top building.  So a  30x 10 foot 
space?  I wonder if the 20x10 foot building extends beyond the 30x20 area?

It it extends so total length is 50-feet  You could put up a doublet 
across the length, either horizontal with 8 foot droop on both ends 
for full length half-wave on 40m or perhaps a pole in the center for 
inverted-V.   Another idea is 50-foot with 8-foot                legs 
at right angles but horizontal at the same height.  Or consider a 
120-foot horizontal loop if there are places for four support 
poles.  Being on roof of ten stories means the wire does not need to 
be very high.

An automatic tuner at the roof would finish off any multiband antenna 
with single coax run to shack. To add 6m/2m simple solution is a 
base-loaded 5/8 6m wave vertical (could be a mobile whip).  They load 
fine on 2m as well (trick of VHF mobile stations).

73, Ed - KL7UW
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Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 21:47:41 -0700
From: "Vic, K2VCO" <k2vco.vic at gmail.com>
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Subject: [Elecraft] Antenna suggestions, resent
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I just realized that my previous message was sent in html format. Which
means that the reflector stripped the text! That explains some of the
answers...

Here is what I meant to ask:
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I am moving to an apartment on the top floor of a 10 story building. I
have access to the roof which has a 30' x 10' flat space. On one edge of
this space is a building 9' high with a flat roof of about 10' x 20'. I
can put up antennas on top of this little building and on the flat area
mentioned above.

But there is a catch: the antenna has to be either a wire antenna, or
substantially vertical. If vertical, it can't exceed 29' in height above
the roof of the small building. Beams not allowed!

I want to operate on 40 through 15 meters. The antenna needs to be able
to handle 1500w.

I prefer horizontal antennas because of the extra gain and lower noise
pickup. I prefer a balanced antenna because of noise and RFI
considerations. But I'll consider other options if there are overriding
advantages.

Suggestions


73, Ed - KL7UW
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