[Icom] Opinions re: HF Verticals?

Thu, 10 Oct 2002 06:51:58 -0500

You will get numerous knowledgeable opinions on the Tower Talk (and antenna)
reflector, and this would be a much better thread there.  Power, mode, and
band of operation are considerations too.  Many multiband verticals can't
take QRO in constant duty modes like RTTY, especially on the lower bands.
QSY?

----- Original Message -----
From: "John O. Newell" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 6:19 AM
Subject: [Icom] Opinions re: HF Verticals?

>
> I'm looking to add a vertical antenna for HF use.  I
> currently have a 135-ft wire doublet elevated about 35 ft on
> a mast attached to the corner of our house.  I'm going to
> move it to the back of our 3/4 acre lot and try to get it as
> high as possible in the 80-100 ft pine trees there.  To keep
> kids safe from a hot antenna and minimize the impact of the
> vertical on neighbors, I'm thinking of putting the vertical
> on the rear corner of the house where the mast that supports
> the center of the dipole is now after I move the dipole.
> I'm thinking of either a Gap Titan or a Butternut HF9V or
> HF6V.  The Butternuts seem to do better on the ground with a
> large set of radials, but I don't want to have to fence off
> part of the back yard around a vertical.  I'd be really
> interested in any user comments on these.  I've read
> everything on eHam and everywhere else I could find on the
> net, and I've read much of the ARRL antenna book.  Any
> thoughts are welcome!
>
> 73 and tks
> John Newell
> KB1FPM
>
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