[Lowfer] Antenna design idea question

[Andy - KU4XR]

> Didn't DEX run a 50ft wire verticle on NC beacon when he was 
> on lowfer?  With no cap hat. 

>From Dex's web page::

Beacon "NC" Antenna


The antenna is a single  #14 solid copper wire approximately 45 feet in length.  Not the best for the job but cheap if you buy 14/2 with ground house wire and strip the wires from the sheath.  The vertical wire extending from the coil to a support line (weed eater line) tied from a tower to a tree.  At the top of this wire there are six 25 foot long drooping top hat wires.  These wires are tied to the building corners with......you guessed it......, weed eater line.  This picture was taken from the ground looking up.  The dark spots are light weight plastic insulators.  I have found most weed eater line to be a good high voltage RF insulator but not all of it is.



Andy - KU4XR - EM75xr - Friendsville, TN.
LOWfer Beacon " XR " @ 184.322 KHz ( QRSS-60 )
Coordinates:  N:  35* 43' 54" - W:  84* 3' 16"
http://www.myspace.com/beaconxr


--- On Thu, 10/1/09, Paul Daulton <k5wms at centurytel.net> wrote:

> From: Paul Daulton <k5wms at centurytel.net>
> Subject: Re: [Lowfer] Antenna design idea question
> To: lowfer at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Thursday, October 1, 2009, 8:28 AM
> Didn't DEX run a 50ft wire verticle
> on NC beacon when he was on lowfer? 
> With no cap hat. 
> 
> I agree the wire verticles with top hats are the best. I
> would have 
> prefered a wire verticle
> but with no trees in back yard I had to do something else.
> 
> 
>   A sloper should have some of the properties of a
> verticle/cap hat. I 
> ran one briefly to test
> transmitter. Anyone remember a beacon with a sloper doing
> well?
> 
> Paul k5wms
> 
> Quoting Mike-WE0H <we0h at yahoo.com>:
> > Big hat = big signal. Small hat = small signal. No hat
> = no signal. 
> >
> > Mike
> > WE0H
> > /16
> >
> >
> >
> > Andy - KU4XR wrote:
> > >> From: John D
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > >> A capacitance hat is more beneficial by
> far--which is something
> > >> other experimenters have found over past
> decades. 
> > >>
> > >> John
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > > As it has been said a number of times in past
> posts; " it will be
> > > the difference between several feet, to several
> miles in distance. "
> > >
> > > Never to discourage experimentation ! but,
> experience is the best
> > > teacher. Learn from the experience of others, I
> certainly have. 
> > >
> > >
> > > Andy - KU4XR - EM75xr - Friendsville, TN. 
> > > LOWfer Beacon " XR " @ 184.322 KHz ( QRSS-60 )
> > > Coordinates:  N:  35* 43' 54" -
> W:  84* 3' 16"
> > > http://www.myspace.com/beaconxr
> >
> >
> >
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> Paul Daulton K5WMS
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