[NLRS] update---160M vert.

[John (JK) Kalenowsky, K9JK]

Too bad you can't tie all the trailers together as a big radial system...of
course that increases the need for height of the vertical element...to be
above the metal of the trailers.

I remember a ham who worked for NIST (Jeff something, a 3-land 1x2 as I
recall) showing a picture of his "Dodge Dipole"...two Dodge automobiles
parked nose to nose (though not touching) and used as the opposing sides of
a dipole...close to resonant on 20 meters (each car about 16 feet in length)
and a very high take off angle with the 'elements' being so close to
'ground'.

JK
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Aho" <n9ttx@yahoo.com>
To: <mn-wireless-assn@yahoogroups.com>; "NLRS" <nlrs@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 03:33
Subject: [NLRS] update---160M vert.


> This is the plan as of right now...IF I get the
> loading coil wound...which should not be a
> problem...using insulated wire...and the assy. bolted
> together, it will be going up on top of the masting
> for the porta-tower, and will be using the 25-30 feet
> of tower/masting as a radiator...My Cushcraft A-3 will
> be at about the 20-25 foot mark on that mast (this
> should not cause any major problem I guess), and I am
> borrowing a Shunt box from WB0OWT (Scott) for the base
> feedline.  I am going to somehow safely string my 160
> meter wire dipole all around my trailer lot using both
> legs of it for essentially (2) 130-140 foot "radials".
>  I again will be using a tuner for the antenna also,
> so it should be okay...not perfect, but it should
> work...and I should be able to load it decent for 80
> and 40.  All the ideas of inverted L's and string ing
> wire everywhere in teh air would be great if I had the
> room...but unfortunately I dont.  Thanks for the ideas
> and if I ever get out of the city and into the country
> for living, I AM going to be doing a nice little
> "farm".  Hope to catch as many of you as I can this
> weekend.  If the 160 works good, I will be using it
> again for the 160 contest in December.  In any case I
> will be running essentially 160-10 meter for the
> contest...I have to look, but I am not sure if I can
> do contacts with the same station for points  on each
> band...but in any case...it should be an interesting
> one.  I may be doing some preliminary tests Friday
> night...or I may go over to N0AKC's and sit in on the
> moonbouncing for that contest this weekend also.  73
> and thanks again for everyone's input.
>
>
>
> =====
> 73, and all that jazz,
>
>
>                  Dave...N9TTX
>
>
> Always remember:  "It could be worse.....it could be raining."
>                              Marty Feldman from "Young Frankenstein"
>