[TVARC] Greyline Antennas & New User

[w3us at casa-aloha.net]

Hello Steve and welcome back to HAM radio.

Doug, W9DAL, has a Greyline OCF antenna and has had nothing but problems getting it to work with high power as well as vendor issues.  Doug is on this reflector, so he may jump in here.

That said, we both plan to build a Hustler 6BTV trap vertical inside a 3” i.d. PVC pipe (the flagpole).  We are encouraged by a couple of other TVRC’ers who have done this.  The downside of great vertical performance is the requirement for an extensive radial field.  We don’t plan to skimp on that, but it will require a good deal of work.  DX Engineering has a great article on construction of the Hustler series of verticals if you are interested: https://static.dxengineering.com/global/images/instructions/dxe-btv-inst-ins_oh.pdf <https://static.dxengineering.com/global/images/instructions/dxe-btv-inst-ins_oh.pdf>

Again welcome,
Rusty - W3US

> On Aug 30, 2020, at 16:32, Steve Ro <wa4iku.steven at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> This is my first time posting.  I am a seasonal owner (at this point) spending my summers in rural central Virginia and winters in The Villages (Villa Berea, Polo Ridge).  No doubt that I will eventually go full time.
> 
> I have been a Ham for 50 years but COVID got me back on the air after 36 years off.  So, I am operating from Virginia but want to also operate from Florida.  I am looking at HF antenna options at a Villa and I have reviewed the club web site.
> 
> Has anyone used the Greyline Flagpole antennas? My Villa is a golf course view with a nature preserve on the other side of the gold course.  Thus, I have neighbors on each side but no houses behind me.  My front "yard" is nothing and I have no grass. No place for a flagpole in the front and there are others here who have flagpoles in their back patios areas.
> 
> I have looked at the Greyline 20 ft antenna as one solution to my needs.  Any comments welcome.
> 
> Anyway, I am happy to be back on the air with CE, SSB and RTTY.  My wife and I both fly and have airplanes, one of which we bring to Florida when we come (Dunnellon Airport).  If anyone out there is also a pilot, let me know.
> 
> Thanks, Steve Roth  WA4IKU
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