[TVARC] Flagpole antenna choices for HF

[Ed Deichler]

RIck,

I guess I would come under #3.  I have a 6BTV vertical inside a PVC
flagpole.  It covers 80, 40, 30, 20, 15 and 10 just fine with my KAT500
tuner.  I cannot work 80 SSB because the 80 meter "stinger" and coil just
don't have enough head room.

I bought the tilt base and radial grid plate from DX Engineering. I have
about 66 radials ranging from 55 to 10 feet in length spread in a 3/4 pie
pattern.  It performs as well as could be expected for a vertical, meaning
beams will usually hear stuff I don't, but WSJT-X has helped greatly to
mitigate the problem.

Hope this helps.

73 de Ed

On Mon, Apr 17, 2023 at 11:54 PM Ken B via TVARC <tvarc at mailman.qth.net>
wrote:

> Actually I am in the process of putting a 6BTV in a 2 1/2 inch PVC and
> making it look like a flag pole.
>
> If you would like to learn and help at the same time your more than
> welcome to come over.    I learned a lot from Rusty who is a big time
> operator
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