W8UA and I went out to W6 in 1993 to tour contest stations and go to the
Visalia DX Convention. On the way up to the convention, in a caravan with
N6AA, N6ZZ, K3ZO, etc. we were treated to a detour off the freeway to visit
W6KPC's QTH and view this array. It was truly a spectacular sight - a 180'
structure with an upper rotating tower section supporting the upper two
pairs of 6L 20's, and the biggest rotating ring I've ever seen for the
lower pair. Oh yes, it was all self-standing.
At the time, Jim/N6TJ had just done SOSB20 from the QTH. I don't know if
the array if still standing or not (this WAS almost 12 years ago) but at
the time it was a local "tourist attraction" for the in-the-know hams on
the way to Visalia. When we visited, there was a continuous stream of cars
passing through to see the array!
Dave/K8CC
At 05:34 PM 3/8/2005, Charles.Morrison@apcc.com wrote:
>That may be one of the tallest , Siggi !
>
>W6KPC had a 200+' with 6-+-6 / 6-+-6 / 6-+-6 for 20M
>I recall an OH station having a similar array.
>
>
>There are several stations with " h - frame" arrays for 20M :
>Y Y
>Y Y
>
>- RU1A 4 x 5L H-Frame Yagi 37 mtr up Fixed
>to USA
>
>Y Y
>Y Y
>Y Y
>- OH4A / OH6LI Largest 20M antenna system in Finland : 2 x 4L/4L/4L
>
>- N7ML 3x 3L40M on 190'.
>- W3LPL 4 fixed 2L quad on 80M/75M at 170'. NE/SE/SW/NW and
> KC1XX 2L/2L 80M array on a 95M tower
> are among the largest on 80M in the USA.
>- 7J4AAL 5L rotatable yagi for 75M may be the largest single antenna.
>- RK3AWL/RL3A has more quad elements than most.
>- YT6A 5-+-5/5-+-5/5-+-5/7L on 15M
>- KC1XX 6 x 4L 15M on 190'.
>- K4XS 6 x 6L KLM 10M yagis on 170ft.
>- KC1XX 8 x 4L 10M on 190ft.
>- PJ9W 1990, 1991 Largest temporary station.
> Most notable:
> 160M 3L Delta loop - 1991
> 80M 3L fullsize
> 40M 4/4 fullsize and 10M 4x5L H-frame
>
>W0AIH is the US tower king. N5AU was also a tower king at one time.
>( each with over 20 towers )
>
>Charles Morrison
>ProStaff : Documentation Specialist at APC - East Providence
>40 Catamore Blvd
>East Providence, R.I. 02914 USA
>Tel Ext. 6652
>charles.morrison@apcc.com
>Amateur Radio callsign: N1RR
>
>------------------------------
>
>Message: 5
>Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 20:08:50 -0000
>From: Sigur?ur Jakobsson <siggi@xo.is>
>Subject: [CQ-Contest] Who's got the biggest 20M array in the world ?
>To: <cq-contest
>
>Well, Finland is well known for antennas.
>Very big antennas. And OH6KN has a tower.
>
>A very big tower. 105 meters high, (that's 315 feet! ).
>On this tower he has 6 / 6 / 6 Monobanders for 20 meters,
>and 6 / 6 / 6 / 6 / 6 / 6 tribanders.
>
>Anything bigger out there ?
>
>
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