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Subject: 160M vertical
From: bill@akorn.net (Bill Fisher)
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 1996 08:52:10 -0400 (EDT)
Glenn,

Talk to AB4RU.  ab4ru@aol.com.  He has one up.  Not much to it though.  

73

Bill


On Sun, 2 Jun 1996, GLENN R. JOHNSON, M.D. wrote:

> Thought I would check out "Towertalk".
> 
> I'm planning on only one tower this summer....hope to put up a
> 1/4-wave 160M vertical built from Rohn 25.  (I found a very good
> deal on one Rohn 25 insulated section)....so thought I would do
> the elevated radial thing.  (I've done it for my 80M 4-square, and
> it works great there.  I used G-10 fiberglass rod for insulated
> bases.)  I have on hand over half of the Rohn 25
> sections I need, and I have literally miles of 2100 Philystan I
> picked up for pennies when RFE went out of business.
> 
> If anyone has built a full-size 1/4-wave Rohn 25 160M vertical,
> please email back to me.  I'd like to ask a few questions.
> 
> Comments please.
> 
> P.S.  Space is no problem.  I have only 6 of my 42 acres planted
> with antennas.  I also have a 160M dipole at 140'.
> 
> 
> 73, Glenn
> 
> 
> 
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