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Re: [TowerTalk] BIG array

To: BRENT BAUM <brentbaum5323@msn.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] BIG array
From: Larry Phipps <larry@telepostinc.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 13:04:33 -0500
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He could set the two 3el beams for 180 to listen to the return signal ;-)

Larry N8LP



BRENT BAUM wrote:
> That is one big array. He could probably hear himself 20-40 over as his 
> signal circles the globe except for the deep nulls on the back side. Now how 
> can I fit the same set up in  my 30 x 80 back yard..........?
>
> 73 de K7MEI, Brent
>
>
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>> From: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@verizon.net>
>> To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
>> Subject: [TowerTalk] BIG array
>> Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 11:34:52 -0500
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>>
>> Big toys for big boys.
>>
>> But the reasoning behind 3 over 4 over 4 escapes me.
>> As does the expense and complexity of the H frame.
>>
>> Perhaps it was driven by pure gain, and the desire to
>> hear moonbounced HF.
>>
>> I had a 3 el steppIR, and the one area of concern for me was
>> the control wire connections.  If something goes amiss topside,
>> it's a crane job to get to it.
>>
>> But, hey, Buzz Reeves put up an 80m yagi, and it lasted exactly
>> one contest, as I heard the story.
>>
>> Big boys, big toys.
>>
>> Have a happy thanksgiving, all.
>>
>> n2ea
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