Why not just find a used HyGain Hytower and put that up? I have been using
a homebrew version of it for the last 4 years and it really works fine. you
get 80/40 and 20 with no coils and it is 53' tall, requiring one yard of
concrete.
Bob W6TR
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From: "W5CPT" <w5cpt@bellsouth.net>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 10:15 AM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Vertical plans
> Here is what I plan to do for an 80M vertical. Please feel free to advise
> what else I might do or to warn me what not to do.
>
>
>
> I am going to Dallas TX in June for HamCom and while there I plan to visit
> Texas Towers and purchase enough aluminum to build an 80M vertical. I
> plan on getting 4 each 12 foot pieces of tubing starting at 2" for the
> main radiator. I also plan on getting 3 each 12 foot pieces of 3/8ths
> tubing for the top hat. This will give me a 46.5' tall radiator with a
> six part 6 foot each top hat. My plan is to cross drill the top section
> which will be 1.625" and space the three sets of spokes about an inch
> apart as close to the top as I can drill. I will use hose clamps to keep
> them in place. The base will be a set of insulated clamps from
> DXEngineering to a plate attached to a 4X4 sunk in the ground.
>
>
>
> I then plan to erect it over about a mile of ground mounted radials evenly
> distributed in a circle in my yard (I love living out in the country) and
> sticking my MFJ-259 on the feed to determine the amount of matching I will
> need. I assume I will need some inline L to bring it to resonance. I
> realize it will probably not cover the whole band but I will tune it for
> the center and let the tuner in my radio widen the usable bandwidth.
>
>
>
> Your comments please.
>
>
> Clint - W5CPT
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