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Re: [TowerTalk] FW: vertical antenna advice needed

To: Matt <km5vi@flukey.cc>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] FW: vertical antenna advice needed
From: PY1NB - Felipe Ceglia <felipeceglia2@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 20:52:14 -0300
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Hi Matt,

Fixed direction, low angle for DX usage.

73,

Felipe Ceglia - PY1NB
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On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 7:31 PM, Matt <km5vi@flukey.cc> wrote:

> Do you need mention but are you looking for variable or fixed direction
> gain?  Also is wave angle important - if so what angle?
>
> Matt
> KM5VI
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> PY1NB
> - Felipe Ceglia
> Sent: Friday, June 14, 2013 7:07 AM
> To: Tower and HF antenna construction topics.
> Subject: [TowerTalk] vertical antenna advice needed
>
> Hello folks,
>
> I'd like to hear your opinions about this topic.
>
> I am looking for an antenna (or more than one) for 10/15/20m that has the
> following characteristics:
>
> - vertical polarization
> - smallest possible horizontal far field lobe
> - "good" forward gain (at least comparing to a single element vertical)
> - greatest possible front to back ratio
>
> I was thinking about using:
>
> - a tribander tilted 90 degrees
>
> - 2 element end phased array of:
>    - vertical dipoles
>    - sitting on the ground verticals (with or without radials?)
>    - multiband verticals (using W9AD phasing line to switch between bands)
>    - 5/8th wave verticals (at least for 10m, it would be easy to convert CB
> antennas)
>
> - a 4 square
>
>
> These antennas would be used for RX only.
>
> Any suggestions, anecdotal comments, field experiments?
>
> 73 and thank for your time,
>
> Felipe Ceglia - PY1NB
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