On 12/11/2012 1:36 PM, Jeff Blaine wrote:
I am considering installing one of these hi-z or DXE buffered-type receiving 4-square arrays for
160/80. The best place on the property is on the north west corner - in a location about
400’ from the transmit vertical. It’s got a clear shot NE to EU and is about
600’ from the nearest house.
However, that NW property corner location has old barbed wire fences that runs
along the property line in the corner.
I am curious if anyone has experience with this kind of array near barbed wire
fencing.
Thanks!
Hi Jeff:
I currently run what amounts to a two element HI-Z RX array. My back
yard has chain link fencing around 3 sides. I elected to put the
antennas on top of the fence, and it has worked well. This may be a
consideration for you. Each antenna is mounted on a piece of treated
2X2about a foot above the level of the fence; with the pre-amplifier
housed in a plastic Folgers coffee can just below the base of the
antenna. The array allowed me to work three new ones during, the CQWW
contest, including D4C, and that completed DXCC on 160 for me. The
original installation used metal coffee cans, and subsequently I changed
that because I had problems keeping the lids on the metal cans.
See http://www.suddenlink.net/pages/w5uc/160%20vertical.html
73,
Mike, W5UC
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