George,
How tall are the Rhombic towers? I assume the rhombic cannot be used
with success(?) but can the tower be shunt fed using the vacuum variable
he has available?
Stan, K5GO
On Wed, 15 Jan 1997 gtaft@voyager.net wrote:
> Chris, ZS8IR is still working on his 160 M antenna but the wx on Marion just
> isn't cooperating. He told me today, that after the Battle Creek special
> vertical had been damaged twice by gale force winds, he has been working on
> an inverted L suppported by one of the Rhombic towers on the island.
>
> We had suggested he try a 5/16 wvl inverted L with the vertical near 80 ft,
> utilizing the base section of the damaged BC special and the radials. Chris
> says he got such an inverted L up and had worked TO0R and VK0IR with low
> power. But the winds had returned and the wire broke. Says, with the 500
> pf vacuum cap he had access to, the match was excellent. So he try agn in
> the near future (hopefully with stronger wire) to get the inverted L back up.
>
> He told us that even though this is the summer "calm" season, they are
> having severe storms nearly one-third of the time. All this after the wx
> guys in the group told him the stormy season was over! The first storm that
> damaged the BC special was estimated in excess of 186 KM/H. He asks for
> more patience and he'll be back on top band.
>
> Let's hope he's successful and we all get another shot.
>
> 73 George W8UVZ
>
>
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