Hi - Kelly is right - the antenna previously described by me has two
45-degree radials (also made of window line), and the way the ant is
constructed, there are 2 radials per band (12M and 17M). Works to have the
ends of those sloping radials 8+ feet off the ground, lest we tattoo
someone's head when we transmit. I used a fiberglass pushup, but a tree
would work great. See the articles for details or I can dig up my plans if
someone's seriously interested...
73
Ray N6HE
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Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2015 11:10:45 -0800
From: "ve4xt@mymts.net" <ve4xt@mymts.net>
To: "larryjspammenot@teleport.com" <larryj@teleport.com>
Cc: towertalk reflector <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Any 17/12-Meter Vertical Antenna available?
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Hi Larry
What's the population of non-metallic supports like at your QTH? (Read:
trees)
The ladder line vertical Ray mentioned might work very well, particularly if
you get it off the ground. You'd need two radials per band and a good choke
(eight turns of RG8x on a mix 31 Biggest Clamp-on would work), but you'd get
added efficiency by being away from the ground.
73, kelly, ve4xt,
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