I wasn't imaginative enough in my search of the towertalk archives so I will have to bring this subject up again. A few months or so ago there was some discussion on modifying a Force 12 C3 to make i
Hi David, I won't pretend to know the answer... however there was an excellent article in the May 1994 QST by Bob Haviland titled "Amateur Use of Telescoping Masts". The article examines using a 50'
Hi Jim, I see you have already gotten a few suggestions for the 4 element "Lazy Vee" array. I would like to throw out a similar but different alternative. It's called the "FVR Spitfire Array" and you
-- snip Frank, I have considered doing what you are suggesting (i.e. verticals with telescoping mast although even suspending horizontal antennas wouldn't be a bad idea either) but have never gotten
-- snip Dave, I think EZNEC will model the antenna ok. It will take into account the effect of the transmission line being open circuited. That is... the effect of an open circuit transmission line b