That may be one of the tallest , Siggi ! W6KPC had a 200+' with 6-+-6 / 6-+-6 / 6-+-6 for 20M I recall an OH station having a similar array. There are several stations with " h - frame" arrays for 20
Back in the late 60's two monter beams existed. WA6ZZK 11 or 12 elements on a 126 foot boom. I believe this antenna was on the cover of an issue of CQ. W3BGT again 12 elements on a 133+/- boom. Suppo
HIya Jim....Long time no see! The WA6ZZK array was 13 elements on a 156 ft boom, but I cant recall the height. Manoman, the fact that I even remember this stuff is scary, scary! ;-) I dont recall the
W8UA and I went out to W6 in 1993 to tour contest stations and go to the Visalia DX Convention. On the way up to the convention, in a caravan with N6AA, N6ZZ, K3ZO, etc. we were treated to a detour o
In the early 90's I engineered the K5XI station and erected 5/5/5/5 for 20M on a 250' tower. We had a similar stack for 15 on a 200' tower. The station appeared in the first CQ Almanac. As with most
Lest also not forget the WX7M 16 element 20M beam on a 280' boom. Of course, it was fixed on EI, Patricks homeland. I say "was" because it was seriously damaged in a record windstorm several years ag
legacy of human achievement continues to evolve. Hooray!<< To join the "insane" installations gallery, I am proud to have had antennas bigger than my property lot back in Toronto. Stacked pair of Raz
I got QSL card with that antenna - I look on it many times to enjoy my eyes Wes SP4Z Lest also not forget the WX7M 16 element 20M beam on a 280' boom. Of course, it was fixed on EI, Patricks homeland
OH8OS had 6-+-6 / 6-+-6 / 6-+-6 / 6-+-6 = 8 x 6 el for 20m Best Regards, Harry ___________________________________________________________ Harri M. Mantila OH6YF - OH0MYF Operator of: OH6Y - OH0Y Te
Hi, Currently the largest 20m system in Finland is at OH6KN/OH8NC contest site. Their 20m strategy is to follow Frank, W6KPC, and Simo, OH8OS large 20+dBi@20m array ideology. The site is 20 hectars,
The biggest 20m array I've heard of was an aurora activity measurement site in Sweden that was built of 16 Versatowers with a TH6DXX on each. The array was steerable +/- 15 degrees from north using a
Author: "Nodir M. Tursoon-Zadeh" <nmt@at-communication.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 19:33:38 +0500
I don't know about 20 m but 15 m maybe in EY.... :) http://www.qsl.net/ey8mm/e23.html Regards, Nodir Tursoon-Zadeh, EY8MM http://www.qsl.net/ey8mm _______________________________________________ CQ-C
I want to see some pictures of all the big arrays! www.ratemyantenna.com Stewart GM4AFF The biggest 20m array I've heard of was an aurora activity measurement site in Sweden that was built of 16 Vers
And his amplifier was almost as BIG as his antenna. N6TJ _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo
I talked to the guy the other day who built ZZK's antenna. He said it was 13 elements on a 165' boom. The boom was Heights Aluminum tower with a 3 dimensional truss to stiffen it. Rotator was a prop
I worked WA6ZZK. The biggest beam in the South belonged to K4SKI in North Carolina. He had a 100 foot boom made from Rohn 25 and started with 9 elements but cut that 8 in the early 70's. A friend, MP
As I recall, there was a photograph of the ends of one of the parasitic wires. These were held taunt with a couple of cinder blocks tied on the ends. Turning the array meant the ends would swing cons