- 1. [TowerTalk] Cage vertical (score: 1)
- Author: "Tom Osborne" <w7why@verizon.net>
- Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 15:42:47 -0700
- Hi All Thinking about putting up a cage vertical for 80 meters. Would it be better to use insulated spreaders, like small PVC pipe, or pieces of aluminum tubing for spreaders. Thanks Tom W7WHY ______
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-07/msg00403.html (6,612 bytes)
- 2. Re: [TowerTalk] Cage vertical (score: 1)
- Author: ersmar@comcast.net
- Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 23:07:32 +0000
- Tom: If you attempt to use aluminum, you have the issue of mechanically connecting the metallic spreaders to the copper wire. Then you have the issue of sealing this connection to prevent Galvanic co
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-07/msg00404.html (8,360 bytes)
- 3. [TowerTalk] Cage Vertical (score: 1)
- Author: "Barrie Smith" <barrie@centric.net>
- Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 18:27:41 -0600
- Since I'm planing to shunt feed a 70' tower before this coming fall, I'd be very interested in discovering good information on the cage-vertical. I've done several Google searches and have come up wi
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-07/msg00405.html (7,563 bytes)
- 4. Re: [TowerTalk] Cage Vertical (score: 1)
- Author: "WA3GIN" <wa3gin@erols.com>
- Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 20:41:36 -0400
- ...Just completed a cage vertical for 40m. Used 1/2" PVC tubing configured into a hoola hoop about 2ft in dia. Used six wires equally spaced around the hoop. Used Ham Rope to suspend the hoop from a
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-07/msg00407.html (9,980 bytes)
- 5. Re: [TowerTalk] Cage Vertical (score: 1)
- Author: "Tom Osborne" <w7why@verizon.net>
- Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 17:52:09 -0700
- Wasn't there a study that was posted on TT not long ago about not hooking the radials to a ground rod at the base of the antenna? Tom W7WHY _______________________________________________ See: http:/
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-07/msg00408.html (7,262 bytes)
- 6. Re: [TowerTalk] Cage Vertical (score: 1)
- Author: "Tom Rauch" <w8ji@contesting.com>
- Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 21:22:45 -0400
- about not hooking You are remembering behavior of a small resonant counterpoise system with a system using a large number of radials. A system with only a few radials (say less than five or ten) tha
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-07/msg00409.html (8,819 bytes)
- 7. Re: [TowerTalk] Cage Vertical (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Chadwick" <g3rzp@g3rzp.wanadoo.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 09:59:54 +0100
- be very interested in discovering good information on the cage-vertical.< I shunt my feed my 62 foot tower (top loaded with a 4 ele Steppir now) on 80 and 160 with just such a 'wide conductor'. Three
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-07/msg00418.html (10,037 bytes)
- 8. Re: [TowerTalk] Cage Vertical (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Forbes" <prforbes@bigpond.net.au>
- Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 20:17:17 +1000
- Hi Peter, I have been reading the discussion regarding cages - very interesting. What really interests me is your comment about using a SteppIR as top loading. Currently, I am using a 52 foot free st
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-07/msg00421.html (12,866 bytes)
- 9. Re: [TowerTalk] Cage Vertical (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike Short" <mike.short@mchsi.com>
- Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2008 17:56:01 -0600
- To strengthen the end of your PVC pipe glue a reducer inside the pipe, or if one is not available, then a coupler, plug or cap. That will give you more "meat" to drill, and should be plenty strong. M
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-12/msg00199.html (6,576 bytes)
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