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Re: Topband: Ideas for xmit antennas for new QTH in KH6

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Subject: Re: Topband: Ideas for xmit antennas for new QTH in KH6
From: "Douglas Ruz \(CO8DM\)" <co8dm@frcuba.co.cu>
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2015 20:52:18 -0500
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Hi,

Read this article written by Rudy, N6LF:

http://rudys.typepad.com/ant/files/antenna_array_single_support.pdf

Maybe you can find your solution.

GL,

73....Douglas, CO8DM / T49A
Founder of T48K

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Subject: Topband: Ideas for xmit antennas for new QTH in KH6


Next year I'll be building a new home and station in  Hawaii.

40 through 6 meters is already set in stone, but 80 and 160 are  still
cloudy.

Here's the setup:

I'm allowed one tower maximum 90 ft.  The tower will be 90 ft  of Rohn 55
using a K0XG rotating system with two rings.  It will be guyed  using
fiberglass guys. There will be a bunch of HF VHF stuff on the tower. Three tribanders, two 12/17 meter Yagis, a 40 meter Yagi and way down on the bottom
two 6 meter antennas.

The tower sits on VERY uneven ground.  Although the lot   measures 12
acres, I am using only the top three and renting out the rest of the land to a
farmer to keep taxes from being crazy high.

The ground is pure alluvial red fine particle soil (no stones) and  has a
depth of about 6 feet before hitting rock. Since the east side of  Hawaii
gets at least 100 inches of rain a year it is usually pretty moist. I would
assume the soil is at least average or better in  conductivity.  I can run
ropes, wires etc off the tower at the 80 and 40 foot guy points, but can not connect directly to the tower since the tower rotates. The is no room for
a rotating dipole on the tower for  80.

I've used quad triangle loops before with the pointed end on the  bottom
suspended by wires and am leaning towards that since the ground is so uneven
and the terrain difference would be a real negative for a 4 square (I
think).

On 160 I'm leaning toward a wire vertical suspended from a rope  coming
from the tower which would make the antenna about 65 or 70 feet tall and to
compensate for that I would make it a T-top.

For rx I have lots of room to run a 700 -900 Beverage to JA and another to
EU/USA direction, so that isn't a problem.

I do need suggestions for my 80 and 160 tx situation.  Any  ideas?
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