On Wed, 14 Jun 2006, Rob Atkinson, K5UJ wrote:
> the davis RF price for #16 looks pretty good by current pricing however I am
> a bit leery of the physical robustness of #16.
Umh, I would think "shipping costs" vs. local ACE/OSH/Home Depot/etc.
acquistion would be a consideration depending upon where one lives :-)
FYI, I almost pulled the rest of the hair out of my bald head over this
"radials" stuff when putting together the "Farallon Special" antenna for my
IOTA NA-178 trip.
Due to the severe antenna and ground footprint restrictions, what I ended up
with were 16 one-tenth wavelength radials for 40m (the lowest band operated),
which had to work on 30/20/17m. They were elevated and draped over a stone
courtyard wall...held in place with bricks and rocks.
You might find the following info & pix interesting:
http://www.k6vva.com/iota/na178/farallonspecial
Of course, it helped being near the ocean albeit up on a cliff :-)
I was going to use the same antenna for Field Day from KL7 but it looks like I
will have to cancel my trip again due to QRL with other matters here.
FYI & 73...
Rick, K6VVA
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