Duhhh!
I knew that! Wasn't thinking.
Bet my money on a Bobtail every time.
Tks for the correction.
Jon Hamlet, W4ZW
Casey Key Island, Florida
"A little piece of paradise in the Gulf of Mexico"
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From: Terry Conboy [mailto:n6ry@arrl.net]
Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 8:31 PM
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Cc: w4ZW; k9kl@centurytel.net
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 75m wire beam
On 10/31/2006 Gregg K9KL wrote:
>>I have a question about usingand building wire beams.I have a 70
>>foot silo and a 60 foot tower in a line to Europe.If I take a rope and go
from the
>>silo to the tower and hang an inverted vee and 35 feet back cut another
one
>>5% longer would that work.I have an inverted vee up there now and it
works
>>OK but.....I know its really not high enough but is it worth the
trouble?It
>>would be just for this winter as next summer I hope to put a insulated
>>tower for 80/160.I have plenty of room between the silo and tower,could
>>maybe even do 3 or 4 elements.
At 04:47 PM 2006-11-01, Jon w4ZW wrote:
>Sounds like a great place for a Bobtail. Just need a good radial field,
but
>Bobtails work great.
They do indeed. However a Bobtail is a broadside array, and he needs an
endfire configuration due to the placement of his silo and tower.
73, Terry N6RY
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