And guess where he got the idea for the phased 4 squares? hi I am back
to one 4 sq but want to improve it. The raised radials in the woods were
frequently needing maintenance due to fallen branches, and occasionally a
vert wire broke. You ought to find out what W1MK is using . 73 JACK
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Duffy K3LR" <k3lr@k3lr.com>
To: <k1ttt@arrl.net>
Cc: "YCCC" <yccc@yccc.org>; "reflector -tower" <towertalk@contesting.com>;
<antennas@qth.net>; "reflector cq-contest" <CQ-Contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2006 12:33 PM
Subject: Re: [YCCC] [TowerTalk] 80m 4-square materials
> Hello Dave!
>
> You might look at the photos on my web site http://www.k3lr.com
> under the tab of 80 meter vertical project (two phased 4 squares).
>
> I am using the HyGain Hytower as the building block for 8 verticals. They
> are
> single band, full size (80 only) and use three Rohn BX sections (first 24
> feet).
> The overall length is much longer (stock Hytower is 51 feet total, mine
> are 75
> feet). I extended the aluminum is several areas to make each vertical
> resonant
> at 3.500 MHz (elements in a 4 square must be longer than normal). They
> have
> survived 75 mph winds and lots of ice storms. They can be lowered and
> raised by
> two men.
>
> This modified HyTower vertical meets all of your construction and
> operational
> criteria!
>
> 73!
> Tim K3LR
>
> David Robbins K1TTT wrote:
>
>> I am trying to decide what to use to build 4 new 80m verticals for a
>> 4-square upgrade here. My criteria are:
>> 1. full size 1/4 wave verticals, no top or base loading.
>> 2. must be able to standup to new England winters at 2000' with ice and
>> wind
>> 3. must be new material, I don't want to go scrounging for used tower or
>> pipe.
>> 4. prefer only 1 guy level, but will do 2 if necessary.
>> 5. prefer to stand up complete, but will climb to add top section(s) if
>> necessary, crane or truck access will be very hard to this spot.
>> 6. prefer something that can be delivered to here, truck delivery is not
>> a
>> problem, I don't want to have to haul long stuff myself.
>>
>> So, what might fit those criteria??
>>
>> David Robbins K1TTT
>> e-mail: mailto:k1ttt@arrl.net
>> web: http://www.k1ttt.net
>> AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://dxc.k1ttt.net
>>
>>
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