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Re: [TowerTalk] Hy Tower

To: N7mal <n7mal@citlink.net>, <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Hy Tower
From: Brad Hyde <w5bk@live.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 09:16:25 -0600
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So far I have 3  8 foot copper ground rods and 16 50 to 60 foot 14 gauge 
radials.  I plan to put down at least 16 more radials.  Should I put down 3 
more ground rods also?  The soil is west Texas sand. 
Brad
W5BK

> From: n7mal@citlink.net
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:39:42 +0000
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Hy Tower
> 
> The most important question for you is: What kind of a ground system do you 
> have.?.?.?.?.
> 
> MAL
> N7MAL
> BULLHEAD CITY, AZ
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> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Brad Hyde
> To: bhyde@hot.rr.com ; towertalk@contesting.com
> Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 14:14
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Hy Tower
> 
> 
> 
> Sorry guys,
> 
> This message got sent out again from an email address which has been 
> inactive for 6 months.  The hot.rr.com address has been disabled since I 
> moved 6 months ago and has not sent out a single email.  I guess last night 
> it decided to come back to life and send out emails.  What is really weird 
> is that I subscribed to this site under my present email address and not 
> that one.  So I don't have a clue how my old email address even got a hold 
> of this message, much less sent it out.  I'm getting too old to try and 
> figure this stuff out, hi.
> 
> Anyway, while I have your attention (maybe)  I have the Hy Tower up with the 
> MK-160.  The swr on 160 dips at about 2.0 swr.  Is that about as low as I 
> can expect?  Also, as an interesting side note, I have about a 1.5 on 17 
> meters without the 17 meter add on.  Also, about a 1.4 on 6 meters.  The swr 
> on 80 is lowest at 4.00 MHZ and is dipping in that direction indicating that 
> my resonant frequency is above 4.00 Mhz.  Can I just lengthen the top main 
> vertical section to bring the 80 meter frequency down without affecting the 
> other band's swr?  I would like to have a good swr on 3.795, but it is 
> currently above 3.0.   Also, is it possible to add a homebrew coil at the 
> base to widen the 80 meter band to the CW portion in colaboration to having 
> the MK-160 on the tower simultaneously?  Is there a way to build the coil in 
> a manner that would allow 1500 watts rather than the 300 watts that is 
> offered by the Hy Gain coil (the LC-160W)?
>  I think that once I get everything t uned up it will be a good system.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Brad
> 
> W5BK
> 
> 
> > From: bhyde@hot.rr.com
> > To: towertalk@contesting.com
> > Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 10:41:52 -0600
> > Subject: [TowerTalk] Hy Tower
> >
> > Hello all,
> > I recently moved and finally have some land in west Tx to play with 
> > antennas. I am about finished putting up the Hy Tower 18HT. I am going to 
> > put up another one 66 feet away and co-phase them. Does anyone have 
> > experience doing this? The manual has info on doing it with different 
> > lenghts of 50 ohm cable and 72 ohm cable to have either end fire or 
> > broadside radiational pattern availability. Does someone sell the 
> > switching system already constructed? I am mainly looking at 40 and 80 for 
> > this as I have the TH-11 for the other bands. I also bought the MK-160. 
> > Thanks for any help on this.
> >
> > Brad
> > W5BK
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