*:::: Understand that even for the top set of guys they are not
insulated till 17' from the tower. Insulating the others will not be all
that easy for this once very agile 72 yo who put the tower up all by
myself 7 years ago. Maybe change to Phillystran? I will also need more
specific instructions on the hookup....Don't I need something called an
"Unun" balun?**
**The radials will also be tough cause the tower is on the edge of some
very overgrown property that would be a nightmare to move around in. **
BILL K4OWR
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On 12/30/2015 1:34 PM, Tree wrote:
Well - this sounds almost identical to the tower I used for 1/2 of my
phased array - I think it will work well for 160.
You will need to isolate the lower guys with insulators - but that
should be pretty easy to do.
Remove the 160 meter dipole.
Use a gamma match and put down some radials.
It will work very well.
Tree
On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 10:20 AM, K4OWR <k2owr@comcast.net
<mailto:k2owr@comcast.net>> wrote:
*:::: The tower is guyed 3 ways, 3 times, with only the top set of
guys broken up by insulators.
On top of the 16' mast poking out of the top is a 6 meter 7el 32'
boom; then at the bottom of the mast is a 4 el trapped tribander.
One end of a 160 full size dipole is anchored at the 85' level,
but could be moved to the top of any one of several very high trees.
I always figured the 12 guys prohibited any shunt feed arrangement(?)
BILL
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On 12/30/2015 1:01 PM, Tree wrote:
Bill - your tower sounds like a good candidate.
What is on top of it? Any wires hanging off of it? Are the guys
insulated near where they attach to the tower? Do the feedlines
come all the way to the ground?
Tree N6TR
On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 9:56 AM, K4OWR <k2owr@comcast.net
<mailto:k2owr@comcast.net>> wrote:
:::: Anyone have actual experience with any of the
commercially available 160 antennas...such as:
http://www.dxengineering.com/parts/dxe-160va-1?seid=dxese1&gclid=Cj0KEQiAno60BRDt89rAh7qt-4wBEiQASes2tUOULTlQpNyMARBk4ZWRxw70jODW_FJCuBJ1Td47YMgaAhgQ8P8HAQ
http://www.dxengineering.com/parts/csh-ma160v?seid=dxese1&gclid=Cj0KEQiAno60BRDt89rAh7qt-4wBEiQASes2te6Z2l2AXZmKP8i8l_iGeMKA7d7_B5IymHIulbh6Z_MaAlrL8P8HAQ
OR, what is recommended for a /*reasonable*/ sized vertical
(not a 43' type with matching coil) or requiring a tuner to
match?
Or, a /*simple*/ method of loading my guyed 90' existing tower.
I have lots of room for almost anything.
Tuners on 160, with a LOT of power, always eventually blow up
or catch fire.
BILL K4OWR
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