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Re: [TowerTalk] Near Full Sized 40M rotatable Dipole

To: SavageBR@aol.com, towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Near Full Sized 40M rotatable Dipole
From: Dave Tipton <dave@lodave.org>
Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 06:51:36 -0700 (PDT)
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I actually have NOTHING to speak of in the air.
   
  I've got the tower on the ground.  (60 feet of Rohn 25 with a Missle top and 
a Ham IV Rotor)
   
  I'm thinking about going with either a C3 an A3S or something of that nature 
for the Tribander.. One thought I had, was to go with the C4, and just have it 
all on one boom, but that would be the ONLY thing I could put on that tower 
then.  I'm trying to find a happy medium between performance and wind load.. 
Plus, I'm trying to get some VHF/UHF stuff up there as well.  I may get stupid, 
and just add a 3rd set of guys, because one of my solutions was right at 10.3 
(It's rated for 10.1) sq. feet and I get everything I want.  (Yes, I know.)  I 
also know that in my area, I seldom get gusts above 50mph.
   
  What I'm most likely going to do at this point, is go with this rotatable 
dipole design I've been looking at, and a C3.  Then 3 Elements on 6M, 9 
Elements on 2M and 20 Elements on 70cm.  (All Horizontal), add a 3rd set of 
guys, instead of the recommended two sets, and hope for the best.
   
  Dave

SavageBR@aol.com wrote:
  What else do you have in the air? I very good 40 or 30 m antenna, often 
overlooked, is the Gamma matched boom of a high band beam. I Gamma match the 
boom 
of my 204BA. The 26 ft boom and outside elements resonate nr 40m and works 
out GREAT at 74 ft up. I have modeled the array to verify a pattern and gain 
performance nr identical that of a dipole.

Bruce, AA4Z 
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