Thanks Jim for your insights...
New Antenna Book and ON4UN books ordered... (Though I've had them all in
the past, they have disappeared somewhere! Lots of things get hard to find
after 36 years in this hobby...)
If I can't get a tower up before winter, I'll have to figure out some
interesting wire antennas for 20-10 for this season...
I don't mind showing the location, if any one has more ideas...
https://www.google.com/maps/place/100+Antrim+Rd/@42.9855703,-71.9706553,672m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x89e180693961ae79:0xeb4da871f6a0c2b7
Look at it in earth mode. Zoom in.
The property is between Bennington Road and Antrim Road, inside the V. I
own the the opposite side of the rectangular field to the south. Just
north of the field that field is a barn. Lots of 90' trees to the North,
covering east-west. The Eastern side has more 90' trees (unfortunately
the bare triangle on the eastern side is not mine -- belongs to the
cemetery next door.
Halyards are the way to go! Thanks Ira for the reminder.
73, Gerry W1VE
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On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 8:06 PM, Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>wrote:
> On 5/26/2014 11:07 AM, K7LXC--- via TowerTalk wrote:
>
>> The other thing you can do for wire antennas (tnx to Jim for all his
>> insights) is to use a continuous halyard. That is, the halyard should be
>> one
>> length tied in a loop. Tie an overhand knot in it somewhere and that will
>> give you a loop with which to hook one end of the wire antenna.
>>
>
> Thank K2RD for the halyard idea. That's a good way to get a pulley up high
> without hiring tree climbers (expensive), but you give up a bit of height.
>
>
> I've found that in almost all cases, it's the wire antenna that breaks
>> - not the halyard. Since you've got a continuous and functioning halyard,
>> just hook the wire back to it and you're good to go. It's such a PITA to
>> replace a halyard with one end at the top of the tree that this should
>> save
>> you some potential future misery.
>>
>
> Rope can wear and even break if it allowed to rub over a tree branch, and
> even in some pulleys. Absent that problem though, yes, it's the weak spots
> in the antenna that break.
>
> And a big thank you to Steve, K7LXC, who visited me 4-5 years ago and
> advised me that Rohn 25 would work for me if I installed it properly and
> didn't put too much on it.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
>
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