[SECC] SS Phone Thoughts

[Lee Hiers]

On 27 Nov 2001, at 13:12, Bill Coleman wrote:

> Problem with going to 35' feet horizontal is coming up with a support
> to run it to! I got no trees other than the ones backing up to my
> yard, and those trees house my 105' doublet for 80m.

I assumed that supports were the problem...so, if the 35' high 80m 
antenna doesn't do the job and you're going with another 80m antenna, 
use the supports for a 40m antenna instead.

> >80m with low supports is a problem...you could try the sloper there I
> > guess, it should be better than the low dipole - at least farther
> >out.  and you may want to leave your 40m sloper if it works good as a
> > DX antenna...it would do better there than a low dipole.
> >
> >You could also try shunt-feeding your tower on 80 in lieu of the
> >sloper.
> 
> I'm working on that. I need to lay down a bunch of radials.

As W4AN mentioned, a good ground is required...which it sounds like 
you're working on...

73 de Lee

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Lee Hiers, AA4GA
Cornelia, GA

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