Topband: Re: Hy Gain Hytower

[W0AH@aol.com]

In a message dated 9/26/00 7:38:26 PM Mountain Daylight Time, n7rt@flash.net 
writes:

<< I think there is (was?) a 160m loading coil attachment for the Hy-Tower >>

I don't think the Hyrtower is as bad on 160M as some others have reported.  I 
set a regional low power record with my first Hytower in one of the 160M 
contests from here in Colorado several years ago.  I forget the contest and 
date. 
 Also, running low power, I worked about 40 countries with the Hytower.  
Running higher power I burned out the insulators, replaced them with 
something better, which allowed me to run 400 watts, but burned the better 
insulators out with 500 watts!   Went to a 90' top loaded shunt fed tower 
around 1997.   It's about 6 dB better than the Hytower.  
 As others have reported, the Hytower is a fine antenna on 40 and 80- I phase 
two of them now on 80- and a fairly good antenna on 160M low power.  I live 
on a hilltop and have several thousand feet of "junk" wire radials thrown on 
the ground. Like any vertical, it won't work well without a lot of radials.

Doug  W0AH  central Colorado



--
FAQ on WWW:               http://www.contesting.com/FAQ/topband
Submissions:              topband@contesting.com
Administrative requests:  topband-REQUEST@contesting.com
Problems:                 owner-topband@contesting.com