Topband: Topband Tower Antenna With Two meter Vertical

[Herb Schoenbohm]

The crank up cable certainly should provide some sort of section 
continuity if a cage is use on the out side of the crank up.  Little, 
IMHO would be lost even if there was some pour connection in the on the 
section rollers.  Hoping they are not nylon like on some cheap crank up 
and galvanize metal rollers, the cage and the crank up cable itself 
should provide what is needed for a top load radiator of a 70 foot crank 
up with a triband or other beams on top.  For TX it would certainly be 
preferable to a half sloper or inverted vee for DX penetration.  As Guy 
K2AV points out....its all in the earth below that make something like 
this work or not.


Herb, KV4FZ






On 4/15/2012 3:04 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
> Obviously crankups are a very different kettle of fish mechanically.
> Like anything else, it's a compromise.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
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