Topband: Fw: verticals by the sea

[Gary Smith]

What a fantastic location. 

Looking at the houses surrounding it 
reminds me of a google maps view I checked 
out of the Sphinx & Pyramids recently, I 
had no idea they were surrounded by 
houses.

Makes me appreciate rural mountain top 
sites all the more.

73,

Gary
KA1J

> This is a photo of the famous W1BB water tower in Winthrop, MA. 
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> http://www.sylviaplath.info/photos/winthrop9.jpg 
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> I've seen it many times flying into Boston Logan Airport. The photo was 
> apparently taken at low tide. Europe is off towards the upper right hand 
> corner of the photo, the runways are only a mile away. 
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> 73 
> Frank 
> W3LPL 
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> ----- Original Message -----
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> From: donovanf at starpower.net 
> To: topband at contesting.com 
> Sent: Friday, April 3, 2015 5:19:11 PM 
> Subject: Re: Topband: Fw: verticals by the sea 
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> Hi Herb, 
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> Stew's two element inverted-V beam was 265 feet above sea level, 
> a spectacular location. The water tower is on the edge of a steep drop 
> to the ocean. 
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> 73 
> Frank 
> W3LPL 
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> ----- Original Message -----
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> From: "Herbert Schoenbohm" <herbs at vitelcom.net> 
> To: topband at contesting.com 
> Sent: Friday, April 3, 2015 4:24:19 PM 
> Subject: Re: Topband: Fw: verticals by the sea 
> 
> Didn't Stew Perry, W1BB have basically and inverted Vee with open wire 
> feeders at his famous Lighthouse QTH at Winthrop, MA? 
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> On 4/3/2015 12:48 PM, k1fz wrote: 
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> > Years ago there was someone using an inverted V and doing quite well with 
> > DX. It was later found that he had a long vertical open wire feed line 
> > that was thought to be acting as vertical antenna. 
> > 
> > 73 
> > Bruce-K1FZ 
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> > 
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Smith VE9AA" <ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca> 
> > To: <topband at contesting.com> 
> > Sent: Friday, April 03, 2015 10:17 AM 
> > Subject: Re: Topband: verticals by the sea 
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> > 
> >> Is there any advantage to using an inverted VEE by the sea? Didn't I 
> >> read 
> >> inverted VEEs had a lot of vertical polarization? 
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> >> Reason I ask is I plan to do the IOTA contest on an Island in NB or 
> >> NS and 
> >> have not yet decided on an antenna. 
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> >> Thanks, 
> >> 
> > Mike VE9AA 
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