[TowerTalk] Wilson Monobander

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----Chuck Sudds said


>
>This antenna is on a 30ft 10in boom, 2in diameter. It's brand new, in the
>box, which he did unseal for me and get out the inclosed manual. He
couldn't >find any reference to gain, FB or windloading just glancing at it
but I'd be >quite surprised it it wasn't there myself! It has a short "boom
truss" that >attaches right to the boom, so it could be mounted at the very
top of an >existing mast.
>Oh... he is asking $100 delivered to my tower site.
>

Good price.  Jim Wilson, who built these antennas is N7JW.  He can be
reached via his call book address.  He lives in Utah now altho Wilson
Electronics is in Nevada.   I had a 4 el Wilson 10 and a 7 el Wilson
10...that 7 el on 34' boom was a real killer.    The 6 el on 30' boom was
part of that set.

I still agree with Stan W7NI...I think you can model the beam now and get
more gain and as important ...more bandwidth.

I saw in another message that you had ( Chuck Sudds) a KT34XA.  I feel you
will find that this antenna plays about as well as the XA.  The XA was used
for the USA 10 meter record in 1988 by W4ZV (then W0ZV).


>Roger Cox at HyGain has suggested a 6-7ft spacing between this antenna and
a  >20M monobander. Any further thoughts?

Sounds right altho most say 10 feet.....

73, Dave K4JRB
>
>I've also been looking for some modeling software!! YO, AO or something,
but
>haven't found anything yet.
>
>
>
>Chuck Sudds  K0TVD
>Missouri Valley, Iowa USA
>   Heartland DX Association
>
>http://www.probe.net/~csudds/  or
>http://www.probe.net/~beakers/
>
>
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