[TowerTalk] 80/160 Verticals

[Guy Olinger, K2AV]

Can you describe your soil, and what you are using for radials, ground
system, etc?

73, Guy.

On Wed, 10 Feb 1999 12:23:15 -0800, Bruce Sawyer <zf2nt@candw.ky>
wrote:

>
>As this year's contest season goes on, I'm seeing over and over that I'm
>making hay on 10/15, holding my own on 40/20, but getting my clock
>cleaned on 80/160.  It's time to do something about that.  So I'm
>looking for product suggestions...
>
>Last January I used a 160m vertical from R.F. Meyers over with 8Q7AA,
>and was really quite impressed with it.  We also had a 80m vertical, but
>I didn't spend much time on 80 and so can't comment.  Anyway, I remember
>seeing an advance product announcement from R.F. Meyers about a coming
>80/160 combination vertical.  That would seem to be just the thing for
>my situation here, and based on my experience with the 160 mono vertical
>I'm interested.  Has anybody layed hands on one of these yet?  Any
>comments about it?  Backing off from that, are there any other
>*practical* ideas for a 80/160 antenna?  I'm right on the beach in
>Hurricane Alley, so an 80m beam is *not* an option.  Matter of fact, I'm
>not real thrilled about the idea of rotatable dipoles either because of
>the maintenance problems.  This is the most corrosive environment in the
>world.  Stuff starts rusting when it just hears it's coming to Little
>Cayman; it doesn't even have to get here to turn to crud.
>
>Bruce, ZF2NT

Guy L. Olinger
k2av@qsl.net
Apex, NC, USA

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