[TowerTalk] FW: Tower stack rebuilding plans...comments please

[k6el@comcast.net]

Thanks for any thoughts!

Jon
K6el at comcast.net



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From:    k6el at comcast.net
To:      tower.talk at contesting.com
Subject: Tower stack rebuilding plans...comments please
Date:    Wed, 11 May 2005 01:52:57 +0000

Hello experts!

I am planning  to rebuild my tower and modify my operating "options" after 
nearly 20 years.  
My existing lash up is a 72' crank up, an older Tristao, with a 15'  mast...on 
that mast is a KT34-XA at the top of the tower; 9' above that is a 402-CD 
mounted 90 degrees to the XA...both with appropriate Trusses. The 402-CD truss 
is mounted under the Yagi .
I am planning to put a STEPPIR, proably the 3 element, at the KT34-XA location,  
a 17 Element 2M Yagi between the STEPPIR and the 402-CD and then put a stacked 
2x 11element 440 array above the 402-CD  which could be as high above the 40 
Yagi as 9 feet.  Both the  VHF and the UHF array would be fed with seperate hard 
line. The SteppIR would also be fed with a seperate hard line.

My hope is to eliminate the interaction between the XA and the 402-CD and put 
everything on the same heading on the tower and have a littke fun on 144  440 
and 6m.  

Do any of the experts see anything flaky with my plan?  
Any suggestions for a better stack?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

73, 
Jon
K6EL
k6el at comcast.net