[TowerTalk] radials

[Newby, Wayne D.]

The wire from Davis RF was much cheaper than going to Home Depot or any
of the local electrical supply places. Shipping wasn't that bad. 

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[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Eric Hilding
Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 11:38 PM
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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] radials

On Wed, 14 Jun 2006, Rob Atkinson, K5UJ wrote:

> the davis RF price for #16 looks pretty good by current pricing
however I am
> a bit leery of the physical robustness of #16.

Umh, I would think "shipping costs" vs. local ACE/OSH/Home Depot/etc.
acquistion would be a consideration depending upon where one lives :-)

FYI, I almost pulled the rest of the hair out of my bald head over this
"radials" stuff when putting together the "Farallon Special" antenna for
my IOTA NA-178 trip.

Due to the severe antenna and ground footprint restrictions, what I
ended up with were 16 one-tenth wavelength radials for 40m (the lowest
band operated), which had to work on 30/20/17m.  They were elevated and
draped over a stone courtyard wall...held in place with bricks and
rocks.

You might find the following info & pix interesting:

http://www.k6vva.com/iota/na178/farallonspecial

Of course, it helped being near the ocean albeit up on a cliff :-)

I was going to use the same antenna for Field Day from KL7 but it looks
like I will have to cancel my trip again due to QRL with other matters
here.

FYI & 73...

Rick, K6VVA
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