[TowerTalk] 160 Meter Antenna Suggestions

[WA3GIN in Alex. City, VA]

Here is a URL with a small pic of the 50ft helical antenna 
http://www.arlingtonva.us/departments/Communications/6867.aspx

The ceremonial switch to power up the station comes from a 1930s TBL-13 75
watt am transmitter.  The lamps were powered from the high voltage power
supplies using dropping resistors, haha. All the lamps still work but are
running on a 15 volt DC wall wart.

We're looking for signal reports.  So far the station has been heard as far
away as Conn. The station is currently running 9 watts. Listen for the
"Voice of Arlington" WQYB206 1700 AM.

73,
dave
wa3gin


-----Original Message-----
From: WA3GIN in Alex. City, VA [mailto:wa3gin at erols.com] 
Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2006 8:48 AM
To: 'ersmar at comcast.net'; 'mryan001'; 'TowerTalk at contesting.com'
Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] 160 Meter Antenna Suggestions

You might think about placing some spokes at the top of the tower to act as
a capacity hat.