[TowerTalk] BIG array

[Tim Duffy K3LR]

This was presented earlier this year at the Dayton Hamvention Antenna forum.

You can see all 57 slides about this antenna by going to http://www.k3lr.com
Click on Dayton Antenna Summary 2006

73!
Tim K3LR


K7LXC at aol.com wrote:

> Howdy --
>
>     I don't know if it's been mentioned before but I  was at the SteppIR
> factory yesterday and saw an engineering drawing and photos  of the K9LTN array.
> It's a 270' rotating tower with an "H" frame on it with 4  over 4 over 3
> element SteppIRs on EACH side of the H. The antennas have azimuth  AND elevation
> rotation. I heard that he was able to bounce HF signals off the  moon ala W0UN.
> It is a truly amazing installation. Apparently they used Rohn 55  and 45 for
> the vertical parts of the H. The vertical parts of the H are 100  feet! It has
> over 21 dBi of freespace gain.
>
>     I went to the website - _www.k9ltn.com/_ (http://www.k9ltn.com/)   - to
> look at the photos and they're poorly edited and don't  show any finished shots
> that I could see.
>
>     I think that this is probably the most expensive  single tower
> installation in the country. Everything except the antennas was  custom designed and
> built and professionally installed. I'd estimate that its  cost was over $100k.
>
>     If anyone has pictures of the finished array,  please let us know where
> they can be viewed.
>
>     You've got to admire someone with that kind of  vision.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve     K7LXC
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