[TowerTalk] BIG array

[Bill Turner]

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On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 08:30:51 EST, K7LXC at aol.com wrote:


>   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. 

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Other than getting into the Guinness Book of World Records, one has to
wonder why anyone would bother with such a project. It's the old story
of the more gain you have, the narrower the beamwidth. This guy is
probably going to miss more DX than he hears. 

But it's an interesting story, no doubt about that.

Bill, W6WRT