[TowerTalk] The BIG one!

[k2qmf at juno.com]

I have the same problem here...

73,
Ted  K2QMF
 
On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 16:08:18 -0700 (PDT) "Rick Karlquist"
<richard at karlquist.com> writes:
> More power to him, but my understanding from gurus such as
> N6BV and W3LPL is that he would be better off with a stack
> of 3 element Yagi's.  Possibly even a stack of 2 element Yagi's
> would be better than one 5 element most of the time.
> Anyone remember the cover of QST with W6VSS's 5 element 40 meter
> beam (circa 1963)?  W6VSS told me it was really hard to keep
> the thing up.
> 
> Rick N6RK
> 
> 
> 
> K7LXC at aol.com wrote:
> > I just had a phone conversation with Stan Stockton,  K5GO, and 
> he's
> > building
> > a big tower that'll have a 5 element 40M beam on a 100'  boom on 
> top of
> > it.
> > Wowser! He estimates the weight at 2000 pounds. Double  wowser!
> >
> >     I like guys with vision!
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Steve    K7LXC
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