[TowerTalk] Single boom solution

[R. Kevin Stover]

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I've been thinking of case one myself.
Instead of the CC 40 I've been thinking about the Optibeam 4030. 2
elements both bands on one boom.


Jim Jarvis wrote:
> TT:
> 
> This is a planning/brainstorming question, with a time-horizon of 12-14
> months.
> Sometime next Summer, if things go as anticipated.  This is an
> antenna question, not tower.  The question is a single boom vs
> multi-boom solution.  There are two use cases:
> 
> I can put up one 70' tower in this community.  50% setback.  80mph
> wind rqmt for my county.  While I'd like a motorized crankup, which
> allows me to set the antenna height appropriately for any given band,
> it's likely to be a fixed height tower.
> 
> So...the antenna question:
> 
> 1)  use case #1:  3 el SteppIR, plus 2 el CC 40 above it.
> 	steppir @ 60, 40 @ 70.  Have a 2el 30 design to slide
> 	into the 40m boom.
> 
> 2)  use case #2:  3 el SteppIR with 30/40 DE. This would be
> 	at 70' Doesn't excite me.  Would like 2 el on both 30/40.
> 
> So...the question is, what might be a reasonable single boom
> scenario around the steppIR?  Convince the Mertel's to make a
> 2 el 30/40 using their folded DE?  This idea would have TWO DE's,
> one for 30/40, the other for 20-6.  One could retract the unused
> antenna, to avoid interaction.  Admittedly, bandswitching in that
> scenario would be slow.
> 
> 
> So...what would your approach be?
> 
> N2EA
> 
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R. Kevin Stover, ACØH
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