[TowerTalk] 160m Antenna Planning

[Richardson, Ed]

Hello TT

 

In planning for the spring tower installation, I want to start planning something for 160m.

 

I live on a suburban lot of 55 x125 and the 50ft Trylon will be installed in the rear yard, 5 ft from the rear of the house, the rear property line is 44 feet away. There will be a 12 foot mast with an Optibeam 5 band beam, a 2 el 40m beam and a 6 el 6m beam for top loading. Feedlines will be grounded to the tower, top and bottom, At least 8 radials with ground rods spaced 16 feet apart will serve as lightning protection. The tower foundation will also be used as a UFER ground. 

 

I was considering shunt feeding the tower but the XYL is opposed to me taking up more of the real estate with a sloping wire and feed box. Also with young kids playing in the yard, more wires are a bad thing.

 

The second option I was considering is feeding a ¼ wave wire at the top running almost horizontally (85')  across the yard and then vertically (45') down the tree, using the tower as the other half of the antenna. I guess this is more of a sloper.

 

The third option would be the inverted L but again, this requires a vertical wire parallel to the tower and the XYL is opposed to the additional space this would require. 

 

Are there other options? Suggestions?

 

Ed

VE4EAR

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