[TowerTalk] Vertical for Tower Top

[jeremy-ca]

I had problems keeping a Diamond tribander on the top of my mast, it was 
simply too flimsy to survive 100' above the tree line on my exposed hilltop. 
Solution was to side mount upside down and loose the 17' of height; never 
could tell any difference and I used it for simplex FM in contests. Sealed 
the connection and had no water ingress. A big flow finally destroyed it 
this spring but it lasted 10 years.

Carl
KM1H



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug Rehman" <rehman at surveil.com>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 10:51 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Vertical for Tower Top


> The problem is that the 24' mast is loaded with other VHF and UHF antennas
> that would be degraded. If I moved it down to the top of the tower itself,
> I'd lose 24' of elevation.
>
> Doug
> K4AC
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: jeremy-ca [mailto:km1h at jeremy.mv.com]
>> Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 10:46 AM
>> To: rehman at surveil.com; towertalk at contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Vertical for Tower Top
>>
>> >
>> > It is not possible to side mount the antenna on the mast so that the
>> mast
>> > is
>> > the highest point.
>> >
>>
>> Even side mounted near the top but upside down? Lots of commercial 2
>> way
>> sticks are mounted that way sharing a common side arm.
>>
>> Carl
>> KM1H
>>
>
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