[TowerTalk] Large, I mean large steel building for a vertical ground plane

[Bill Parry]

Richard,

I had a small commercial vertical like this mounted on the building next to
my shack. Not as large as the building that you are describing but about 30'
by 60'. It was about 15 feet at the bottom of the vertical. It worked real
well.  I think that you will be pleased.  With a building that large, you
could probably mount a couple and phase them!

Bill, W5VX

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[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Richard Thorne
Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 9:46 AM
To: Towertalk
Subject: [TowerTalk] Large,I mean large steel building for a vertical ground
plane

Our place of business burned back in October.  This is also where I have 
my remote controlled station.

Its looking like the most cost effective way of putting things back 
together will be via a steel building. This thing will more than likely 
be 100feet wide by 300feet long.  It will have the normal steel 
structure with steel roof and sides.

It seems to be me this would make for a perfect ground plane / radial 
system for a vertical for the low bands.  Other than having the builder 
install a few 2" steel masts at the apex of the roof (bonded to the 
steel structur instead of the roof itself), are there any other 
suggestions here?  I'm thinking of installing a vertical in the middle 
of the apex attach a ground wire to the steel structure and call it a day.

I'm thinking of installing a 10 - 80 Steppir on the roof which will get 
me started.  If all goes well I'll also install some sort of tower 
during the build so the contractor can handle the concrete work at the 
same time.

Rich - N5ZC
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