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

[Dino Darling]

>Bill Parry wrote:
>With a building that large, you could probably mount a couple and phase them!


Ohhhh... I really LIKE this idea!!!

At the 2006 DX Convention in Visalia, a speaker talked about phased 
vertical he put up for 40 meters.  THEY WORKED GREAT!  I wish I 
remembered who gave that talk.  He was a broadcast engineer.

I would HIGHLY recommend investigating the proper spacing for 80/75 
meter, 40, and 30 meter spacing for a pair of BigIr's.  Have your 
contractor place multiple 2" risers on the roof.  Then its just a 
matter of unbolting the antennas and moving them to the proper 
riser.  It sure would be good to experiment!  maybe there is a good 
compromise for all 3 bands.  Maybe you can center mount the main 
radiator and just move the "other" antenna as desired.  So many questions!

Are you able to erect the rectangular building in a east/west 
configuration?  Be sure ALL the panels are well bonded!  Smear the 
overlaps with Noalox!  I would LOVE to have something like this!


>-----Original Message-----
>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.

Dino - K6RIX
dino at k6rix.com 


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