[TowerTalk] As long as the antenna gurus are out...

[Gene Smar]

Tom:

     If your objectives include operating on Topband, then I suggest you 
cozy up to your farmer neighbors and seek their permission to install 
temporary Beverage antennas after each harvest.

     Another thing, if you're interested in domestic contesting, you'll need 
some antennas that work well close-in, i.e., out to 600 miles or so.  That 
usually means dipoles low to the ground (< 1/4 WL) on the Low Bands (160, 
80, 40.)    THAT means two support structures, either trees or towers or 
tower/tree combination.  OR you could construct Inverted V's out of your 
tower's guy wires.  Low Yagis (or the lowest of a stacked set) will be just 
as effective close in on the bands above 14 MHz.

73 de
Gene Smar  AD3F


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Tope" <W4EF at dellroy.com>
To: "W9SRV" <tgundo2003 at yahoo.com>
Cc: "no To-header on input" <unlisted-recipients at contesting.com>; 
<towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009 3:09 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] As long as the antenna gurus are out...


> W9SRV wrote:
>
>>This is a little ot...
>>
>>I have asked this to many hams and have got many opinions.
>>
>>I have a 3 acre plot, with a little over 1.5 acres available for wire 
>>antennas, so space is not an issue. It's mostly open field with a few 
>>trees, surrounded by farmfields. I also just picked up a couple of 400-500 
>>ft chunks of #9 copper clad off some old telephone poles.
>>
>>Given these items, what would you build for an HF antenna?
>>
>>Tom
>>W9SRV
>>
>>
>
> Tom,
>
> I would help if you could define your requirements better - i.e.  are
> you wanting to do DX, contesting, or causual ragchewing? Are you more
> interested in lowbands? All HF bands? Also, what kind of vertical
> supports are available (how high and how far apart)?
>
> Mike, W4EF..............
>
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