[TowerTalk] HG-52SS

[Barrie Smith]

  I, too, have a Skyhawk atop my 64 foot Trylon.  Before you hoist the 
Skyhawk consider whether you might want to shunt-feed the tower on 160 or 
80.  If so, you can improve the capacitive top-hat effect of the Yagi by 
shorting its parasitic elements to the boom.  It's what I did while I had 
the Yagi on the ground.

     Here is a posting I made a few years back: 
http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-08/msg00167.html . 
And here's a photo of the 15M reflector element showing the shorting strap 
and the tape covering the stainless hose clamp: 
http://s83.photobucket.com/albums/j282/ersmar/?action=view&current=Elementgroundstrap.jpg . 
Drop me a note if you want more info.


73 de
Gene Smar  AD3F


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barrie Smith" <barrie at centric.net>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2010 3:24 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] HG-52SS


>I will soon be placing a Bencher Skyhawk, which weighs 75 lbs, atop an 
>HG-52SS.
>
> I've had a hand winch on that tower for the last several years.  Due to 
> old age and deterioration, I'd like to start using an electric winch.
>
> Are there any recomendations as to what make, model or type of 120 volt 
> winch?
>
> 73,
> Barrie, W7ALW, DN36au,
> QRV 6M, 432 & 1296 EME

Gene:

Thanks for the info, but I've got a HG-72HD crankup, with four large 6M yagis on a 30' X 30' H-frame that I'm "planning" on shunt-feeding using the W8JI pi-network method.  I've got all the needed parts and pieces, just need to get to work (work, eek!).

As an aside, how do you find the Skyhawk?  I've never had a HF beam, so this is all new to me.

73 & TNX, Barrie