[TowerTalk] Hi Gain Hi-Towers

[Wayne Kline]

Don, The 4 SQ sits in the open and the BOSS is OK with that, But with 4 other guyed towers on the RH side of the property.  She Nixed
any GUY  in the REAR view !! Lucky I got the  4SQ in   :)   Wayne  PS I put bird feeders ( suet)  on them....     > Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2012 10:52:30 -0500
> From: n8de at thepoint.net
> To: w3ea at hotmail.com
> CC: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Hi Gain  Hi-Towers
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> Wayne,
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> You could put the insulated guys up the 'stinger' about 15 feet above  
> the tower top.  That should work.
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> 73
> Don
> N8DE
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> Quoting Wayne Kline <w3ea at hotmail.com>:
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> > Hi Roger
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> >   The  small 24'  BX style towers are not the failure Point. it's   
> > the 44' stinger that's the area of failure !
> > Another friend who's of the DX- Expedition type suggested I opt for   
> >  the tapered  fiberglass poles. !
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> > Still trying to model or see why the insulated  stinger at the top   
> > of the tower has such a remarkable effect ?
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> > Wayne W3EA
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> > ( I am sorry for the post, I am not able to get  word  wraparound to  
> >  function on this  reflector ! )
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> >> From: K8RI-on-TowerTalk at tm.net
> >> To: towertalk at contesting.com
> >> Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2012 08:52:36 -0500
> >> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Hi Gain Hi Tower ??
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> >> Why not guy them with phillystran or poly rope?
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> >> 73
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> >> Roger K8RI
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> >>  From: "Wayne Kline" <w3ea at hotmail.com>
> >> Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2012 9:28 PM
> >> To: "towertalk at contesting.com" <towertalk at contesting.com>
> >> Subject: [TowerTalk] Hi Gain Hi Tower ??
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> >> Hi fellow Tower Talkers.. . I built a 75/80 meter Four Sq, antenna system
> >> many years ago. It was feed with an original DX eng. ( not the new Dx eng
> >> co.) quadature. The  Hi Gain Hi towers were stripped of everything and a
> >> center  stinger was  built and   the system was resonantat 3.625 MHZ and
> >> the power dump at 3.500 was 70 watts and at 3.825 was 100 watts.  I used
> >> the two insulators at the two stinger vertical element with a 14ga wire
> >> attached at it's bottom and  travel down the inside of the 24ft base tower
> >> attaching at the feed point. There are 108 evenly spaced 1/4 radials under
> >> each antenna, with silver soldered connections at there interesting 8ga
> >> copper X and 9-  8 ft  5/8" ground rods.  One at each tower base, one at
> >> the control box in the center  of the array and 4 at the end of the
> >> centered X wire.I had a few 80 meter ops who felt that because I insulated
> >> the top 38' stinger  at the top of the tower resulting in a Shorter over
> >> hight antenna was a compromise.    So I
> >> got in touch with tim K3LR knowing he also had a 75/80 meter 4 SQ mad out
> >> of Hi-Gain Hi Towers, He sent me a rough dimension of his stinger out the
> >> top of his Hi-Tower. I  un insulated the stinger  and built my elements
> >> and achieved resonance with an additional 9ft height.Well it seemed My WX
> >> in eastern PA did not like the 48' stinger  and I would loose one at almost
> >> every  Nor'easter Storm.      SO I am thinking of going back to the
> >> original configuration with insulated  top 2" tuber and the 14 ga wire down
> >> the center of the tower to the base.  Thought's out there  Just kicking
> >> around  ideas ? Wayne W3EA
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