[TowerTalk] [MWA] OH8X 80-160 monster tower collapses

[john at kk9a.com]

I obviously meant to type 100m tower.


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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] [MWA] OH8X 80-160 monster tower collapses
From:    john at kk9a.com
Date:    Wed, December 11, 2013 8:01 am
To:      towertalk at contesting.com
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It is possible that the 80m beam was too high plus a 2 over 2 array is a
very good antenna. I am sure that they learned a lot about low band
propagating using this monster system. Radio Arcala is an extreme station
with a great mission of giving young hams a place to operate. It took
tremendous effort to assemble these antenna on top of the 300m tower, it
has to be heartbreaking for everyone involve to see it quickly destroyed.

John KK9A

To:	towertalk at contesting.com
Subject:	 Re: [TowerTalk] [MWA] OH8X 80-160 monster tower collapses
From:	 Jan Erik Holm <sm2ekm at bdtv.se>
Date:	 Wed, 11 Dec 2013 07:21:55 +0100
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On 2013-12-10 15:43, john at kk9a.com wrote:

I wonder how well the 160m yagi worked compared to a large vertical array.

John KK9A

It might not have been a very good performer, at least there was
a lot of rumors. They also had a vertical 4 SQ array and as I
understand it it was better.

Also there is questions about the 80m 5 el, they also had a 2/2
80m Yagi stack and it seems that they usually used that one.

73 Jim SM2EKM