[TowerTalk] Any 17/12-Meter Vertical Antenna available?

[Ray Day]

Hi - Kelly is right - the antenna previously described by me has two
45-degree radials (also made of window line), and the way the ant is
constructed, there are 2 radials per band (12M and 17M). Works to have the
ends of those sloping radials 8+ feet off the ground, lest we tattoo
someone's head when we transmit. I used a fiberglass pushup, but a tree
would work great. See the articles for details or I can dig up my plans if
someone's seriously interested...

 

73

Ray N6HE

 

 

 

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Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2015 11:10:45 -0800

From: "ve4xt at mymts.net" <ve4xt at mymts.net>

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Any 17/12-Meter Vertical Antenna available?

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Hi Larry

 

What's the population of non-metallic supports like at your QTH? (Read:
trees)

 

The ladder line vertical Ray mentioned might work very well, particularly if
you get it off the ground. You'd need two radials per band and a good choke
(eight turns of RG8x on a mix 31 Biggest Clamp-on would work), but you'd get
added efficiency by being away from the ground. 

 

73, kelly, ve4xt,