[TowerTalk] What do do on 80 when height restricted?

[Tom Osborne]

This would probably be a good place for an FCP radial system.

Takes up a lot less room.

http://www.w8ji.com/fcp_folded_counterpoise_system.htm

Tom W7WHY


On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 4:20 PM, Jim Thomson <jim.thom at telus.net> wrote:

> Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 19:40:06 +0000 (UTC)
> From: Tom_N2SR <tom_n2sr at yahoo.com>
> To: "towertalk at contesting.com" <towertalk at contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] What do do on 80 when height restricted?
>
> I second (or third) the HF2V. ? I had one up with about 60 radials for
> about 6 years. ?Before I put it up, I had less than 30 countries on 40 and
> 80. ?When I took it down I had 240 countries on 40 and 185 countries on 80.
> ?
> I was even able to create a switching scheme to switch resonances between
> cw and ssb. ?
> Tom, N2SR
>
> ##  and how do you install  60 x  long radials  on a city lot ?     Even
> if the vert is elevated, the radials then HAVE to be  long, to resonate it
> on 80m.  Thats  tough on a city lot.    The problem with ground mounted
> verticals,
> on city lots, is they radiate into the home.   Then with stucco homes,
> there is chicken  mesh beneath the stucco... and ditto with the neigbours,
> like being in a faraday shield.   Once elevated in the clear, the
> difference can be
> astounding.   But radials on the low bands like  80m is tough.
>
> Jim  VE7RF