[UK-CONTEST] Setting up a vertical

[brian coyne]

Forgive lack of punctuation I am using a strange keyboard
 
I am in foreign climes and have obtained a Cushcraft MA5 = In all my years of homebrew antennas I have never used a vertical I have no textbooks with me or available
 
I have a penthouse apt 100 mtrs from the sea and the ant will be 40 mtrs asl = the rooftop is spacious enough but littered with cable for terrestial and satelite tv = there is a large water tank available / would bonding onto this be likely to cause any tvi problems I want to consider elecrical storms as well here / there would only be 100w o/p at this stage
 
As coax replacement may not be easy I dont want to suck it and see so is the shortest run to the shack ok or should there be an odd number of quarter waves used for the feeder and if so which qrg should that be based upon
 
Any hints and tips from vertical and MA5 users would be very much appreciated
 
Also the radials on this ant do look a bit lacking in dimension = maybe it will work but any ideas on rooftop radials would be appreciated in case it doesnt do what it says on the tin
 
Regards to all and TIA
 
73
 
Brian

		
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