Wilson, what you say pretty much sums up the way I'm currently thinking.
I ain't moving again, that's for sure. When I go out of this house, it
will be toes first, or at worst in a wheelchair. I'm leaning toward just
finding a beefier tower to replace the TX-455 that will handle the
bigger antenna load and putting it up where the TX-455 was going to go.
I really appreciate all the responses I've received on this topic,
whether on or off the reflector. You TowerTalk folks are awesome.
73...
Randy, W8FN
On 8/19/2020 9:09 PM, Wilson Lamb wrote:
I think it's too much trouble. I know the feeling of wanting something neat,
but...
Just how badly do you want those few extra, short, QSOs?
Cut trees, build road, haul equipment, lay lines, hurt your back, hope nothing
breaks, do maintenance, pay help?
I say put up the best thing you can on the tower you have and enjoy it.
The sunspots are coming back and condx will be better for several years.
It sounds like you like the spot, so you don't want to move again?
And you like the wife enough to give in on the yard, so there's probably not
going to be a change there either?
Seriously, there's so much to read. so much amazing video on Youtube, and so
much wine to drink that a big tower has little appeal for me.
Imagine how much you could learn by building some neat solid state equipment!
I have room and wife doesn't care, but a 40' tower (bracketed to my chimney),
and tribander, plus wires, of course, does me fine.
Then there's remote radio. You can operate a superstation and pretend it's
yours, but you don't have to fix it!
If you have tall trees you can likely do 160 better with them than with a tower.
My T top vertical (using trees) with raised radials is killer and really needs
Beverages to get full performance. People hear me that I can't hear.
73,
Wilson
W4BOH
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