I finally completed my move from California to Vermont (yesterday!) and am preparing to start building antennas and get back on Top Band after a five year hiatus. I am going to build another 'full si
I would suggest a hat as opposed to a stinger... I use a pair of ten foot, 0.5" copper pipe in a cross configuration... Aluminum emt tubing will work...You will need either 12 or 13 tower sections fo
Hi Bill, et. al. When we put up the center element for W8UVZ, with the insulators made in Georgia, it was 12 straight sections of 25G plus a flat top section, total length 126.5 feet and came in at 1
Hi All, Denny's solution has merit. It got my brain going again. Consider top loaded towers, using either the guys or top hat that would make the individual elements come out about 25 ohms. That may
Topbanders, When I put up my 160 antenna, I just gathered up 10 sections of 25G, a top section, 3 insulators on a 4' section and 20' of chain-link fence top rail. The insulators are about 2' above th