Earle,
I have nothing as fancy as your system, but thought I'll let you know that I
run a 33' wire vertical on 40m. It starts at a pole clamped to the side of
the roof and slopes down to an anchor point on the parapet wall. The angle
is around 40 degrees. However, it does exhibit all the characters of a true
vertical.
My compassion antenna may not be close enough to me, but 6Y5IC, who lives 4
miles up the road runs an inverted vee at 90' There are times I am slightly
(1 s point) stronger, but mostly same on DX to JA/EU/VK. However, I fare
badly in the region and locally. We run the same power.
On a different note, my friend is the one who gives me all the inspiration
and even provides me all the necessary bits and pieces! Just recently he
gifted me a 500' spool of wire for radials! For now, I have only 6 bent
radials -- to be able to accommodate them within my 10x30' backyard! Talk
about ham spirit ! In the past, I have had people put me on a blacklist for
being stronger! Not Wenty!
73,
Ron, 6Y5/4S7RO
----- Original Message -----
From: R. Earle Sanders <nt7y@xmission.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 6:51 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] temporary antenna
> my 160 and 75 vertical crashed on thanksgiving day. it was sitting on top
> of a great radial field of 100 radials. i have cleared away the wreckage
> and am now faced with the problem of putting up a temporary replacement.
My
> thoughts have boiled down to 2 solutions. which do you guys think best.
> these solutions take into account that the project will have to be done
> inbetween storms in stinky cold weather(snow, ice and wind).
>
> both solutions start where the old vertical stood and where there is still
a
> buried feedline and ground attatchments.
>
> 1. i connect a wire at ground level and run it (sloping up)
toward
> the top of my 100 foot tower. I could put a trap half way so the bottom
> part worked on 75m and the total worked on 160m(about 133 feet). the top
> half would be attatched through an insulator to a rope and pulled into
> position. I estimate that the insulator going to the tower would be about
> 70 feet agl. This would be the simplest to install.
>
> 2. Same as #1 with the exception at the feedline attatchment point
I
> would dig a hole for a pine pole and run the wire vertically for the
length
> of the pine pole before starting the horizontal slope up to the tower .
The
> basic difference would be the immediate vertical rise of approx 15 to 20
> feet versus the slope from the ground up to about 70 feet agl going to the
> tower.
> this is not what i want permanently but am looking for a solution to get
me
> back on the two low bands as quickly as possible for the rest of the 160
and
> 75 operation still available this season.
>
> come the warm weather i can take more time outside and work out a permanet
> solution.
>
> NT7Y,
> earle
>
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