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Re: [TowerTalk] 75m wire beam

To: "'Terry Conboy'" <n6ry@arrl.net>, <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 75m wire beam
From: "w4ZW" <w4zw@comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 07:15:55 -0500
List-post: <mailto:towertalk@contesting.com>
Duhhh!
I knew that!   Wasn't thinking.
 
Bet my money on a Bobtail every time.
 
Tks for the correction.
 
 
Jon Hamlet,  W4ZW
 
Casey Key Island, Florida
"A little piece of paradise in the Gulf of Mexico"
 

  _____  

From: Terry Conboy [mailto:n6ry@arrl.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 8:31 PM
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Cc: w4ZW; k9kl@centurytel.net
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 75m wire beam


On 10/31/2006 Gregg K9KL wrote:

>>I have a question about usingand building wire beams.I have  a 70 
>>foot silo and a 60 foot tower in a line to Europe.If I take a rope  and go
from the
>>silo to the tower and hang an inverted vee and 35 feet  back cut another
one
>>5% longer would that work.I have an inverted vee up  there now and it
works
>>OK but.....I know its really not high enough but is  it worth the
trouble?It
>>would be just for this winter as next summer I  hope to put a insulated
>>tower for 80/160.I have plenty of room between the  silo and tower,could
>>maybe even do 3 or 4 elements.


At 04:47 PM 2006-11-01, Jon w4ZW wrote:
>Sounds like a great place for a Bobtail.  Just need a good radial field,
but
>Bobtails work great.


They do indeed.  However a Bobtail is a broadside array, and he needs an
endfire configuration due to the placement of his silo and tower.

73, Terry N6RY

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