Pics are on the way Tom. Presently, the radials are the ground screen of the
tower itself - 9 60-footers, with ground rods every 16'. Nothing special,
but it works. I'll eventually do a more involved ground radial system - uh,
in my spare time :) No static that I can detect with tower movement, but I
do use Beverage antennae for receive most of the time, occasionally
switching to the 80M delta loop and the tower. You'll get MUCH better
results than the inverted V. I used a long Carolina Windom for my prior 160M
antenna - worked pretty well in close (all but one state AK in the CQ 160
test), but was a dog for any DX beyond the Caribbean. Now, no sweat getting
into EU. Receiving is still the big chore - thinking about a K9AY loop for
the off months. Being at the bottom of the sunspot cycle, it may actually be
OK during those months.
73, Jamie
WB4YDL
-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Lutz [mailto:telutz@earthlink.net]
Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 3:01 PM
To: 'James C. Hall, MD'
Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] Shunt Feeding Crank Up Towers
Thanks a bunch for the info. Yes, I would love to see some pix.
How many radials do you use? Are they just laying on the ground? And do
you experience any static from the tower sections when the tower moves in
the wind, etc.?
I am hoping that by loading my tower next year I will get better results
with DX than I currently do with my inverted V. I also plan to put up some
receiving antennas.
Thanks again for the input.
Tom, W0ZR
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