Yeah... I like that he put up two 300 footers 'as an experiment'!

When I win the lottery, I intend to put up a 400 footer for my repeaters
and a couple of 120 footers for the shack.

Guess I should buy a ticket once in a while.

Mike
WM4B

On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 11:46 AM, Jerry n9avy@... [070] wrote:

> Two 300 ft towers ???  Yipes !    Couldn't even get one in before
> county would be all over me with their 75 ft. ordinance.  Had a DX
> friend that put up a 140 ft. tower and they took him to court which
> cost him about $8000 and he still had to take tower down.  Turns out
> one o county Board members could see tower from her house - politics
> ! Most of us a lucky enough to get up something on our small lots
> which works halfways well on 160m.  God bless those that have the
> acreage to put up big antennas ! Jerry n9avy
>
> From: "Matthew King mrk.twg@... [070]"
> <070@...>
> To: 070@... Sent: Thursday, November 2, 2017 10:25 AM
> Subject: RE: [070] 80/160m Antenna
>   I'm coming to this party a little late, but I strongly
> recommend Tom Rauch's  (W8JI) website when it comes to 260. As an
> experiment, he built two 300 foot towers and raised a half wave dipole
> between them. He says his inverted L's beat that antenna 98% of the
> time.  Granted, his inverted L's are quite properly installed, with
> extensive radial fields. He also uses beverages for receive, I
> believe. 
> My plan is an inverted L with either as many radials as I can get up
> under it (could be a couple thousand feet of wire done right) or
> possibly a folded counterpoise..... I'm still studying on that. I'll
> use one or two of DX Engineering's active receive antennas or a flag
> or pennant or two.  
> I had a half wave dipole bent into an L at the feed point (if viewed
> from overhead) that was about 30 or 35 feet up. I used it to get my
> "20 on 160" 070 award and played in an 070 Contest or two, but it was
> honestly a flop. 
> I'm really looking forward to my inverted L and 80 OCFD antennas!
> Y'all be good!
> MattAK4MK 
> On Oct 26, 2017 1:35 PM, "'Brian' n2mlp@... [070]"
> <070@...> wrote:
>
>   A half wave dipole at a ¼ wave  is better radiation pattern is in
> the direction of where the low end is
> mounted   ========================         de N2MLP Brian       Monroe
> County PA  ========================  From: 070@...
> [mailto:070@...] Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2017 12:46 PM
> To: 070@...
> Subject: Re: [070] 80/160m Antenna   John, et al:
>
> I love this idea for antenna, I'm gonna get one up once the rain
> stops.
>
> Can someone pull out some extra class antenna theory and explain how
> this works?  Can you also use small words?  =p
>
> Specifically: what is the radiation pattern?  How does the gain
> compare to a proper half wave dipole?
>
> Thanks guys!
> Jonathan
> KC1BOS On 10/26/17 6:28 AM, John Bower poppajohnbower@... [070]
> wrote:
>   80/160 m antennaBarry & Byron,
> If you follow the link http://www.ct1ffu.com/site/
> index.php?option=com_content& view=article&id=48&Itemid=18 you will
> see a commercially available version of this antenna.Yes, coax from
> the balun to the rig via in my case LDG Kenwood tuner tunes to about
> 1.2. No counterpoise.John KE4JB On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 12:09 AM,
> boat.anchor@... [070] <070@...> wrote:  JohnI am
> trying to picture this.Is it coax from rig to balun.Do you have a
> ground system for counterpoise. I have lots of wire and can wind a 9:1
> quick enuf.May have time B4 the snow to try something.Barry 
>
> ---In 070@..., wrote :Byron I get
> good results 80/160 with an end fed antenna9:1 Balun and 30m of wire.
> you can zig zag if you don't have enough straight line.BestJohn KE4JB
>   
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The corollary is: Just because you don’t see a signal, that doesn’t mean you won’t be stepping on someone that can see you.

It’s very possible to cause interference and not know you are doing it.

—
David, K9DWR
#1604 LONP #255
david@...

> On Nov 1, 2017, at 09:58, Jerry n9avy@... [070] <070@...> wrote:
>
> "Also remember that just because you can hear or see a signal on your waterfall does not mean that the interfering station can hear or see you. "
>
> Maybe yes and maybe no... if he's working a weak signal you might very well be interfering. Rather than cause interference , it's simpler to move frequency. Best to err on side of caution.
>