You could put it up standard without base insulators and either shunt feed it or make a folded unipole. Either work well and it is much cheaper. Some BC stations use folded unipoles and do real well.
Jim/W5JO >> A friend of mine is thinking of putting up a 125' tower for 160m >> use on >> AM. >> He's collecting up old TV tower sections >> from folks who are no longer using them for TV, and the plan is >> to build a >> vertical out of it. Here's the $65K question he threw at me >> and I thought I'd open it up to the group. What can he reliably >> use as >> base >> insulators for this tower/antenna project?? >> >> Anyone had any experience with building a vertical like this, and >> have a >> suggestion? >> >> Mike - N3EAQ ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
