Hi Dino,
You did not mention cost as a factor in consideration of a vertical
array. On 5 acres a good full sized vertical and KW with a good effort
in ground system would likely do the job. A strong effort in low noise
RX antennas would be required because a single vertical won't cut the
Dino, you didn’t Mention if you were building a house on the 5 acres. If so,
that would limit your choices depending on where the house is.
I’m on 6 acres and at best I could get 2 elements either to the NE or
east-west. If you go to my QRZ.com page my property layout is at the bottom.
My
Sorry, Tim's article was August 1994.
Dino - KX6D
From: Topband on behalf of Dino
Darling
Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2022 10:33:28 AM
To: Stan Stockton ; w...@w5zn.org
Cc: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: What antenna would you build?
Thanks Tree
Thanks Tree and the rest!
I don't contest for two reasons; I lack talent and patience. No way I'm sitting
in a chair past 2 hours! Besides, my ears are shot thanks to the US Navy (but
I'm not complaining!).
My goal here, being new to Topband, is to see what the experienced operator has
The casual antenna nut considering a parasitic vertical array will need
to pay very close attention to the comment on having a VERY SERIOUS
ground radial system on all elements.
73/jeff/ac0c
alpha-charlie-zero-charlie
www.ac0c.com
On 3/24/22 11:55 AM, Stan Stockton wrote:
Different people
Different people have differing views on the definition of a serious antenna.
An 8 circle with 8 directions of BSEF verticals would definitely be serious.
If you wanted one tower and didn’t want to do the work to install a minimum of
100 radials or more I would consider one tall tower with
Hi Dino,
I started with a single 1/4 wave vertical as Tree notes and it worked
extremely well for years, however after a period of time I had a desire
to upgrade the single vertical to a system that offered some gain on TX.
I came across the array that Tim, K3LR, mentioned in "Low Band
Sorry I am a bit late to the party. You certainly can't go wrong with what
K3LR or AA1K have.
One question that maybe I would ask before giving advice - is what do you
want to do with it? Is your primary goal to work as many countries as
possible - or are you looking to be competitive in
I like 4-squares Dino. I have them on 15, 20, 40, 80 and a small 2-el
on 160...
I'm still looking for an ACB-10 (10 meters) (or equivalent) to complete
the whole set.
If it were me, I'd build whatever it is VY2ZM is using. (vy2zm.com) or
2nd choice, K3LR
GL
Mike VE9AA
If you may and you
My version of Tim's array was installed in 1998, with 120 on-ground radials
under each element. A few years later I added an extra director toward Europe
for an additional 0.9 db gain in that direction.
It brought me up to 329 countries on 160, including JT, HS, XZ, VU, A5, BA.
After a few years
Good question. I don't think you mentioned any cost limit. Given
that I would put up a substantial self supporting commercial tower ~
130' tall. Solid legs, 5 or 6' face tapering to 1 or 2 feet. Pyrod
or similar. I'd put a skirt on it, 3 vertical wires on insulated
standoffs with horizontal
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