Subj : Looking into HAMing...
To   : Frank
From : Deuce
Date : Sat Aug 20 2005 04:26 am

  Re: Looking into HAMing...
  By: Frank to Deuce on Sat Aug 20 2005 01:40:00

 >    You couldn't consider one for HF because of size but they do great for VH
 >   and UHF. Very easy to build and offer comperable performance to commercial
 >   verticals (I think).

Sure I could... It'd just need to be 22.5m tall for the 30m band... so just
under 75'  I've got some 60' trees in the yard, so I could just run 'er up the
trunk for support.  :-)  'couse, copper pipe ain't exactly cheap...  So
possibly just a solid wire one that goes up the tree and have a 15' mast on to
or something... I'd have to think, but it's not like it's impossible or
anything.  :-)

It'd definately be interesting to find out how it compares to commercial
omnis... but it would also be interesting to compare the price point.  I'd also
need to look up the strengh of copper pipe to figure out how much guying it
would need.

Hrm...

Of course, I *could* mount it horizontally...  :-)

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