Hi Guys,
I have a question to ask you …… I have a shiny new (to me) tower now sitting in my backyard
pointed mostly up ..... (grin)
It’s an 18 ga tower sort of like a Golden Nugget model but I’m not sure of the brand. It’s in to 60 lbs
of concrete and re-bar going down an extra 3ft and its attached to the house at 22 ft and lastly it’s
going to be guyed at the top with 4 lines tweaked in to two G5RV’s. It’s 3 10 foot sections and the
top piece not quite 10 ft but anyway …. Right now its about 38 feet up to the top so I am going to
have a pole on it but not right away.
So here the rub – what beam and rotor? I’m going to use it with my ICOM IC-745 and right now it’s
only 100 watts. I want to play on mostly 20M but I would like to cover as much as I can and I have
played briefly on 40M and 80M with my current G5RV but my home will be 20M and I have hit 17M
but nothing below that (prob because of the G5RV) I dunno ........
I have a line on a Cushcraft A4S but the thing is 32 feet long on one of the elements! Yikes !
If I get it I would add the kit for 40M but can you guys suggest anything else that will cover 10 – 40M
that doesn’t have 32 foot long elements? (grin) I’m a new ham so type your suggestions slowly!
Cheers’
Dave
I have a question to ask you …… I have a shiny new (to me) tower now sitting in my backyard
pointed mostly up ..... (grin)
It’s an 18 ga tower sort of like a Golden Nugget model but I’m not sure of the brand. It’s in to 60 lbs
of concrete and re-bar going down an extra 3ft and its attached to the house at 22 ft and lastly it’s
going to be guyed at the top with 4 lines tweaked in to two G5RV’s. It’s 3 10 foot sections and the
top piece not quite 10 ft but anyway …. Right now its about 38 feet up to the top so I am going to
have a pole on it but not right away.
So here the rub – what beam and rotor? I’m going to use it with my ICOM IC-745 and right now it’s
only 100 watts. I want to play on mostly 20M but I would like to cover as much as I can and I have
played briefly on 40M and 80M with my current G5RV but my home will be 20M and I have hit 17M
but nothing below that (prob because of the G5RV) I dunno ........
I have a line on a Cushcraft A4S but the thing is 32 feet long on one of the elements! Yikes !
If I get it I would add the kit for 40M but can you guys suggest anything else that will cover 10 – 40M
that doesn’t have 32 foot long elements? (grin) I’m a new ham so type your suggestions slowly!
Cheers’
Dave