[450] Antenna Project

[David McKenzie]

100% going to have to guy it to the mast, lol.

Are you going to use wire rope or something non-conductive? Wire rope is
easy because they have it at home depot, and you can use nuts and bolts with
it to tighten it fully.

Just my 2cp..


On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 1:19 PM, John Foege <john.foege at gmail.com> wrote:

> It's going to be 13 elements on 22 feet. It's going to be heavy, and
> yes it will sag at the ends. I'm going to have to guy it to the boom.
>
> And go no Rich....I'm not going to use the Suez Canal Coax once this
> baddy goes up. I've got a 100' spool of Bury-Flex to feed it.
>
> Once I get this antenna up, some good feedline going to it, and a nice
> flat SWR, I can start running 175 watts again and that coupled with
> the 13.2 dBd gain and 850 ft elevation, I **SHOULD** hopefully see
> some better performance.
>
> Unfortunately I may run the risk of microwaving Woody's QTH to the
> ground, but hey....like Woody said, you've got to have your priorities
> straight!! lol
>
> On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 12:33 PM, <djmay at comcast.net> wrote:
> > John,
> >
> >
> >
> >      How am I going to keep your transmissions from baking my  QTH  like
> a
> > microwave once you get that baby up?   And I thought you were loud
> before!!!
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "John Foege" <john.foege at gmail.com>
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> > Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 11:56:05 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> > Subject: [450] Antenna Project
> >
> > So the shim stock came in and I've got all three 8' sections stuck
> together
> > EXTREMELY tightly. The boom looks great and is absolutely massive. I took
> a
> > few pictures of the boom up on the drill press and roller stand, but I'm
> not
> > sure the pictures I've attached really do the 24 foot boom justice. It's
> > massive in real life. Check it out...let me know what you all think.
> > Tomorrow I'm going to drill all the holes and cut the elements and then
> it's
> > on to the t-match. Hopefully this behemoth will be up and on the air for
> the
> > weekend (although I think Dave and I are going to die trying to get this
> > sucker up on the roof). John
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