[450] Antenna Project

[John Foege]

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,
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>      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!!!
>
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>
> ----- 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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