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dlwarnberg

Mark WS7M

dlwarnberg

Kevin

dlwarnberg

Thanks Kevin

Mark WS7M

Wow well if you have 45 foot pines to get you started I'd do the delta loop.  Get the broad end up real high in the trees and feed it either open line or balun.

This antenna will do extremely well until you receive your Tower and MonsterBeam.

Be sure to update us on antenna install pictures as you make progress.

Mark WS7M

Hi Kev,

The spider beams are a great option too.  If some people move on in our HOA I might try putting one up and see what happens!!!

Kevin

Lionel

Congratulations David on your new found freedom. Isn't it nice to actually plan an antenna install.


I got out inJuly 2017; feels great!

roger na4rr

Cant go wrong with a hex beam for the price.  I'm one of those 6m freak's.   So I am in the process building a 6m 6ele LFA antenna.  I looking to again beat my friend in the 6m June contest. I use 43ft vertical wire in the rv for 40 meters. No radials other than the rv frame.  It works local and dx great.

N6OIL

Hey Roger, are you building one of the designs Justin G0KSC has on his website? I'm looking at using Chris' design but only a single and not stacked. http://www.gare.co.uk/6m_antenna/

Ken - NM9P

If you are going for a tower, first decide what antenna you want, then get the tower based upon how much you need for an antenna one or two steps bigger than the one you want. Ecause eventually you WILL want to upgrade. Lol. On a practical note: a hex is a great antenna for the money, but is subject to wind damage. There are a lot of them out there and have a good reputation. A good simple antenna that is a little more money is a T-8 log periodic. 8 elements and performance on all bands 20-10 of about halfway between a 2 and 3 element monoband. Good and simple compromise and NO regular maintenance. If you want to add 6 Meters, get the T-11. It is just over $1050 US. I love mine. Next up would be trap Yagi arrays or log-cell arrays like the TH7 or TH11DX. The TH11DX is about $1300-$1500 and kicks serious ****, especially on the higher bands where it has essentially t elements on 10 Meters. The ultimate, but relatively Low wind load SteppIR series can get you 3 elements on 40-6 Meters for about $4000-$4500. Ballpark. Then there are the really big antennas that I can only dream of..... If you have the space, try to get the beam up 65 - 70 ft. Then you can also put up an inverted L for 80 and 160 from the same tower with little trouble. In 160 season, just run a couple elevated or on ground radials and you can do well. Not as good as a field full of wire, but I got 160 WAS with a 35 up and 85 over inverted “L”. Any beam up 30+ feet will outperform a 43 ft vertical on 20-10 Meters. My T-11 averaged 2 S-Units over my wires and verticals on 20-10 Meters. The verticals outperformed dipoles at 38 ft, on 30 & 40 Meters. And the inverted L was much better than full dipoles on 160 and 80 at 38 ft height. The best advice, though is get something up and start playing. Ken - NM9P

Tim KE4UK

I was fortunate enough to be able to write the HOA bylaws for my neighborhood and my lot is 2 acres. I have 2 towers, not to high, and a 6 element hex beam. My wire antenna is my own makeup with a full 80 meter loop and an 80 meter inverted vee . They both are fed at the same feed point with RG8 coax. SWR is 1.2 to 1 at 3.926 mhz. works great. It is also fun running the flex 6300 remote mobile through the hex beam. 

VK7WH Winston

Congratulations David on the freedom you have gained from your move. I also would recommend a 6 Band Hex Beam plus wires ( Fan Dipoles for 80M, 40M & 30M) as an economical solution with good performance, covering nine bands with only two 50 ohm coaxial feed lines plugged into your 6500 or Linear My K4KIO 6 element HexBeam was originally only on a 20 foot high guyed pole and together with the Fan Dipoles, gave me 230 countries (SSB & CW only - no digital) in 15 months. A great **** for your Buck. Exciting times ahead for you. Good luck and good DX Winston VK7WH