fishy68
Tyr Fryr's Inc.
Fishy68, Are you going to insulate the tower from grond or just put it up normal? Seventy feet with just 3 antennas might not be enough to get it to 160.6/2/7o beams are not alot of area and might not be enough top hat to get the tower to play on 160 without building some kind of match to make up for lack of area. Just a thought for you good luck with the project. i have to take down the 3 stack of kt34xas and my 40m beam this summer and repair them all. The 40 is a 3 element KLM that lost the reflector in or blizzard in Feb and the stack is just pooped after 12 years.I've 6el at 50ft and 7el at 100ft for 6m but never seem to get into the house when the band is going,day late and a dollar short,always. Have fun and maybe I'll catch you on the bands this summer
'73 Bruce
I'm going to insulate it and I figured I'll have to build a matching system since it's a little short and because I also want it to work on 80. Hopefully I can get it to work on 160 because I don't have enough room for a wire antenna.
Bummer on the KLM losing the reflector. That's the bad thing where we are. Winter plays havoc on our antenna's.
I know what you mean about missing the openings. I try to watch the reflectors and get an idea in advance when something might be happening but it never fails I get busy for a few days and that's when it happens. Hope to catch you on some time too. 73, Tracy