"gareth" wrote in message
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"Jeff Liebermann" wrote in message
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On Fri, 28 Feb 2014 16:56:56 -0000, "gareth"
wrote:
As the aluminium (aluminum for the Leftpondians) ladder is expected to
hold the weight of a person at the top end, I wonder if any have
been pressed into practice as antennae towers?
Of course they have. We've also used ladders on Field Day:
https://www.google.com/search?q=ladder+antenna+tower&tbm=isch
I like this one:
http://ve7ig.ws/ladder3.jpg
http://ve7ig.ws/ladder2.jpg
http://ve7ig.ws/ladder4.jpg

Very interesting.

Now, how about using 4 (or even 5, easier to erect) ladders as a broadband
groundplane for the HF bands?