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Old April 24th 15, 01:11 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
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Default A Top Band 1/4 wave vertical?

On 4/19/2015 2:17 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
On 19 Apr 2015 10:45:10 GMT, Rob wrote:

But do you want a radio controlled gadget with 4 electric motors at
the top end of your vertical?


A drone would work, but does not have enough battery capacity to be
able to keep the antenna in place for more than about 10-20 mins.
Longer would require seperate power wires, which would interfere with
the radiation pattern.

Weight might be a problem. I'll guess(tm) #16 AWG wire, which weighs
7.82 lbs/1000ft or 11.6 gm/meter. 1/4 wave at 160 meters is 40 meters
so that antenna would weigh:
11.6 gm/meter * 40 = 464 gm
Hmmm... Probably too heavy. By comparison, a GoPro camera body weighs
100 gm. Ok, smaller guage wire or bigger quadcopter.


Did you read the OP? He discusses all of the above and suggests a way
to work around.

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Rick