Buck wrote:
If both were the same, I think he would be better off, but it should
turn into a rotatable dipole similar to a multiband beam, but without
the directors and reflectors. I see there is no reason it shouldn't
work once he gets them tuned.

How much would it weigh?
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73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com

"Cecil Moore" wrote in message
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Buck wrote:
If both were the same, I think he would be better off, but it should
turn into a rotatable dipole similar to a multiband beam, but without
the directors and reflectors. I see there is no reason it shouldn't
work once he gets them tuned.

How much would it weigh?
--
73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com

Yeah I thought about that too after my inital post. It would be a bear to
make a rotateable dipole using this if its anything like my old trap
vertical.

"Jimmie D" wrote in message
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"Cecil Moore" wrote in message
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Buck wrote:
If both were the same, I think he would be better off, but it should
turn into a rotatable dipole similar to a multiband beam, but without
the directors and reflectors. I see there is no reason it shouldn't
work once he gets them tuned.

How much would it weigh?
--
73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com

Yeah I thought about that too after my inital post. It would be a bear to
make a rotateable dipole using this if its anything like my old trap
vertical.



I hadn't bargained on rotating it, although that's not out of the question.
I think those verticals are about 20 pounds each, so it would be a project.
I will weigh them tomorrow. I do have a rotator thrust bearing that I once
used with a monster VHF TV antenna.

The Hustler four band (10, 15, 20 , 40) is 35 feet tall. The other antenna
is a five-band, but I don't have the specs here at hand. It's presumably
the same, unless they got 80 with some folding tricks, in which case I don't
know how tall it would be.

Depending on where I would put a rotating 70-foot horizontal antenna, I'm
sure I could either prune my neighbor's tree or make contact with the power
company, via their overhead lines. Did I mention I am on a city street with
a 100 x 100 lot? Hm-m-m -- better not rotate.

"Sal M. Onella" wrote in message
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"Jimmie D" wrote in message
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"Cecil Moore" wrote in message
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Buck wrote:
If both were the same, I think he would be better off, but it should
turn into a rotatable dipole similar to a multiband beam, but without
the directors and reflectors. I see there is no reason it shouldn't
work once he gets them tuned.

How much would it weigh?
--
73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com

Yeah I thought about that too after my inital post. It would be a bear to
make a rotateable dipole using this if its anything like my old trap
vertical.



I hadn't bargained on rotating it, although that's not out of the
question.
I think those verticals are about 20 pounds each, so it would be a
project.
I will weigh them tomorrow. I do have a rotator thrust bearing that I
once
used with a monster VHF TV antenna.

The Hustler four band (10, 15, 20 , 40) is 35 feet tall. The other
antenna
is a five-band, but I don't have the specs here at hand. It's presumably
the same, unless they got 80 with some folding tricks, in which case I
don't
know how tall it would be.

Depending on where I would put a rotating 70-foot horizontal antenna, I'm
sure I could either prune my neighbor's tree or make contact with the
power
company, via their overhead lines. Did I mention I am on a city street
with
a 100 x 100 lot? Hm-m-m -- better not rotate.



Make sure your antenna is OK before you try this a lot of those old Hustlers
are good for scrap.

"Jimmie D" wrote in message news:46060d00$0$1379



Make sure your antenna is OK before you try this a lot of those old
Hustlers
are good for scrap.



Good idea.

On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 14:05:28 GMT, Cecil Moore
wrote:

Buck wrote:
If both were the same, I think he would be better off, but it should
turn into a rotatable dipole similar to a multiband beam, but without
the directors and reflectors. I see there is no reason it shouldn't
work once he gets them tuned.

How much would it weigh?

That part hadn't occurred to me. Come to think of it, I don't think
they were designed to withstand horizontal positioning, but then I
don't know the antennas. Anyway, good luck in the antenna.

Maybe a vertical dipole?


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73 for now
Buck, N4PGW
www.lumpuckeroo.com

"Buck" wrote in message
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That part hadn't occurred to me. Come to think of it, I don't think
they were designed to withstand horizontal positioning, but then I
don't know the antennas. Anyway, good luck in the antenna.

Maybe a vertical dipole?

withstand horizontal positioning If I do this, I will have the thing
laying on the roof, at or near the peak, so support won't be a
consideration. (The far end of each unit could stick out and be
self-supporting.) Having it slide down the roof is a bigger worry.

vertical dipole Ahah! I started out with a 10m vertical dipole as my
first-ever HF antenna, last month. (It has since morphed into an OCF
horizontal dipole that I've stretched all the way to 40m with a homebrew
pi-network tuner I acquired at the swap meet.). To the point, two opposing
trap verticals as a single dipole would be a 70 foot vertical structure and
is not within my capabilities. (I would love to try it, though.)

"Sal"
(KD6VKW)