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On Apr 8, 1:13*am, Richard Clark wrote:
On Wed, 7 Apr 2010 20:09:56 -0700 (PDT), Tom Horne wrote: I am interested in having a rapid set up multi-band vertical for Field Day and EMCOMM. *If I use the Hy-Gain sixty four foot (64') push up mast as the radiator and an ICOM AH-4 as the automatic antenna tuner is this likely to be an effective approach to having a rapid set up multi band vertical? * Hi Tom, Yes. Will I need radials? * Yes. Should they be elevated or can they lie on the ground? * Yes. Since the total length of the radiator is less than a 1/4 wave on eighty meters at say 3.6 MHz will that make the antenna ineffective on eighty meters? No. Second question 5th, actually. would four of those sixty four foot masts make an effective forty meter four square. Yes. *Yes I realize that it would cost eight hundred dollars for the masts alone before the cost of controller, remote, phasing coax, and control cable. *Once again would radials be required for forty meters. Yes. I've only been back in radio for a few years after very long gap so I'm starting over and finding the learning curve a little steeper than I remember. You are still on the level wit the climb to come. *There are a LOT of details to make those simple answers work. 73's Richard Clark, KB7QHC Richard Please share the rest of the story. If we lay out multi length radials for the middle of each band, say four of them, and feed the vertical with the auto tuner would we be able to make it work on eighty, and forty? When we use a half wave end fed zep in the form of a J pole on two meters we don't need a counterpoise. If I extend this mast to a half wave on forty will I still need a counterpoise? -- Tom Horne, W3TDH |
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