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A Top Band 1/4 wave vertical?
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. -- Jeff Liebermann 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558 |
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