the shack... (a little messy)
Antennas on the tower (Trylon T600 64'):
Force 12 XR-5 at 64'
M2 2M9SSB 9 element beam for 2
meter SSB/CW at 68'
M2 6M5X 5 element beam for 6
meters at 70'
1/4 sloper (from W9INN) for 160/80/40 meters (currently main xmit ant for 160,
unfortunately)
80m/60m dipole
160m/40m dipole
Other antennas:
full homebrew 1/4 wave vertical for 40 meters, base at 12',
about 24 elevated 1/4 wave radials
Hustler 5-BTV 5-band
vertical, base at 12', a few elevated radials, mainly for 80m
Hustler G7-144 vertical at 50' for
2m.
Comet GP-9 vertical at 40' for 2m/440
This is the base of my 1/4 wave 40m vertical --
DX Engineering radial plate
can't be seen well because it is horizontal and even with the camera; DXE "radio blocks" (3 of
them) hold the aluminum tubing (that came from Texas Towers). I
still need to bury the coax, though.
Here is a slightly-crude wire 30m vertical (view from underneath). Base is a simple plate
of aluminum that I got at the local club's White Elephant exchange at the
Christmas party. Vertical wire is hard-drawn stranded, supported by a tree
branch that is nearly 40' up; radials are all 1/4 wave #14 copper,
sloping. Yeah, kinda ugly, but cheap and seemingly effective. I did
manage to work Kerguelen Island (FT5XO, over 11,000 miles away) with it, using 100 watts on CW!
