Antennas

The antennas are supported by 135' of Rohn 55G, and include monobanders for 40, 30, and 20m and wires for 80 and 160m. As it turns out, the 40m yagi radiates on 17-10m to fill out the bands.

Note: The vertical antennas are for a Motorola Canopy internet access point owned by Partnership Wireless. This provides T-1 speed to the shack.

160		Array of four sloping dipoles
80		Vertical dipole sloping about 30 degrees
40	151'	M2 40M3L Monobander (3 shortened elements on 30' boom)
30	144'	Cal Av 2D-30A (2-driven-element array-full sized)
20	136'	5el on 43' boom (K5IU design)
17	151'	40m yagi with antenna tuner (not bad)
15	151'	40m yagi with antenna tuner (not bad)
12	151'	40m yagi with antenna tuner (pretty poor)
10	151'	40m yagi with antenna tuner (marginal)

Click here for a design drawing of the tower installation

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