[Antennas] Re: Antennas Digest, Vol 38, Issue 13

Thu Mar 29 09:25:30 EST 2007

> Date: 2007年3月29日 20:09:26 -0400
> From: "Hart" <hartengel at sympatico.ca>
> Subject: [Antennas] Re: antenna replacement
>> Here's my current situation.
> A friend of mine who has a Alpha Delta antenna on the roof of his apartment
> building had it taken down due to the roofers working on the roof. Now that
> the antenna must be put back up. I was wondering is there any other better
> antenna than the Alpha Delta that will handle 10 to 80 m bands and is no
> longer than 80 feet long? Or should I just leave it? Of course this will not
> take place until next weekend. So I thought in the meantime to put this
> question on the reflector.
>> The other question is. If there is no other antenna better to replace the
> Alpha Delta. What should I be looking for in terms of damage on this current
> antenna. The antenna has been on the roof for about 10 years and this is the
> first time it has been examined since it was put up. I can say for sure that
> before the roofers took the antenna down it was in good working order.
>> I personally will be one of the people helping putting the antenna back up.
> I will also have antenna analyzer with me.
> Any suggestions or comments are greatly appreciated.
>> 73's Hart va3kis
>>Hart,
Check Hy Power antennas. They are hard to beat for limited space antennas.
I just put up one of their 160-80-40 that's 110' long and it works
great. I can load all bands from 160 thru 10 meters with an LDG AT-100
Pro auto tuner. If you can, get a longer one and just bend the ends to
fit. Mine is up in a Z pattern to fit my 90' lot.
Excellent service from them also. Check their reviews on eHam.com.
http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/1420
See the antennas at:
http://www.angelfire.com/electronic/hypower/webdoc1.html
73,
Don, NN8B
SKCC 36C
Morse Traditionalist;
Proud to Preserve the Code