What Can I Build With ...

[N2CHX]

Well once it goes up, it doesn't come back down except for catastrophic failure. I've considered using a pulley system at 4 points to raise and lower it. That would mean counter weights at each of the 4 points.

I always make my antenna's so they can come down and go back up easily. You have some pretty interesting stuff to work with. Might I suggest an end-fed Zepp? Good performing antenna and it seems it would maybe alleviate your not having the room to put up a proper inverted L. It seems you already have all the ingredients you need to build one and it might work out quite nicely for you as long as you have a good ground to work with. You will also need a balun or a tuner with a balanced output. Design it for the band you use most and it should also tune and work well on other bands.


I once built an end-fed Zepp to get an AM station back on the air after a tower failure. It worked quite well.

[W2NAP]

I once built an end-fed Zepp to get an AM station back on the air after a tower failure. It worked quite well.

got pics?

[N2CHX]

got pics?

Somewhere on a disk, yes. This was about eight years ago. I have video of the tower coming down too. Somewhere.

[W2NAP]

Somewhere on a disk, yes. This was about eight years ago. I have video of the tower coming down too. Somewhere.

tower coming down. that should be on youtube!

[N2CHX]

tower coming down. that should be on youtube!

It was recorded on VHS-C. I could dub it into an mpeg but I'd have to dig up the tape first.