Antenna survey

[X-Rated]

Never did.

I spent about 3 years (1999 to 2002) on 6m and 2m SSB, before we moved to the present QTH. Managed to work Europe and Alaska on 6m, and made it out to Kansas City, MO on 2m. I had 5 elements on 6m and 13 elements on 2m.

That's cool. VHF is fun in its own way. You have to have lots more patience with the "DX" than on HF. But I have worked Dominican Republic on 6M. That was fun.

[W5GA]

72' U.S. Towers TX-472 with a Force-12 C-3 about 10 feet above the top of the tower, inverted vee's fed from a common center for 40/80 at the top of the tower. The 80 is used on 30, and as expected it's several db down from a dedicated antenna. Don't have many problems working anything when I'm QRO, although I'm not normally the first one through...but sometimes life is sweet. Some of this last years expeditions I managed to work the first day. I think the high point of the year was working S79RR on 30 and 40 within about 10 minutes of each other. Also worked 3B9SP on 80.

[N8YX]

Left out verticals. I have several for HF and VHF alike, all elevated at the feedpoint.

As soon as I have the space a Pro-96S is going up on one tower, a 7-30MHz log on another and a 6-2-222-432 stack on a third. Maybe mix the VHF/UHF arrays with the HF.

[KB3LAZ]

There is not a proper choice. Three tower mounted vertical antennas (two are VHF one is 10m), four wires (160, 80, 40 and a mutlibander) one triband beam (20, 15, 10), and one 6m beam. Ofc, all of this is in my fathers garage atm for obvious reasons.

Also, you mentioned amps, my setup included an AL-572.

We shall see how things pan out this summer. Maybe Ill be back stateside with enough time to setup a new station.

[VE3FMC]

Current antenna system
Hy Gain TH2-MK3 at 33 feet
Below that beam there is a 40 meter dipole on one side of the tower, a 17 meter dipole on the other side of the tower.

Off my utility/work shop shed I have a 2 element home brewed 12 M yagi at 24 feet. Will add another section of tower this spring which will get the beam up to 30 feet or so.

Another 30 foot tower holds a 3 element yagi at 37 feet for 6 meters. Off the top of the tower an 80 meter dipole is suspended off a support arm.

I also have a 17 meter vertical that is raised 16 feet off the ground. It runs right up the big maple tree in my back yard. Need to repair the ground radials on it, wind storm ripped them off last week.

Also have a dual band vertical and a home brewed 3 element 2 meter yagi (experiment) .

No room for a 160 antenna. Oh I could put up an end fed but it would not have any height, nor do I have the room to lay down the ground radials. So I just skip that band. I had a 30 meter dipole up but very rarely did I operate on that band.

Nothing for 60 meters, VE's can not operate that band yet unless you applied for the special permit which the government deemed was worth $60. NOT!

Amp is an AL-80A but rarely do I use it except when I operate on 75 M phone. Once in awhile I will tune it up on the higher bands to make a DX contact. But most of my operating is on JT65 at the present time.

[N2NH]

Oh, the Techs are going to feel left out of this one...

[K7SGJ]

Now that I think about it, perhaps I should have mentioned that I do in fact have a tower. It currently tops out at about 18 inches above ground level—i.e., horizontal.

Yeah, but it's easy to service the beam; even lthough it's a little tough to rotate.

[NQ6U]

And now I can add yet another one to the antenna farm, a wire Moxon for 15m. Currently at about 38" (1m) AGL because I haven't finished the portable mounting system. This one is mainly for Field Day but I'll probably leave it up until then just to see how well it works.

A Moxon is a good FD choice for my location down here in the lower left corner; rotation is not an issue since I'm not concerned about what's behind me and the broad main lobe will cover most of the US and Canada other than AK, HI and the southernmost tip of FL.

[W7UUU]

My lineup:

160m - 150' wire at 40 feet - tunes up great and works quite well despite being short
80m - OCF (covers other bands as well)
60m - Inverted Vee - Apex at 40'
40m - Inverted Vee - Apex at 40'
30m - Inverted Vee - Apex at 40' - I also run this one on 10 meters
20m - Inverted Vee - Apex at 40' - I also use the OCF on 20m as well
17m - Dipole at 40' flat topped
15m - I use the 40m antenna
10m - Dipole at 20' (works the WORLD even at that height!) - also use the 30m antenna
6m - The OCF works very well on 6m - I also have a 5/8th wave vertical for local FM
2m - 5/8th wave at 20'

I hope to add a Mosley MINI-32AW this spring that will be about 43 feet up

Dave
W7UUU

[W8XLR]

The W8XLR lineup:

Tower #1: 10m, 4 element yagi @ 45' and 14 element 2m yagi @ 35'

Tower #2: 6m, 4 element quad @ 40'

75m cage dipole @ 40', coax fed

60/40/20/15/12 and 10 meter fan dipole @ 40', coax fed

160m full wave loop (bent in hour glass shape) @ 45', fed with 450 ohm ladder line

75m delta loop @ 50' (apex down), fed with 450 ohm ladder line

20m, 1/4 wave vertical, elevated 8' with radials same

17 meter, 1/4 wave vertical mounted on metal chimney with radials laying on roof (works great!)

Going up as soon as weather breaks; 15m 1/4 wave vertical, tripod mounted on garage roof, w/radials laying on roof.

Also, a "Rat Shack" discone mounted on a stand off on tower #1 @ 30'

Funding permitting, I hope to replace the 10m mono-bander on tower #1 this summer with a Cushcraft A-4...

Amps are the SB-220 (fully re-built) and AL-811 (for 160m coverage)