<div dir="ltr">Another option might be to mount 4 short masts on each corner of the building to get you about 10' above the highest point on the roof then use a magnetic loop antenna. <div><br></div><div>Given the lot layout, with anything that we do, that metal building is going to do perverted things to the radiation pattern.</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 5:08 PM, Bruce Campbell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:phillybruce@gmail.com" target="_blank">phillybruce@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Depends on how much you want to hold up. <div><br></div><div>I was thinking about how we could make one by filling a pipe sureded plastic and an epoxy. I am not a civil engineer though. </div></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 4:57 PM, Jake Polatty <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ki4btj@gmail.com" target="_blank">ki4btj@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Do we want to put the tower on the grant proposal list?<div><br></div><div>$100 would help cover the cost of materials.</div><span><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>-Jake</div></font></span><div><div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 4:55 PM, Jake Polatty <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ki4btj@gmail.com" target="_blank">ki4btj@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">200 feet would be nice, but unrealistic.<div><br></div><div>High enough that we can get above the shop. Above the overpass would be nice.</div><div><br></div><div>50 feet would be a good start. We can calculate and go from there.</div><span><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>-Jake</div></font></span><div><div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 4:49 PM, Jeff Cotten <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:omegix@gmail.com" target="_blank">omegix@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><br></div>Good to know! <br><br></div>If I start pricing out a mast for the makeshop, what height should I be looking for?<br></div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 7:07 PM, Bruce Campbell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:phillybruce@gmail.com" target="_blank">phillybruce@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">OK Im getting emails from the list now. The rig that I looked at came from closet behind the kitchen. <div><br></div><div>I have been thinking about the tower as well. To erect it will involve building a base and pouring a concrete footing. It is also only about 50'. That will put you barely above the trees. I am thinking that it may be best to hold on to the tower until you actually have a need. That way you can make decisions base on what you need at the time and look some for extra sections to extend it up higher.</div><div><br></div><div>In the meantime you will need a wire antenna for HF and a uhf/vhf antenna. All you need for that is a mast. Secure the it on the ground and at the roof line against the building.</div><div><br></div><div>You may also think about where you want the shack to be. </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><span>On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 2:52 PM, Jeff Cotten <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:omegix@gmail.com" target="_blank">omegix@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span><div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">FYI From Bruce: <br><br><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">Went by today. I took my dummy load and used the shop power meter to look at that HF rig. It has a tube final and I didn't want to drive it two hard without knowing the radios history but I got 50 W out out of it. I don't know how clean the signal was but it was drifting on the readout quite a bit. Receive seems to have a problem. Also, being an old radio, it may not be a good option for new hams first experiences even if we can fix it.</div><br></div><br></div>
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