look at it at google earth and count my neighbours and noisemakeing industry :-)
The blue line shows the border of my property
Tower is 3 sektion motorized crank up tower with 20m height.
On top is a Optibeam 17-4 17 element 4-bander ( 3element on 40m, 4 el on 20m, 4el on 15m and 6 el on 10m )with 11,8m Boom 100kg
and a 9el 2m Yagi DK7ZB style.
I worked on 2m: OZ, LA, PA, G, GW, EI, GM , F, OE, HB9, OK, OM, ON, SP
( and S5 via Aurora)
160m is covered with the 24m tower, with omega feed system.
There is galvanized fence under the tower. Let's say 20m by 35m.
I have to add longer radials, I know.
I am working on a 80m 4 square for many years and still have not finished.
One reason is the lack of time, the other is that I can not build it fullsize and have to find the best
solution or let's say compromise. The property boarder to east does not allow any radials in that direction.
So I don't know what will happen with the radiation pattern if that area is missing.
I think I can only work with elevated radials and now only have to decide how many and in which directions they run.
Or let's say if the element are more like a folded dipole or similar to that.
Please have a look on the drawing and the property and help me to decide what might be
"the best" solution for me.
To have it symetricaly I can only run one radial towards the center of the array.
Under the system is galvanized wire fence, which will help a little. But how much ?
Version 1 with toploaded verticals (left picture):
I may use 6m alloy poles with 9m fishing rods mounted on top to.
The lower point of the alloy tube is at about 3m.
Version 2 with C-Style dipoles (right picture):
So I can connect my coax where the fishing rod and alloy tube meet. Coax center goes a wire up the fishing rod and then
"inverted L-Style" up to the tower. The coax braid is connected on the upper alloy tube , goes down that and then to a T-style connected
wire which is horizontal above the earth.
Your comments on that are very welcome.
