Central Vermont (my QTH) has just about the worst conductivity soil in the
US. Glacial till on top of Granite. One of the USs largest and oldest
Granite mines is only 5 miles from my QTH and is visible across the valley
when I am on the tower. Having lived in W5 (Houston area), I know how
wonde
Information on the K2AV elevated Folded CounterPoise can be found at:
https://www.okdxf.eu/files/Olinger_FCP_article_as_published_in_NCJ.pdf
73,
Marsh, KA5M
-Original Message-
From: Topband [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Mike
Waters
Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2017 2:2
Sorry guys I know this is top band reflector , but ,. you are used to dealing
with people with very compromised antenna situations...
here is my problem...
I want to get on the air , live/rent in a double ( i freaking hate it ,
situation is what it is for now) in a neighborhood , I can probably g
Hi John,
For your ground system, more of the same wouldn't hurt.
You may want to look into the K2AV elevated folded counterpoise. I don't
know where to find that information anymore, but I suggest searching the
the Topband archives.
73, Mike
www.w0btu.com
On Sun, Aug 20, 2017 at 12:52 PM, John
Hi Mark. I wonder where specifically you're relocating to. Three years
ago I moved from Harnett County, NC, up here to Ashe county, near West
Jefferson. The soil here is not at all what I expected. Except for
mountain tops, just about everything else is what I've seen described as
"clay loa
Hi all, This is my 1st post here, so please bear with me. I have always wanted
to do 160m DX but have a small back yard 35ft square and although I have
planning permission to erect a mast, we hope to move to be closer to my son's
university soon. That's another story, but I am rebuilding an inve
