In July 2018, the K8CX Antenna Farm got revised!
KI4TZ was the tower guy, K4ZA and K8CX were ground crew!
We ended up with:
Tower #1
7 elements 6 meter beam at 90'
Skyhawk tribander at 80'
Tower #2
2 element 40 meter beam at 140'
5 element OWA 20 meter beam at 130' with 1.3/1 and lower swr
across entire 20 meter band
80 meter OWA sloper at 130' with 1.6/1 and lower swr from 3.500
to 3.800 Mhz
30 meter sloper at 130'
160 meter quarter wave vertical at 130' with 120 quarter wave
ground radials.
Heliax hardline was used on all
4 beams to reduce loss.
Yaesu G-2000SDX antenna rotators were installed inside both
towers with thrust bearings on top of both towers.
Phillystran cable was used on the top guys of tower #1 and all 4
guy positions on tower #2.
5 element 20 meter beam on the ground.
5 element 20 meter beam getting ready to go up.
2 element 40 meter beam on its way up.
2 element 40 meter beam being trammed to top of tower.
40 meter beam being installed on top of tower.
View of 40 and 20 meter beams on tower #2, top antenna being at
140'.
Another view of tower #2, Rohn 45 with 4 philystran guy points.
Tower #2 through telephoto lens.
Tower #2 completed. The 40 meter beam was rotated 90 degrees to
eliminate interaction between the 2 antennas.
7 element 6 meter beam being trammed to 90' on tower #1.
7 element 6 meter beam going to 90'.
Skyhawk tribander being trammed to 80'.
Skyhawk tribander on its way up.
View of tower #1, 7 elements on 6 meters at 90', Skyhawk at 80'.
Another view of tower #1, an aluminum Heights tower tapering from
26", 22", 18".
View of both towers after completed.
K8CX Photos