Hi Bob:
Yes, a vertical should be mounted at the level of the ground in my thinking.
I have mine mounted that and I have worked the world.
Yes, a beam would be better, but I have no place for a tower.
I have 500 feet of wire just laying in the grass of the yard and they cannot
even be seen.
The radialsare of all different lengths, and again, it works great!
It is a Butternut vertical for 9 bands to which I have added a 160 MTR coil
to work 10 bands.
I run as much as one KW of power when necessary.
If you have more questions, just email me.
73
Lowell W8QIY
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Humbert" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2005 10:41 AM
Subject: Re: why not


> Yes, it definitely is.  but at least the tumor isn't cancerous yet as far
as
> they can tell but they say that there is a 95% chance of it becoming so
and
> it is very large.
>
> I live near San Bernardino California Which is at the foot of the
mountains
> and the edge of the desert.  The 8,000 foot high mountain is like a
> porcupine of repeater antennas which is good for UHF and VHF but not for
HF.
> The amount of traffic is beginning to pick up on 2 meters, 440, and 220
now
> that the FBI and the FCC finally jailed that nut who spent all of his time
> jamming repeaters;ham, business, and even police.  This is earth quake
> country and when the big one comes, and it surely will, I think HF is
going
> to be the only way to communicate with the rest of the world.  cell phone
> repeaters other repeaters and power lines will surely go.  I'll have lots
of
> large storage batteries at my disposal and by running the minimum power
> required to get help I should be able to do just fine if I can get out at
> all.
>
> Echo link should work just fine for me. I am registered, have the right
> computer equipment, and all of the necessary licenses but apparently the
> fire wall is messing me up or my ISP.  Sooner or later I'll find someone
who
> is willing to come here and spend an hour or so with me to get me started.
>
> I didn't get an answer to one of my questions though.  Why won't the
copper
> water pipe under my slap foundation serve as a ground plane and is it true
> that a  vertical  antenna mounted right at ground level will work well.
> That would be the best solution because it would be the strongest and
least
> likely to go down when the big one comes.  Thanks again
>
> Bob KG6YAA
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2005 6:55 AM
> Subject: Re: why not
>
>
> > Good luck sounds like a nasty surgery.  No idea about where you live,
> > but antenna supports come in many forms.  Telephone poles, trees,
> > buildings, poles tied along side fence posts, clothes line poles,
> > etc.  Different parts of the country cause different problems.  You
> > might try skype, since that is not radio license dependant.