While I perceive it as over the top decadent, he is redistributing his
wealth voluntarily and enjoying how he is doing it. So, I applaud his
injection of $250,000 or more into an economy that badly needs it!

Yes, one of my areas of my Ph.D. is economics! <Smile>

Ron, K8HSY



-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Pat Byrne
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2014 6:01 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Helping with design of a super station

That would be quite an operation but part of me thinks it would get old
pretty fast.  There is something about my 100 watts, wire antenna and little
more.  And busting my ass for that hard to find one.  There just wouldn't be
any hard ones to find or catch.  But it would be a hell of a lot of fun.
Pat, K9JAUAt 05:43 PM 5/30/2014, you wrote:
>What is neat about Stan's station is that it is not intended to be a 
>contest station.  It is just a humongous single op station.  I predict 
>that before all is said and done, he will have a half million bucks in it.
>
>73
>
>
>Alan R. Downing
>Phoenix, AZ
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: For blind ham radio operators 
>[mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>On Behalf Of Colin McDonald
>Sent: Friday, May 30, 2014 3:36 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Helping with design of a super station
>
>and since you can't take it with you, one might as well have fun while 
>one can!
>sounds similar to a couple super stations we have up in these 
>parts...one consisting of 15 towers ranging in height from 100 feet to 
>220 feet and many
>
>prop pitch rotators, ring roters, many stacked arrays, thousands and 
>thousands of feet of hard line...then there is the station which has 
>something like 15 operating stations with each having it's own legal 
>limit amplifier on every band...he has a computer controled antenna 
>switching system so any station can use any antenna or combinations of 
>any antennas...included is a phased vertical array on 80 and a 4 
>element 80M yaggie at 200 feet...though that one is down for the 
>moment.it is primarily a contest station, but he does have his own 
>shack in a separate building that has access to all the antennas via the
computer control system.
>He owns a crane to perform antenna work.  He is also the designer and 
>seller
>
>of the alfa spid rotator series.
>all one guy too not a club and completely self financed.  Like i said, 
>might
>
>as well have fun when you can since you can't take it with you
>
>73
>Colin, V A6BKX
>
>--------------------------------------------------
>From: "Alan R. Downing" <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Friday, May 30, 2014 4:13 PM
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Helping with design of a super station
>
> > Good afternoon all,
> >
> >
> >
> > A good friend of mine who currently lives in Hawaii will be moving 
> > to a farm that he just bought in northern Florida.  The whole 
> > purpose for buying the farm is to assemble a world class station.  I 
> > am working with him on the design of the station, and the purchase 
> > of all of the equipment.  He will be
> > putting up 6 towers, 3 of which will be 200 feet tall.   The shortest
> > tower
> > will be 106 feet tall, and will hold a SteppIr DB42.  Stan will end 
> > up with a stack of 4 over 4 over 4 on 40 meters, and 6 over 6 over 6 
> > on 20.  All of the other bands, except 80 meters, will have 2 
> > stacked yagis at various heights.  The baddest antenna of the bunch 
> > will be a full size 3 element
> > 80
> > meter yagi, at about 150 feet.  As you can imagine, the station will 
> > require the largest rotors made.  He has just purchased 3 prop pitch 
> > rotors costing
> > $5000 each.  The system will also use large ring rotors for the 
> > lower antennas in a given stack.  He estimates that the entire tower 
> > and antenna system will cost him over $250,000, including about 
> > 2,000 feet of hard line.
> > The runs from his shack to the towers will use inch and 5/8 Andrew 
> > hard line.  In addition to the tower runs, he will need another 
> > thousand feet of
> > 7/8 inch hard line.  I have to say it has been an absolute blast to 
> > help with the design of the station.  We hope to have the station 
> > pretty well up and running by the end of next year.  When asked what 
> > Stan was going to grow on his farm, he replied lots of aluminum and 
> > steel, Hi.
> >
> >
> >
> > 73
> >
> > Alan/KD7GC
> >
> >
> >
> >