This sounds like to much fun. I am going to build one. I think I have
everything except the wire. I can't resist. It's just to crude to be true,
and here we go.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2012 5:28 PM
Subject: Re: A SHORT VERTICAL FOR THE TOP BAND
> Correct.
>
> Phil.
> K0NX
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gerry Learry" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2012 4:43 PM
> Subject: Re: A SHORT VERTICAL FOR THE TOP BAND
>
>
>> So each element was drilled in 2 places so that it was held on by the
>> Clamp
>> bolts?
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2012 1:11 PM
>> Subject: Re: A SHORT VERTICAL FOR THE TOP BAND
>>
>>
>>> Gerry,
>>>
>>> The X atop the capacity hat was created by using simple u clamps. I
>>> drilled
>>> them originally to clamp around a boom from a 6 meter beam. So they
>>> were
>>> centered and I clamped on right above the other but at right angles so
>>> it
>>> looked more like a wide spaced X.
>>>
>>> Phil.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Gerry Learry" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2012 4:55 AM
>>> Subject: Re: A SHORT VERTICAL FOR THE TOP BAND
>>>
>>>
>>>> So how did you attach the horizontal elements to the tube? Did you
>>>> drill
>>>> through the tube at 2 apposing angles? Did you flatten the center of
>>>> the
>>>> two elements and screw them together? The rest is easy for me to
>>>> understand.
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2012 8:47 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: A SHORT VERTICAL FOR THE TOP BAND
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Gerry,
>>>>>
>>>>> I was flying blind, sort of speak, by the seat of my pants, building
>>>>> this
>>>>> vertical and pieced together things I had picked up discussing
>>>>> antennas
>>>>> with
>>>>> other hams so don't feel bad about not getting how it was assembled.
>>>>> I
>>>>> made
>>>>> the vertical antenna in two pieces in order to climb up to the roof on
>>>>> my
>>>>> tower bolted to the back of the house. The antenna was bolted to the
>>>>> other
>>>>> end of the roof so I could get right to it as needed for fine tuning.
>>>>> Right
>>>>> about roof level, the first section stuck up, therefore about a foot
>>>>> or
>>>>> two
>>>>> over the peak of the roof. The second section of antenna was made up
>>>>> of
>>>>> three parts. Two pieces of tubing, one short and one longer, and
>>>>> between
>>>>> the two was a coil form with wire wrapped around it. It was insulated
>>>>> wire
>>>>> and I used about three feet of PVC tubing as my coil form. The longer
>>>>> piece
>>>>> of tubing that served as the bottom of the assembly, I think it was 7
>>>>> feet
>>>>> of aluminum tubing, I stuck up inside the bottom of the PVC pipe the
>>>>> wire
>>>>> was wound around, or coiled, around. It was wrapped closely, like a
>>>>> bull
>>>>> constrictor snake, because the wire, as I mentioned, was insulated and
>>>>> I
>>>>> was
>>>>> only running 100 watts. So that insured there would be no arking when
>>>>> transmitting. If you run higher levels of power, it is best to use
>>>>> coax,
>>>>> the heavier the better, based upon the power, because the voltage is
>>>>> very
>>>>> high on the coil when transmitting. Next, I took another 3 foot
>>>>> length
>>>>> of
>>>>> aluminum tubing and stuck it inside the top of the pvc pipe. The pvc
>>>>> pipe
>>>>> was big enough so I could drill into the tubing and the pvc pipe to
>>>>> hold
>>>>> the
>>>>> bottom tubing and the top tubing to the pipe or coil of wire. This is
>>>>> all
>>>>> vertical so far. The signal, therefore, had to pass through the coil
>>>>> before
>>>>> getting above the pvc pipe to the top hat, which was the difference
>>>>> between
>>>>> 32 and about 130 feet; which is a quarter wave on 160 meters. About
>>>>> 98
>>>>> feet
>>>>> of coil wire in other words. The horizontal part of the top hat is
>>>>> also
>>>>> aluminum tubing whereby I used simple hardware clamps to clamp them in
>>>>> the
>>>>> shape of the letter X at the top of everything, that is, at the very
>>>>> tip
>>>>> of
>>>>> the tubing. The reason I made the whole top assembly separate, was so
>>>>> I
>>>>> could climb the roof, walk over to the vertical clamped to the end of
>>>>> the
>>>>> peak of the roof, and loosen another clamp which held the whole top
>>>>> assembly
>>>>> in place. Once I put the X on top, I didn't have to raise or lower
>>>>> the
>>>>> top
>>>>> assembly more than once or twice to get the antenna to resonate where
>>>>> I
>>>>> wanted it in the CW portion of 160 meters. It was fun making it, I
>>>>> learned
>>>>> a lot, and from that time on, when I put up a bigger tower that same
>>>>> year
>>>>> but in this house we bought that year, I really got into all kinds of
>>>>> wires
>>>>> and loops and shunt feeding my tower, and trying phased verticals and
>>>>> wire
>>>>> antennas.
>>>>>
>>>>> Phil.
>>>>> K0NX
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "Gerry Learry" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2012 7:53 PM
>>>>> Subject: Re: A SHORT VERTICAL FOR THE TOP BAND
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>I don't understand how it is assembled or connected to the top of the
>>>>>> antenna. I understand that the two elements are in a X pattern and
>>>>>> they
>>>>>> are
>>>>>> both horizontal, but I don't understand the mechanics.
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>> From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2012 1:50 PM
>>>>>> Subject: Re: A SHORT VERTICAL FOR THE TOP BAND
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Gerry,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What specifically were you asking about as far as the capacity hat
>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>> concerned?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Phil.
>>>>>>> K0NX
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>> From: "Gerry Learry" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2012 3:39 AM
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: A SHORT VERTICAL FOR THE TOP BAND
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Can you describe the construction of the top hat a little more?
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>
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