Hi;
Was this self supporting or did you need some ropes to hold things up.  I think that although you will find verticals that work on 80 meters their performance on that band is less than astounding.  If you could get an r8 or a gap titon on that pipe you should have reasonable success.  No personal experience with the gap but the cushcraft is generally resinant if assembled using the dimentions in the manual.   The only band that was at all fussy was 40 meters.  How did you get the thing up on that pipe?  I had a five foot tripod and local hams had a tough time getting it vertical and up on the tripod.
I will be interested in what you eventually decide on.
Richard


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From: Rick <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Sunday, Nov 13, 2011 06:50:46 PM
Subject: Re: Antenna questions.

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> I drove a heavy duty piece of pipe into the ground and mounted the R7 on it 
> with the feed point about 8 feet off the ground.
> Then I grounded it to a chain link fence that runs north and south for about 
> half a block.
> Thanks again and 7 3.
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> From: "richard fiorello" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2011 4:02 PM
> Subject: Re: Antenna questions.
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> > Hi;
> > I would fix the r7 or beter yet get an r8.  I really loved my r8.  True no 
> > 80 meters but 40 meters has a much beter swr.  The thing is the thing just 
> > wouldn't stay up.  Something like a dxcc or dxdd would work but you need 
> > arount 85 feet or so and your landlord has to go along with a wire up 
> > there.  How did you mount the r7?   Were you able to put a tripod on the 
> > roof?
> > Richard
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Rick <[log in to unmask]>
> > To:  [log in to unmask]
> > Date: Sunday, Nov 13, 2011 12:19:13 PM
> > Subject: Antenna questions.
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi list.
> >> I'm having problems with my R7, instead of trying to fix it I want to
> >> replace it with something that will work on 80 meters.
> >> I would like some ideas as what kind of ground mounted verticals to look 
> >> at.
> >> I don't have room to run radials and the land lord won't let me put 
> >> anything
> >> on the house.
> >> Also I would like to put a wire antenna in the attic.
> >> I'd like it to cover as many bands as possible.
> >> Any suggestions as to what to look at would be appreciated.
> >> What kind of insulators would I need, and how far away from the wood 
> >> should
> >> I keep the wire?
> >> Thanks in advance, and 7 3.