Alan,

What will he use for radios?

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan R. Downing" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2014 18:43
Subject: Re: Helping with design of a super station


> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>