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
> >
> >
> >
> >