I wish I had that kind of cash around here. I seriously need to replace some coax.

-eric
n7zzt

On May 30, 2014, at 6:09 PM, Alan R. Downing wrote:

> Stan has of course invited me stay with him and his wife at the farm when
> the station is on the air, but right now, helping with the design and
> procurement of equipment is great fun.  Just today, we managed to buy 1200
> feet of inch and 5/8 Andrew hard line, plus several dozen connectors for it.
> There is still much preparation to do.
> 
> 73
> 
> 
> Alan R. Downing
> Phoenix, AZ
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Pat Byrne
> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2014 4:01 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
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>