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The station has 2 verticals. The West tower is a shunt fed 160 meters vertical. There is a ¼λvertical for 80 meters. Both antennas use elevated radials.Click on any picture to view a larger image or use the Slide Show link below to view all pictures in a separate window

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160 Meter Shunt vertical feed and tuner box on West tower. The 50 ft shunt wire can be seen below the bottom yagi on the left side of the tower
The tuner uses 2 vacuum caps for covering the band One of the capacitors is driven by a small 12 volt motor for QSYing.
The 160M shunt vertical control box is the little box on the table with the up/down red buttons. This diagram shows the 160M tuner and shunt wire.
A view of the 80M vertical from the East Tower The feedline and mounting hardware for the 80M vertical.
The 80M vertical is elevated about 10 feet. It is a full 1/4 wave.    
 

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This page was last updated 08/31/06