80M Vertical Straightening

Now Straighter 80M Vertical on the roof of D8

I met with Albert (KD6NSG) this morning on the top of D8 and we went over the antennas that we have there. We saw that the 80M vertical had drooped over quite a bit, and we were able to straighten it up a bit with an adjustment of the guy lines. It does look like there is a kink in it, but it should be better now. It may have also lost one of the rods in the top hat too.

We confirmed that in addition to the above, we have our big beam antenna, plus what looks like a EME setup. It is not hooked up anymore, but it has two long yagis on a Az/El mount and a third Bi Polarized yagi connected to the AZ portion. This may be able to be restored to service in the future.

There is another vertical that seems to be in good service, but the radials should be sorted out better. Based on the height, I suspect it is a 6 or 10M vertical.

73,

Kirk KK6KC

One thought on “80M Vertical Straightening”

  1. Very cool guys, didn’t know about the issue, glad you fixed it. Bob

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