[600MRG] Antenna work

[Larry]

WH2XGP has been off the air while modifying the TX vertical. Last night 
was the first test run with the new model. It still needs some "fine 
tuning" and a lot of mechanical work involving the guy lines but it 
seemed to perform OK. WH2XGP will be on and off while I finish up but 
any reports will be appreciated.

For those who asked:

Some background, vertical was initially installed over an abandoned 30 
meter vertical project. That consisted of a pressure treated 4x4 post 
set in concrete and surrounded with 16x 25 foot buried radials. Last 
year the vertical consisted of a 23.5 foot piece of 4 inch irrigation 
tube with loading coil on top of it. Above the coil was a piece of 3" 
tube with top wire of about 150 feet running zig-zag towards one of my 
other towers.

This spring, I buried another 48 radials for a total of 64. The new 
radials ranged from 35 feet to 75 feet in length and filled the 
available area bounded mostly by buried cables running to other 
antennas. (I have about 10 miles of buried wire, coax, and control cable 
in the dirt now!)

This latest modification was a bit more than I could handle (I'm getting 
too old and weak for this crap!) and I wound up with less than I wanted.

What I wound up with (and all I could get up in the air without help):

The base section of 4" tube is now 34 feet. The same coil and 8.5 foot 
3" tube sits on top of that base. The base insulator and pivot has been 
beefed up so that in the future I can base load the whole thing for 
possible 2200 meter work.

The single zig-zag wire has been shortened to about 90 feet and three 
other top wires have been installed. None of the wires droop lower than 
the top loading coil.

Overall height is now 45.3 feet.

Coarse tuning can be easily accomplished by dropping the end of the 
zig-zag wire and changing it's length.

73,

Larry - W7IUV / WH2XGP