K7PEH Antenna Page

(Last Update: Tuesday, February 21, 2006)

Currently I operate with three antennas:

  • Traffie Technology Hex Beam 5-Bander (20,17,15,12,10) at 36 feet.
  • 80-meter Dipole (Doublet) at 55 feet.
  • VFH/UHF (2-meter/70-cm) dual-band J-Pole at 25 feet.

The photo to the right shows the Hex Beam just after my son-in-law Brian (pictured) and I installed it on the roof of the house. The hex beam is on a 10 foot mast with a heavy-duty TV style rotor. The base of the hex beam is about 36 feet above ground.

The 80 meter dipole does not show but it stretches from the cedar tree seen at the left of the photo and then back to the trees that can be seen in the background. Average height is about 60 feet as it goes over the house then 55 feet across the back yard and then around 60 feet again. This antenna is center fed with 450-ohm ladder line (actually, window ladder line).

The VHF/UHF antenna is now shown but it sits on top of a 10-foot mast on the right end of the house and it is fed by about 70 feet of low-loss coaxial cable.

Installing the Hex Beam

 

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