BOOTY 4

[BOOTY MONSTER]

ill be damned if i know . i only run a little 2 pill so power handling is a moot point for me . i'm guessing the weak point power wise is either the mobile stud or the plumbers tape and electrical tape used as a insulator in the gamma . just a wild guess , id say a kilowatt or 2 shouldn't be a problem . the gamma uses 3/8 solid rod and 5/8 .058 wall tube , with a better insulator and a better SO-239 or direct fed id suspect several kilowatts shouldn't be a problem ... maybe even 10k ?????? . i'm purely guessing though .

lemmie see ....... 6 ft truck , 31 ft antenna = 37 ft tall rolling down the road .
ill give it a try this weekend and let you know the results .

im looking forward to getting it up a lil bit to homer .
thanks for the compliments guys

 

[Mr Clean]

Looks nice! Hope it works well for ya.

 

[RustDemon]

I just read all the way through that thread from post one. quite the project you got there. that's quite impressive.

 

[BOOTY MONSTER]

thanks guys .
yea demon , its more of a thread on how NOT to build one for the first several pages .
i finally seem to have a grip on it though changing the bottom L's for the basket elements added a lot of strength and stiffness to them .
and i got the OK from the landlord for my 18 ft tilting mast idea , so this will be up a 1/2 WL in about 2 weeks

 

[HomerBB]

i got the OK from the landlord for my 18 ft tilting mast idea , so this will be up a 1/2 WL in about 2 weeks

Great news, Booty!

 

[Superidgit]

Too bad you could not get up before tomorrow. That way you could test it in a hurricane

 

[BOOTY MONSTER]

yea , but we're only supposed to get 2-4 inches of rain and 40 mph winds . :sad:

NBC 12 here says ....
"I-95 corridor, including metro Richmond: 2-4" rain, with higher amounts east of I-95 and sharply less west of I-95. Winds at 20-40mph with higher gusts possible Saturday afternoon and night. NWS has issued a tropical storm warning for the Richmond Metro since there may be 39+ mph winds late Saturday.

Keep in mind there will be a sharp dropoff in rain totals and wind from East to West."

i'm about 12-13 miles west of 95 near 288 and 360 .....

 

[Superidgit]

Well stay safe none the less.

 

[BOOTY MONSTER]

its up in the air . no coax on it , im beat , my back is aching , ill get it tuned and on the air tomorrow .
i did make a few changes to the antenna , ill post pics of those tomorrow also .

 

[HomerBB]

It's looking good up there, Booty.

 

[BOOTY MONSTER]

heres a grainy one i made of it on youtube .

MVI_0164.AVI sigma 4 - vector 4000 home-brew CB antenna - YouTube

thanks again for the helpful and supportive comments .

 

[Se7en]

MVI_0164.AVI sigma 4 - vector 4000 home-brew CB antenna - YouTube

nice picture cool vid.

 

[sanman]

BM ; FOR THE X FRAME HUB FOR YOUR CONE SECTION, CAN U USE THE SAME PRINCIPLE FROM THE FIBERGLASS HUB FROM THE ADVANTI PDL 2 ? JUST THROWING ITOUT THERE

 

[BOOTY MONSTER]

as long as it's non-conductive and physically strong enough it can be made to work . if you have actual pdl2 hubs i wouldn't modify them .

 

[sanman]

BM EXCELLENT DESIGN !!!!, JUST FOOD FOR THOUGHT. DOES IT WORK BETTER THAN THE V4? IS THIS YOUR FIRST WITH THIS DESIGN MEANING SIG 4 OR V4?