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Just ordered myself a NV4K yesterday. Gonna give one a shot here!! I think if I get the feedpoint to about 30ft. I'll be okay. That will place tip at 57ft. Give or take. Should be high enough to get my signal out a bit. Any wise words from you gents as to any mods needed? Is the cutting slits and hose clamp mod worth the effort? If so I'll be doing this before placing new antenna up. It is almost 4ft shorter than the original 31ft. 8480mm vs 9540mm or so the older was. 8480mm= 27.82ft. Vs. The 9540mm which equals about 31.29ft. So antenna should be a bit stiffer. I'll have to look it over when I get it. Again, any advice as to mounting and mods to strengthen antenna are all appreciated. It's not going in a high wind area per say, although we get our share of bad weather, my antenna will have some trees that help block a lot of wind. So I al hoping this will not be an issue. I've also read to guy off the top sections with a couple runs of Dacron rope. Idk, so I am asking. Thx for any responses and look forward to getting a vertical back up soon!! The A99 (dummy load) wasn't cutting it!!! And it was bought as a gift and I got to choose which one I wanted so I hope I chose correctly.

<blockquote data-quote="222DBFL" data-source="post: 533591" data-attributes="member: 36544"><p>Just ordered myself a NV4K yesterday.&nbsp; Gonna give one a shot here!!&nbsp;&nbsp; I think if I get the feedpoint to about 30ft. I&#039;ll be okay.&nbsp; That will place tip at 57ft. Give or take.&nbsp; Should be high enough to get my signal out a bit.&nbsp; Any wise words from you gents as to any mods needed?&nbsp; Is the cutting slits and hose clamp mod worth the effort?&nbsp; If so I&#039;ll be doing this before placing new antenna up.&nbsp; It is almost 4ft shorter than the original 31ft.&nbsp; 8480mm vs 9540mm or so the older was.&nbsp; 8480mm= 27.82ft.&nbsp; Vs. The 9540mm which equals about 31.29ft.&nbsp; So antenna should be a bit stiffer.&nbsp; I&#039;ll have to look it over when I get it.&nbsp; Again, any advice as to mounting and mods to strengthen antenna are all appreciated. It&#039;s not going in a high wind area per say, although we get our share of bad weather, my antenna will have some trees that help block a lot of wind.&nbsp; So I al hoping this will not be an issue.&nbsp; I&#039;ve also read to guy off the top sections with a couple runs of Dacron rope.&nbsp; Idk, so I am asking.&nbsp; Thx for any responses and look forward to getting a vertical back up soon!!&nbsp; The A99 (dummy load) wasn&#039;t cutting it!!!&nbsp; And it was bought as a gift and I got to choose which one I wanted so I hope I chose correctly.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="222DBFL, post: 533591, member: 36544"] Just ordered myself a NV4K yesterday. Gonna give one a shot here!! I think if I get the feedpoint to about 30ft. I'll be okay. That will place tip at 57ft. Give or take. Should be high enough to get my signal out a bit. Any wise words from you gents as to any mods needed? Is the cutting slits and hose clamp mod worth the effort? If so I'll be doing this before placing new antenna up. It is almost 4ft shorter than the original 31ft. 8480mm vs 9540mm or so the older was. 8480mm= 27.82ft. Vs. The 9540mm which equals about 31.29ft. So antenna should be a bit stiffer. I'll have to look it over when I get it. Again, any advice as to mounting and mods to strengthen antenna are all appreciated. It's not going in a high wind area per say, although we get our share of bad weather, my antenna will have some trees that help block a lot of wind. So I al hoping this will not be an issue. I've also read to guy off the top sections with a couple runs of Dacron rope. Idk, so I am asking. Thx for any responses and look forward to getting a vertical back up soon!! The A99 (dummy load) wasn't cutting it!!! And it was bought as a gift and I got to choose which one I wanted so I hope I chose correctly. [/QUOTE]

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