W8IO roof tower

W8IO Rooftowers LLC - How to Select a Ham Radio Roof Tower

(updated 25 Sep 2016)



Choose what antenna(s) you want on your W8IO Rooftower:

In order to choose the appropriate roof tower,  you need to determine what antenna(s) are going on top. Below is a matrix that shows which W8IO Rooftower best fits the popular Amateur HF antennas. If a box is marked "X" then only that particular HF beam will fit on top of the tower.  If a box has a "-", then that beam can not be used with that tower. If a box is marked with "O", then a small VHF or UHF omni antenna can mount directly above the HF beam.  If a box is marked with a "B", then a small or moderate VHF or UHF beam may mount above the HF beam.

HF Beam
Make/Model
Beam Wind Area
Sq. Ft.
815HD 810HD 810 610 45 45LT
15 sq. ft. 12 sq. ft. 10 sq.ft. 10 sq.ft. 10 sq.ft. 7 sq.ft.
HEX BEAMS
Radiowavz Sentinal Barrett (160-10) <12 B X - - - -
Radiowavz Sentinal Barrett (40-10) <12 B X - - - -
Radiowavz 6 band, 4 band, 20m single band <4 B B B B B B
K4KIO Hex Beam (20-6) 5.1 B B B B B O
DXE-HEXX-5TAP-2 5.05 B B B B B O
SP7IDX Hexbeam Mark II HD ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
HY-GAIN
TH3JR 3.35 B B B B B B
TH3MK4 4.6 B B B B B B
Explorer-14 7.5 B B O O O -
TH5MK2 7.4 B B O O O -
TH7DX 9.4 B B X X X -
TH11DX 12.5 O - - - - -
153BA 3.0 B B B B B B
155CA 5.2 B B B B B O
203BA 5.38 B B B B B O
204BA 7.27 B B O O O -
DB1217 6.7 B B B B B X
MOSELY
CL-33-M 6.0 B B B B B X
CL-33-MWARC 7.0 B B B B B X
CL-36-M 10.7 B B - - - -
CL-39-M 16.05 - - - - - -
PRO-57-B 11.0 B X - - - -
PRO-57-B 40 11.3 B X - - - -
PRO-67-B 11.6 B X - - - -
PRO-67-C 12.1 B - - - - -
S-33 10 B O X X X -
MP-33 4.7 B B B B B B
MP-33-WARC 5.4 B B B B B O
TA-32-M 3.7 B B B B B B
TA-33-M 5.7 B B B B B O
TA-33-M WARC 6.7 B B B B B X
TA-34-XL 6.9 B B B B B X
TA-34-XL WARC 7.7 B B O O O -
TA-53-M 6.7 B B B B B X
TA-63-N 6.9 B B B B B X
TA-54-XL 8.7 B B O O O -
TA-54-XL-6 8.8 B B O O O -
CUSHCRAFT
A3S 4.36 B B B B B B
MA5B 3.22 B B B B B B
XM240 5.5 B B B B B O
A4S 5.5 B B B B B O
X7 7.9 B B O O O -
A3WS 4.1 B B B B B B
ASL2010 10.1 B O X X X -
TEN3 2.24 B B B B B B
M2
KT34M2 4.5 B B B B B B
KT36XA 9.75 B B X X X -
10-30LP8 12.5 B - - - - -
40M2L 6.6 B B B B B X
40M3L 9.5 B B X X X -
20M4DX 6.9 B B B B B X
20M5LD 10.0 B B X X X -
20M5 10.5 B B - - - -
More beams will be added soon!


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