Sheesh .. gotcha Pete .. 20M, on my GAP vertical sitting on roof .. and,
heard you on 40 --- Now, if I can just get and stay healthy enough to get my
dinky tower up and my beam stuck up there for the fone portion of SS !
73 -- Mark AA6DX
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pete Smith" <n4zr@contesting.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 7:42 AM
Subject: [Towertalk] Low dipoles
> At the last minute before SS, I put up a low dipole for 40m at about 30
> feet. It worked great Sunday morning while the sun was up, but for most
of
> the rest of the time my 2-el yagi at 104 feet seemed as good or better,
> even on stations relatively close in. It may be that the dipole was too
> close to my grounded guy wires.
>
> For next year I'm thinking of low dipoles for 40 and 80, a lot further
away
> from the guys. Ideally I'd run them off the same feedline, and fan the
> ends of the 40m dipole a foot or so below the 80m one. Any thoughts on
how
> that will work, and whether I'd be better off making them separate
antennas
> to optimize the height? If so, what height is recommended for 40 and
> 80? Is there a good compromise?
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
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