Hi Jerry
Well, I have one tree. It is about 80-90 feet high. Right now I have an 80
meter inverted V and a 160 meter inverted L hanging on it. I have some
other shorter trees, 40-50 feet, around here that I could hang a dipole in,
but that's really not all that high on 40. 73
Tom W7WHY
>If you have an 80 ft tower I can think of many better antennas to >put on
it.
>
> If you have an 80 ft tree, you could put up a half wave sloping dipole
> that would beat a vertical in some directions. If you have two 80 ft
> trees, you could put up a horizontal dipole that would beat the half
> sloper and the vertical.
>
> Jerry, K4SAV
>
> Tom Osborne wrote:
>
>>Hi all
>>
>>I have a 40 meter vertical with a bunch (50 or 60) radials. I also have
>>been thinking of putting up a 40 meter vertical dipole. Is there any
>>advantage to either or antenna. Which works best for long haul contacts?
>>Thanks and 73
>>Tom
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