I have two Mor-Gain 80/40 antennas I have up as mostly vertical dipoles. I
need to get the one that I call my NE vertical up a few more feet. Its
vertical to the coax feed point then slopes at 50 degrees to the ENE. I
originally put this one up in 2000 and was the first one through to D68C
when he called for USA 4's on 75.
This worked so well I found another Mor-gain 80/40 that I put up 60 feet
away with a slight slope of the bottom half to the dipole. I have worked YB
and JA along with VK and ZL on this antenna. One day I will make sure they
are exactly the same length and phase them so I can end fire or broadside.
Even without phasing they seem to react with each other
to give me a slight gain in the direction of the fed vertical. I have
checked this twice with my trusty IC Industries FS meter.
I plan on re-installing my Spi-Ro 160 dipole as either a K8UR/W9LT vertical
or a dipole L. The dipole L with the flat top pointed toward the SE put a
great signal into PY and LU. The VP8 Dxpedition said I was loud in the
Falklands.
Vertical or even sloping dipoles are the easy way to get out a good low
angle for DX. On the low bands an inverted V unless you can get it up over
100 feet is a skywave radiator.
73 Dave K4JRB
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