I agree that the 80 foot tower could support a set of 1/4 wave or even half
wave slopers. There have been several good articles over the years on
slopers
including one by 4X4NJ called the 4X array.
K3LR uses 4 of the K8UR/W9LT half wave dipoles with the bottom leg folded
back toward the tower. The feed for each of the four dipoles is in the
center and there is a switch box to switch the direction the antennas in one
of four different directions. I think the classic article is in a 1989 CQ.
What happens is the other three dipoles are used as a reflector in a shield
fashion. K3LR and KC1XX say a 2 el beam up 150+ feet beats the 4 sloping or
K8UR dipoles but that does not seem to be an option in this case.
73 Dave K4JRB
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