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Subject: [TowerTalk] Fan dipole construction methods
From: N1BUG <paul@n1bug.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2017 07:21:53 -0400
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I've been reading the fan dipole discussion with much interest. I have used fan dipoles for many years, as inverted V, common center point with the ends tied off separately. The biggest one (a club project) had 6 wires for 160/80/40/20/15/10. It worked OK but that was a lot of rope! Currently I have individual inverted V antennas for each of several bands all supported from various points on one tower. I would like to reduce the number or ropes tied off everywhere.

If you have successfully constructed and used a fan dipole where one or more more wires hang from the first and each end requires only a single support rope I would like to see details of the construction. I have made a few attempts and seen some others but they all either suffered from the lower wires sagging, constantly breaking spreaders or both.

Ideally (and this may be too many wires to be practical) I would like to construct an 80/60/40/30 meter fan dipole requiring only a single rope at each end. Major project is OK if the end result is viable.

73,
Paul N1BUG
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