On Wed, 19 Aug 1998 18:50:26 EDT K7LXC@aol.com writes:
>
>In a message dated 98-08-19 16:10:03 EDT, w9rpm@lse.fullfeed.com
>writes:
>
><< My question is will this be possible without interaction
><<and will it perform better than the inverted V for 80m?
>
> Yes. A high horizontal dipole is a wonderful antenna.
> An inverted vee has some cancellation problems that
> reduce it's efficiency a bunch (scientific term).
>
> I put up a F12 dipole for a client. His first contact on 75M was
>Antarctica.
>
>Cheers, Steve K7LXC
Steve, et. al.,
I put up an 80M inverted vee and my first contact was VK0IR
an hour later on 80M CW, followed by S21XX a few weeks
later. Glad I didn't know about the cancellation! :-)
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de Tom N4KG
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( Well, OK, the apex is at 140 ft. )
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