At the last minute before SS, I put up a low dipole for 40m at about 30
feet. It worked great Sunday morning while the sun was up, but for most of
the rest of the time my 2-el yagi at 104 feet seemed as good or better,
even on stations relatively close in. It may be that the dipole was too
close to my grounded guy wires.
For next year I'm thinking of low dipoles for 40 and 80, a lot further away
from the guys. Ideally I'd run them off the same feedline, and fan the
ends of the 40m dipole a foot or so below the 80m one. Any thoughts on how
that will work, and whether I'd be better off making them separate antennas
to optimize the height? If so, what height is recommended for 40 and
80? Is there a good compromise?
73, Pete N4ZR
Sometimes a tower is just a tower
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