Has anyone had success with 67' tall verticals for 80 meters? Owning my own plumbing buss, I can buy copper pipe for a great price. I currently have a 40 meter 4-square made from copper that starts o
I've been using a 4 square with raised radials on 80 for 11 years now. The elements are self supporting, starting at 4" diameter 1/4" wall 6061-T6 aluminum and tapering to 1/2". This antenna has work
I have full size 80 meter verticals made from 6061-T6 tubing, starting at 2" OD at the bottom and tapering to 5/8" at the top. They have a hinged insulated base that allows them to be erected by a si
My first attempt at replying to antennaware. I've modeled elevated radials in a 'bowtie' shape and tested. Length of radials is about 172/f . The 'bowtie' is just as you imagine. String 2 sets of ele
Patrick A note on some past modeling in this arena... A few months ago, a fellow ham wanted to shunt feed a tower and put up elevated radials in a space too small for 1/4-wave straight radials. I too
Interesting Gary. I'm not sure what shape your bent radials are. The Bowtie shape I described is actually a variation off something from LB. The radial length is in between 1/8 and 1/4 wave, about 3/
Gary, I have read with great interest your researches into the 160 m vertical dipole, sloping GP, and flat GP. What follows are some thoughts that may or may not be of interest or use. First, let's c
Good to hear from you,. L.B., A few follow-up comments... -- a. In free space, where there are no reflections, the hat vertical has a larger length of high current than the 1/4 wl w/gp. Hence, for st