Author: Robin Midgett <robin.midgett@vanderbilt.edu>
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 15:13:50 -0500
Hi, My attempts to make an inverted V resonate on 80m are not meeting with great success. I've put up inverted V antennas before (10m & 40m) and they worked very well...not so in this case; 2.8:1 (fe
Sometimes simple antennas can drive you crazy when they don't work. I see no reason to move the center further from the tower. It's very likely that the guy wires are causing the problem, however I h
Hi Robin: For the inverted-V, I would simply lengthen or shorten the V elements depending on your chosen frequency. What I have done more successfully is to take it up higher and convert it to a delt
I have the Alpha-Delta 80 meter dipole as inverted V on my 150 foot Rohn 45 tower. It is suspended from 90 feet, and hangs off a short piece (about 4 or five feet) of 1 inch PVC tie wrapped/taped thr
I'm more inclined to think maybe there's an AM radio station somewhere nearby that is responsible. I found that my 80 and 160 antennas are quite difficult to tune (160's impossible) with the MFJ-259
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Robin When I put up an Inverted V, I always add 3-feet of wire to each end of the antenna. Then when you check the SWR and its too high, you can pull some of each leg of the antenna through the insul
I had a 160m inverted V which due to trees etc. had one leg very close to a guy wire. No matter what I did, the SWR min was about 4:1. I suspect coupling to the guy wire, but importantly IT WORKED OK