After taking a lightnming hit I'm redoing the antenna configuration on my crank up tower. One question is does anyone know how efficient a shortened 80 meter dipole/inverted vee (80 ft) is versus the
Tom, maybe that was a typo? I see 100x150 feet in your message. 150 feet is of course plenty of room for a full sized 80m dipole/inverted vee. My experience is, yes there is a big difference in perfo
My EZNEC modeling of various 80m horiz wire dipoles at low heights (say 50') shows that the ends can be snaked around just about anywhere without hardly effecting the patterns. Apex at 50' puts the a
For domenstic use, an 80M dipole at 50 ft will do well. For DX, a vertical will do MUCH better. Unfortunately, a 50 ft tower with a Yagi on top will act as a parasitic REFLECTOR to a separate 80M ver
Hi Tom, U've received many excellent suggestions for "shortened" 80 meter antennas but here is one I haven't seen mentioned. At several locations over the years I have used a combination antenna by A
I had little success getting it to tune on 160. It was just marginal. But... I was able to work VK0H on 80 cw with it with my peanut whistle so I can't complain. It quality prior concerned...ur patte
Hi Tom, You've received many good answers, but keep this in mind: You are generally better off to use lumped loading rather than feedline loading, of you are worried about getting every last watt out