The "flattened V" is okay. It does not have to be perfectly
horizontal all the way across. Mine does the same thing with a droop
of about 6 to 10 feet in the center and it works fine. I have even
heard some recommend this type of droop.
The other thing you could consider is to attach your insulators to the
dipole a little further in towards the center and let the end slack
droop down vertically like this:
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Good luck in the contest!!
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A.J. Farmer, AJ3U
http://www.aj3u.com
On 11/19/05, Travis Fitzgerald - VE3WO <ve3wo@rac.ca> wrote:
> Anyone on the reflector this morning? I'm having a small problem with an 80m
> dipole that I'm raising for CQWW next weekend. Total length of the dipole is
> 133', but distance from tower to house is about 125' (didn't know I was short
> until I tried to raise it). If I raise the dipole until it reaches the
> house, the dipole resembles a flattened "V", with the feedpoint at about 25'.
> Tower end is at 60', house end at 35'.
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