The closer the ends are to the ground, the higher the ground
loss. You would be better off using the tower as a vertical.
Do you have a beam on top? See my article on
Elevated GP Antennas in JUNE 1994 QST or any ARRL
Handbook since. OR, you could shunt feed the tower
against radials on the ground, preferable 30 or more
as long as you can make them.
Tom N4KG
On Tue, 27 Nov 2001 "jerryc" <jerryc@netscope.net> writes:
>
> Hello TT guys & gals
> I have a modest city lot approx 80' wide with about 50' + usable
> back yard.
> I have small 40' tower with a 11m 4el yagi at 48'. I recently
> picked up a 160m dipole with a 1:1 pro balun at a swap meet.
> I don't know how to get the 160m up in my available space
> and was considering cutting it to 80m. With my short tower,
> I don't think I have enough room for that either. A friend suggested
> that I run hang the center from the tower and pull each end toward
> my wooden fence on either side of my yard and run the remainder
> along the fence top (like an inverted v with the ends like an "L" .
> I have built verticals, yagis and a few short dipoles but am lost
> here. Any suggestions?? Thanks in advance
> JerryC
> (about ready for the test)
> jerryc@netscope.net
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