Robert:
The Old Man of Topband, Stew Perry W1BB, used a watertower as a support
for his 2-element inverted V wire Yagi near his home QTH in Massachusetts.
You might consider a similar antenna for use on 80M.
73 es GL de
Gene Smar AD3F
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From: Robert Thain <g0hgw@yahoo.com>
> 'allo
>
> I'm looking to install an 80m directional array for
> the ARRL contest.
>
> I will be operating from a watertower, which is about
> 130ft high. (see qrz.com F6KCP for a photo.)
>
> There is not a great deal of land around the base of
> the tower, but I can talk to a neighbour and use his
> garden , He is in the direction of the states (Short
> path).
>
> I can easily in stall a vertical dipole or sloper. I
> was thinking about adding a director or reflector or
> both. Or may be a 2 element phased array.
>
> Whatever it is has to be simple to install and simple
> to get working and relatively fool proof.
> I am willing to give spend 1dB in gain for a simple
> design.
>
> If I use slopers , is the 'boom length' from the
> middle / feedpoint ?
>
> What will be better than just a 1/2wave sloper but
> easy to install and get working ?
>
> Thanks and CU on 80m in the ARRL test.
>
> Robert F5VHN (F6KCP) f5VHN(at)yahoo.com (at)=@
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