Some 40 years ago I've been in almost same situation, dwelling in huge
mansion building with attic 50' * 33' (15m * 10m). I simply made bent
dipole around the attic (nailed dipole wire to wooden beams), which
performed pretty well for me (local rag-chewing on CW). I think it
should work pretty well for you as well, with each side of dipole bent
in 3 * 20' sides of squared U shape...
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where O is feedpoint of dipole. (Drawing not in scale, of course, :-D )...
73 Mirko, S57AD
Na 9/9/2010 3:35 PM, Dave Tipton, W5DMT je pisal:
> I'm looking for ideas for an antenna that could be used on 75M with
> reasonable results, can be mounted in an attic of a small townhouse. I'm
> guessing total dimensions won't be more than 40 x 20 with a 6 to 8 foot
> heigh in the middle.
>
>
>
> I'm moving to Boulder for a year to work a project and really don't want to
> cease my net activities on 80, especially going into the winter months. No
> matter how I slice it, I'm just not getting any inspiration.
>
>
>
> I've figured out that a Alpha Delta DX-EE can cover the other bands pretty
> well. I just keep drawing a blank on 80M. The other thing, is I'd like to
> be able to run up to about 300Watts, and that doesn't appear to be a very
> good idea anywhere I read. About the only thing I've seen that comes close
> to claiming it would work is an ISOTRON, and there is so much conflicting
> info out there on that one.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
>
>
>
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