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Re: [TowerTalk] 80M antenna challenge

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 80M antenna challenge
From: Artek Manuals <Manuals@ArtekManuals.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2020 17:11:31 -0400
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Steve

Tried looking at your property but your "official" address is an industrial park ????

For starters How big is your property?

How tall are the trees

What kind of 80M operating are you invisioning. Rag Chew  or DX, Casual or Contesting ...etrc etc

The XYL would be surprised I think , at how quickly bare #14 wire becomes nearly invisible after a year

Maybe the vertical goes on the back side of the tree out her line of vision??? Radials get burried

How about a real address so we can look at the property on Google

I have a local ham buddy who is home owner association limited and you would be amazed at the antennas he has in the trees for 160-6 including a 3 element 6 mtr beam at 30 feet. In a grove of trees and fully rotatable.

Dave
NR1DX

On 10/7/2020 1:26 PM, k7lxc--- via TowerTalk wrote:
Howdy, TowerTalkians --

     I've got a conundrum. I need to put up an 80M antenna where the wife 
doesn't like wires in the air (there goes a wire dipole) and is averse to a vertical with 
radials. There are several tall trees that would be nifty but again no horizontal dipole.
      I figured maybe a vertical dipole (with traps) might do it but I've got 
no idea how it'll work. I guess if it radiates I should consider it a win - hi.
      Comments encouraged. Tnx!
  Cheers,Steve     K7LXC
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