For a space-efficient receiving antenna, what about a rotary Flag? It could
use aluminium tubing for the 29' horizontal sections, with the whole thing
supported from a single pole at the centre. To feed it, a 900 ohm feedline
could run from one of the vertical sections to a matching transformer
attached to the mast:
__
. || . support wires
. || .
. || .
-------------------||-------------------
| Al tube || |
| || |
| || |
====|====|====|====|| 900R
| open wire || |
| feeder || |
| || |
-------------------||-------------------
||
||
|| mast
||
||
Any thoughts on a suitable non-conductive mast? I suspect a metallic one
may tend fill in the null.
73,
Peter Nesbit VK3APN
pnesbit@melbpc.org.au
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