For several years now I have used a 65' tall "Tee" vertical on 160. It is an
open wire fed 80 meter dipole with the feed point shorted and fed together.
This is fed against 6 or 7 elevated 1/4 wave radials. All of this is fed
through a homebrew Doug DeMaw "Ultimate Transmatch". I am very satisfied with
my signal on both bands as I am able to work anything I can hear. However, I am
willing to modify this system but want to see if anyone has already done it
before me.
What if I short the top hat at the 65' point and at attach just one side of the
open wire feeder. At this same point I will disconnect the other half of the
feed line thus creating an approximately 65' vertical radiator (closely
resonate to 80 meters. At the point of attachment of the elevated radials I can
add 6 or 7 additional elevated radials for 80 meters. Keep in mind I will now
have an 80 meter vertical about an inch away from my 160 vertical.
Do you think that by changing the current configuration I will lose performance
on either band, will it stay the same, or will it get better?
Thanks for your input
Bill AD8P
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