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[TowerTalk] 80M dipole trapped for 30M

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Subject: [TowerTalk] 80M dipole trapped for 30M
From: b4e@earthlink.net (DavidC)
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 12:52:20 -0400
At what height please do you have your dipole(s)?  I imagine that
will make a significant difference in performance.

Thanks! & 73, DavidC  K1YP

> As has been already stated, an 80M dipole makes a GREAT 
> WARC  Band Antenna if it is reasonably flat (horizontal).
> ...
> FWIW, I have worked over 300 countries on each of the WARC
> bands using a pair of 80M dipoles and a pair of 20M dipoles fed
> with ladder line which produce a figure 8 pattern on ALL bands
> from 10 through 30 Meters.  If you place such a 20M dipole 
> in the same direction as the 80M dipole, it will fill in the holes
> in the pattern of the 80M dipole, giving world wide coverage
> with only 2 fixed dipoles.
> 
> de  Tom  N4KG



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