Since you have 80 feet of height to work with, I would string up a quarter wave
vertical. You only need 70 feet for
a quarter wave on 80. Then either use (4) elevated radials. You cant beat a
vertical, nice low angle radiator for DX.
I have this arrangement except it is attached to my tower and I have only two
elevated radials about 8 feet high and it works very well for DX.
Bob
K6UJ
On Apr 12, 2012, at 9:22 AM, Tom Osborne wrote:
> Hi All
>
> Right now I have an 80 meter inverted 'V' up about 80 feet or so in a tree.
> It seems to work OK. The problem is, the way it is set up, the 2 ends of
> the antenna are only about 30 feet apart, kind of like a V-beam.
>
> Is there a way to orient it different that would work better.
>
> I could set it up as an inverted 'L' and feed it in the center, or as a
> 'C', with the center part vertical and the ends horizontal. Would any of
> these be better than what I have now.
>
> Main interests on 80 meters are contesting and working DX.
>
> No modeling software here. Thanks and 73
> Tom W7WHY
>
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