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Re: [TowerTalk] 160M vertical dipole ?

To: W7TMT - Patrick <W7TMT@outlook.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 160M vertical dipole ?
From: Dave Sublette <k4to.dave@gmail.com>
Reply-to: k4to@arrl.net
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2022 13:05:45 -0500
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Don't forget Les Moxon's "HF Antennas For All Locations".

Dave, K4TO

On Sun, Jan 23, 2022 at 1:03 PM W7TMT - Patrick <W7TMT@outlook.com> wrote:

> W4RNL wrote about bent dipoles here:
> http://www.antentop.org/w4rnl.001/gup4.html
>
> KK4OBI has an extensive presentation of modeling results for bent dipoles
> and verticals here:
> https://www.qsl.net/kk4obi/
>
> K2QK has information about a "Double L" antenna that might be of interest
> here:
> http://www.yccc.org/Articles/double_l.htm
>
> 73,
> Patrick, W7TMT
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TowerTalk <towertalk-bounces@contesting.com> On Behalf Of Robert
> Harmon
> Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2022 09:47
> To: towertalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Subject: [TowerTalk] 160M vertical dipole ?
>
> No I don't have a 260 foot tower :-)    but thinking about this crazy
> idea.
>
> My HDX590 tower is 90 feet fully extended.  By attaching to the side of
> the mast 15 feet up I can have an attachment point at 105 feet.
> I am envisioning hanging a vertical dipole from the 105 feet point and
> running the top wire horizontally 82 feet sloping down to a 30 foot mast at
> the corner of my property.  Likewise on the lower end of the dipole 9 feet
> high and going to the other corner of my property.  This woud put the
> center of the dipole about 57 feet
> above the ground.  I don't know how a dipole will work with the ends bent
> this way but maybe it would be more efficient than a vertical with a
> compromise radial field.
> An option might be to make two big boy loading coils and shorten the
> dipole.
> What do you think of this idea ?  Am I off my rocker ?  hihi
>
> Bob
> K6UJ
>
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