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<DIV>Hi All...</DIV>
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<DIV>I am looking for some antenna ideas for 80 meters for our PJ4A trip to Bonaire for CQWW CW.</DIV>
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<DIV>We have a 90 foot tower that holds the 40 meter yagi and a C3 above it. The tower has a pully</DIV>
<DIV>system on it with a tram line. In the past we used this to pull the top of the 160 meter inverted L</DIV>
<DIV>near the top of the tower. Since K4BAI's and my trip back in Feburary the Inverted L has been</DIV>
<DIV>permanantly installed on that tower. We can now use the tram system to support some other type</DIV>
<DIV>of antenna. </DIV>
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<DIV>There is presently a 80 meter dipole at around 60 ft that is broadside towards the USA. It works fine</DIV>
<DIV>for working W/VE along with our beverage. What I would like to do is maybe have some type of </DIV>
<DIV>directional antenna pointed towards EU that could maybe be switched to the Pacific when the band dies</DIV>
<DIV>to EU.</DIV>
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<DIV> I was scouring thru the ON4UN antenna book this weekend looking for ideas. I was thinking of maybe trying some type of phased wire vertical system. Phased verticals spaces 1/4 wl apart and with a</DIV>
<DIV>135 degree delay line you can get about 4.5db gain endfire. I also saw a diagram for a wire vertical with</DIV>
<DIV>a sloping refector and director. The reflector had a loading coil with an Xl of 65 ohms on it. The director</DIV>
<DIV>was grounded. I was also thinking about some phased delta loop system. I would like to try a quad but I think the tower is not tall enough.</DIV>
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<DIV>Jeff KU8E</DIV>
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