[TenTec] Horizontal loop for 80m

Bwana Bob wb2vuf at qsl.net
Sun Jun 5 09:29:19 EDT 2005


Yes, that is what I use. I only have a 60 foot span between the house 
and the tree, so half of my 80 m dipole is bent downward and 
horizontally to make it fit. It works fine.

			Bob WB2VUF

Able2fly at aol.com wrote:

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> In a message dated 6/3/2005 9:19:30 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  n4lq at iglou.co
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> What you could do is take a regular 80m dipole, feed it with 
> open  line and form it into a shape to fit the back yard. I somehow believe 
> this  would give you less trouble than doing the multiturn thing.
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> I agree Steve. And thanks for the reply, it was full of good info.  
> Especially on the plastic pulleys that I'd never thought about using, I'll pay  Lowes a 
> visit today.
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> Thanks
> Bill  K3UJ 
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