[TenTec] Vertical Dipole for 80/160m

[Rsoifer at aol.com]

You can.  One version of that is called an inverted-L, or  "Marconi," and 
has been around for quite a while.  I've got one.
 
73 Ray W2RS
 
 
In a message dated 1/7/2011 8:21:33 P.M. GMT Standard Time,  
barrettthompson at comcast.net writes:

The  discussion about vertical dipoles has been very enlightening.  For  
some
time I've been eyeing the following vertical dipole (that's what it  really
is, even though the author calls it a Double-L) for 80m +  160m.  The key
innovation is that you can 'bend' the ends of any  dipole without affecting
the radiation pattern too much, so why not bend  them for the VD and shorten
the height requirement needed to get that VD up  in the first  place?

http://www.yccc.org/Articles/double_l.htm

This could work  on a 40m VD as well, so even with far less height than 66
ft. plus ground  clearance, one could have a great performer -- perhaps with
as little as 40  ft. of vertical height available.

Barrett /  KE4R
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