Topband: Anttea Options for Upcoming Season

[cris at gm4fam.plus.com]

Hi Ed

At that sort of height even a plain ol' inverted vee dipole will really
play!  A pair of them at right angles to each other will give you more
directivity options too. Sloping dipole(s) should also work real well.

73 Cris
GM4FAM


> Thanks Mike
>
> A delta loop would be great but I am not sure where I could pull the
> sides to and have them supported. Unless I am missing something obvious,
> I would need to stretch the sides to be parallel with the guy wires and
> I am not sure how well this would play. Installation may be tricky as
> well. I will investigate the idea for as you say, the delta loop would
> match nicely and could possibly be used on 80m with a little switching.
>
> Ed
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mikefurrey at att.net [mailto:mikefurrey at att.net]
> Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 8:17 AM
> To: Ed Richardson; topband at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: Topband: Anttea Options for Upcoming Season
>
> Hi Ed,
>
> Nice thing to have access to. My thoughts would be for a delta loop ...
> easy
> to build, tune, match, but with a tower that tall, I think I would
> entertain
> building a bi-square. The wires from the wire antenna would have to be
> wiggled around the tower guys though.
>
> 73, Mike WA5POK
>
>
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