Fw: [TowerTalk] Dipole Question

[Josh Logan]

>Hi Chuck
>
>I have a very good suggestion for you.
>Do a lazy V.
>Do you like DX ??-
>IS your antenna the 125 foot model??
>
>You need about 90 foot support.
>instead of sloping it at 45 degrees off tower to the ground
>as in sloping half wave dipole
>have a rope attached to center insulator
>and have the lower half bend back to the tower.
>Maybe 8 feet from tower at end
>The pattern will be strongest in direction of the POINT. ( feed point)
>
>Chip Martindale of yaesu had a sloper
>he heard loud USA, weak DX
>He went outside and immediately bent the lower half
>back to the tower - USA weaker , DX much louder !!!!!
>He went outside again and went back to regular sloping dipole
>weak DX,  loud stateside !
>Forget dipole, Forget inverted vee, Forget regular sloper
>You need LAZY V .   This works DX !!!!  Great configuration !
>
>See diagram below -
>If you seek Europe - point the feedline ( center ) towards Eu
>It will work in other directions also - bit weaker
>
>Josh  N7XM   at 8,000 feet in Colorado
>
>
>|X
>|    X
>|        X
>|            X
>|                X
>| ________ X      low angle lobe this direction
>|                  X
>|                X
>|              X
>|            X
>|         X
 


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