[TowerTalk] 80m small antenna

[Thor Hallen]

I got around local CC&Rs with an off center fed dipole that covers 80 
through 6 meters and is near invisible. One leg is 32' and is located 1' 
above the roof on phony vent pipes. The feed point is at the side of the 
house and is made by running a short piece of 200 ohm twin lead (speaker 
wire) through one of the phony vent pipes and the roof to a current mode 
4:1 balun providing a good match to 50 ohms. The other leg is 95' and runs 
out to a tree at the edge of the lot. I used #18 bare copper wire that was 
painted with flat black paint. You can use monofiliment fishing line if 
your supports are farther away than the wire ends. Run the monofiliment 
through an closed eye hook and connect it to a 5 lb fishing weight for 
strain relief.


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