[TowerTalk] 80m dipole on a small lot

[Mike Brown K9MI]

My lot is a little bigger then yours Jerry, but I have ran
into the same situation. I would cut for 80m, and you
say you have 80ft to work with. You can bend the ends
and try to keep them at right angles as much as possible.
This should work fine. You're plan sounds fine to me.
The only problem I see is that running your ends along
the wooden fence could cause a saftey problem with
the ends being within reach from the ground. I put a
15 ft piece of mast in one corner of my lot, and have
an insulator attached to it, and run the wire through it.
That way, no one could touch the antenna while you
are transmitting.
73 - Mike


----- Original Message -----
From: "jerryc" <jerryc@netscope.net>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 9:56 AM
Subject: [TowerTalk] 80m dipole on a small lot


>
> Hello TT guys & gals
> I have a modest city lot approx 80' wide with about 50' + usable back
yard.
> I have small 40' tower with a 11m 4el yagi at 48'.  I recently picked up a
> 160m
> dipole with a 1:1 pro balun at a swap meet.  I don't know how to get the
> 160m up in my available space and was considering cutting it to 80m.
> With my short tower,  I don't think I have enough room for that either.  A
> friend suggested that I run
> hang the center from the tower and pull each end toward my wooden fence on
> either side of my yard
> and run the remainder along the fence top (like an inverted v with the
ends
> like an "L" .
> I have built verticals, yagis and a few short dipoles but am lost here.
> Any suggestions??
> Thanks in advance
> JerryC
> (about ready for the test)
> jerryc@netscope.net
>
>
>
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