[TowerTalk] 80m dipole on a small lot

[Chris BONDE]

The advice that I have been given (but have not acted thereon) is to bend 
the ends so that the birds see a "Z" for the antenna.
The main part up as high as possible and the braodside thereof to the 
direction you want.  If in an inverted "V" or droopy dipole with bent legs 
format thennot too much need to worry about the direction of propagation.

I am using a loaded droopy dipole, no bent legs, about the size of a 
40mdipole, with apex about 21ft ends 12ft, running NE to SW in SE BC and 
have worked all states on 75m.  Admittantly, at times I can not hear some 
WA stations but over the year have WASed.  I think that it is mainly the Rx 
DSP functions for this end.

Chris opr VE&HCB


At 09:56 AM 2001-11-27 -0500, jerryc wrote:

>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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