[Towertalk] Low dipoles

Carsten Esch Carsten.Esch@APPELLO.DE
Tue, 5 Nov 2002 15:47:24 +0100


... the Cloudbourners at http://www.cebik.com/cb.html are covering this
subject too ...

73sss

Carsten, DL6LAU

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	K7LXC@aol.com [SMTP:K7LXC@aol.com]
> Sent:	Dienstag, 5. November 2002 15:39
> To:	n4zr@contesting.com; towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject:	Re: [Towertalk] Low dipoles
> 
> In a message dated 11/4/02 7:46:30 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
> n4zr@contesting.com writes:
> 
> > For next year I'm thinking of low dipoles for 40 and 80, a lot further
> away 
> >  from the guys.  Ideally I'd run them off the same feedline, and fan the
> 
> >  ends of the 40m dipole a foot or so below the 80m one.  Any thoughts on
> 
> how 
> >  that will work, and whether I'd be better off making them separate 
> antennas 
> >  to optimize the height? 
> 
>     A novel east coast idea via K3LR years ago is to put a reflector wire
> on 
> the ground under the low dipole. Cheap and easy way to get some more dB in
> 
> the air. 
> 
> Cheers,
> Steve     K7LXC
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