[TowerTalk] Help with 80 meter temp antenna

[Jan Erik Holm]

What ever did happen to N7ML? I used to work him all the time
on 80m LP but all of a sudden he was gone, I haven´t heard him
in years.

73 Jim SM2EKM
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K7LXC at aol.com wrote:
>  
> In a message dated 10/19/2006 12:26:30 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
> towertalk-request at contesting.com writes:
> 
>>  A beam made from inverted vees won't work very well at low  height. 
> However if you can keep the ends at about 50 ft above ground it  should 
> do pretty good.  It will be a killer for stateside, but even  for DX a 2 
> element version should outperform a single vertical in one  direction. 
> This antenna takes up a LOT of  space.
> 
> 
> 
> N7ML in Montana had two  195' rotating towers and he put a catenary between 
> them. The towers were inline  to EU and he put a 6 element 75M wire beam 
> (inverted vees) on it. I listened to  SP7GIQ one morning during the ARRL DX CW tests 
> and he was S8-9 - wow. Mike also  had a 2 element bobtail that only heard 
> noise. It was pretty impressive. Highly  recommended if you can do it!
>  
> Cheers,
> Steve    K7LXC