[TowerTalk] Vertical vs Beam

[N6FD]

I managed to get one onto my 110X60 lot with some effort.  It looks more 
like a "S" than straight, but gets me on the air.  I feed it as an 
offset dipole to get on a number of bands.  I also have a pair of 
inverted vees for 30M and 15M.  Unfortunately, the coverage of the house 
on the lot won't allow me to put up a tower and beam combination.

Erich, N6FD

Richards wrote:
> I agree with K4SAV - with only one minor exception... considering
> typical urban lot sizes, for many ham I think the cross-over band
> is 40 meters.
>
> Getting an 80 meter dipole up high enough, and long enough, is hard
> to do on a typical city lot, whereas one can usually fit in a 40 meter
> dipole at a reasonable height  on a typical city lot.
>
> I would love to squeeze a half-wave 80 meter dipole on my city lot
> and I will buy a big steak dinner for the guy who figures out how I
> can!
>
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