[TowerTalk] Vertical dipoles

[David Thompson]

I have two Mor-Gain 80/40 antennas I have up as mostly vertical dipoles.  I 
need to get the one that I call my NE vertical up a few more feet.  Its 
vertical to the coax feed point then slopes at 50 degrees to the ENE.  I 
originally put this one up in 2000 and was the first one through to D68C 
when he called for USA 4's on 75.

This worked so well I found another Mor-gain 80/40 that I put up 60 feet 
away with a slight slope of the bottom half to the dipole.  I have worked YB 
and JA along with VK and ZL on this antenna.  One day I will make sure they 
are exactly the same length and phase them so I can end fire or broadside. 
Even without phasing they seem to react with each other
to give me a slight gain in the direction of the fed vertical.  I have 
checked this twice with my trusty IC Industries FS meter.

I plan on re-installing my Spi-Ro 160 dipole as either a K8UR/W9LT vertical 
or a dipole L.  The dipole L with the flat top pointed toward the SE put a 
great signal into PY and LU.  The VP8 Dxpedition said I was loud in the 
Falklands.

Vertical or even sloping dipoles are the easy way to get out a good low 
angle for DX.  On the low bands an inverted V unless you can get it up over 
100 feet is a skywave radiator.

73 Dave K4JRB