[TowerTalk] 80-m. Inverted Vee vs. Dipole Performance

[Edward Sylvester]

My experience is as follows:
 
I have a full-sized Inv Vee for 80m, fed with 600 Ohm Ladder Line, and through a Tuner w/balun (apex at 70' and ends up 12').  
 
My other antenna is a Create CD-75 Rotatable Dipole (shortened, 54' with coils and capacity hats at the ends) up 75', in the clear.  
 
I have A/B'd these several times, with domestic and DX stations.  The Rotatable Dipole wins every time, by 1-2 S Units, transmit and receive.  It's quieter, too.  Doesn't have the bandwidth of the Inv Vee, but it has switchable relays for the various segments of the 80m band and works fine on 75m, with tuner.  
 
Just thought I would pass this along, staying on target with the topic.
 
73,
Ed NI6S
 
 

--- On Fri, 9/17/10, John <fraz1 at bellsouth.net> wrote:


From: John <fraz1 at bellsouth.net>
Subject: [TowerTalk] 80-m. Inverted Vee vs. Dipole Performance
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Date: Friday, September 17, 2010, 1:45 PM


So, Perry, would the bees be horizontally or vertically polarized?  And, I suppose the pattern would be much like a beehive?

Sorry....tried to pass it up...couldn't do it. ;-)

73 John W4II
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