[TowerTalk] Inverted V for 160/80 on the same feedline

Mike Fatchett W0MU w0mu at w0mu.com
Wed Apr 20 16:05:39 PDT 2011


I have no problem trying antennas when I have time.  This antenna is for 
a Contest/DX pedition to J6 where we don't have a lot of time to wrong 
much.......

I thought all along that the antenna should work but modeling was saying 
something different.

On 4/20/2011 4:30 PM, David Gilbert wrote:
> I see nothing wrong with W0UN employing modeling software to minimize
> trial-and-error and possible unnecessary expense.  The reason he posted
> his question was that modeling correctly indicated that it can sometimes
> be difficult to find the proper combination for a fan dipole that gives
> a good SWR on both bands without help from a tuner.
>
> Ham radio may not be rocket science, but hopefully it has progressed
> beyond merely "put something up and try it."
>
> Dave   AB7E
>
>
>
> On 4/20/2011 3:04 PM, Hank Garretson wrote:
>> Put something up and try it. It's ham radio, not rocket science.
>>
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