[TowerTalk] 80 meter antenna

[W0MU Mike Fatchett]

Tom,

You probably don't have a way to move the ends apart or you would have.  
No modeling here either but I bet the pattern is not great with the legs 
so close together.

I have no clue what would happen if you tried the inv L shape with the 
ground leg going toward ground and the hot side being pulled out 
horizontally.

No room for a vertical on 80 with some radials?

Mike W0MU

W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net


On 4/12/2012 10:22 AM, Tom Osborne wrote:
> Hi All
>
> Right now I have an 80 meter inverted 'V' up about 80 feet or so in a tree.
> It seems to work OK.  The problem is, the way it is set up, the 2 ends of
> the antenna are only about 30 feet apart, kind of like a V-beam.
>
> Is there a way to orient it different that would work better.
>
> I could set it up as an inverted 'L' and feed it in the center, or as a
> 'C', with the center part vertical and the ends horizontal.  Would any of
> these be better than what I have now.
>
> Main interests on 80 meters are contesting and working DX.
>
> No modeling software here.  Thanks and 73
> Tom W7WHY
>
>
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