[TowerTalk] 80M Inverted V - CW and SSB

[Dan Schaaf]

ARRL has a broadband 80 meter dipole that was featured in QST. It is very 
very wide diameter cage instead of wire. I do not recall the bandwidth, but 
it was wide.  As I understand, you can increase bandwidth by increasing the 
diameter.



Best Regards
Dan Schaaf
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-----Original Message----- 
From: Herb Schoenbohm
Sent: Monday, October 21, 2013 3:37 PM
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 80M Inverted V - CW and SSB

A fat fan dipole is really the way to go for simplicity if you are only
interested in 3.5 to 3.8 with a VSWR less than 1.5 to 1


Herb, KV4FZ




On 10/21/2013 2:58 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
> On 10/21/2013 11:46 AM, Richard Karlquist wrote:
>> This makes sense for a dipole that is shorter
>> than a half wave, where you need loading coils anyway.   I use
>> switched capacitors with a full size inverted vee dipole (130 feet).
>> The capacitors are only 1/4 inch square, way easier than coils.
>
> Right. And I suspect there's a bit less loss in your caps than in the 
> coils.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
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