[TowerTalk] 40 meter antenna

[Jim Thomson]

Date: Fri, 20 May 2016 06:22:29 -0400
From: N1BUG <paul at n1bug.com>
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 40 meter antenna

On 05/19/2016 12:27 PM, Tom Osborne wrote:
>
> Will it work to put up an inverted V with a vertical reflector behind it?
> Would rather not put up 2 verticals becuse of the radials needed.

Probably not, but I will second the idea of adding an inverted V 
reflector. Years ago I very successfully used 3 and 4 element 
inverted V wire beams on 20 meters. I currently have a 3 element up 
for 40 meters.

73,
Paul N1BUG

##  what else that works is a 1/2 wave sloper...with a delta loop reflector behind it. 
I have see that used on 80m with good results.

##  the 40m array in the old arrl ant books..using  4-5  x 1/2 wave slopers also
works good.  One is always a DE, the rest are REFs.   Simple + effective. 

Jim   VE7RF