[TowerTalk] 40 meter antenna

[Mirko S57AD]

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> ​I deployed recently such a set-up on 80M, from 20M tall tower on the edge
> of slope, so NE sloper went parallel to the slope, and others were half of
> dipole sloped and another half of dipole parallel to the ground, some 3m
> above the ground.  There were no other antennas for 80 to compare with, but
> the setup had excellent front to side ratio...
>

​Mirko, S57AD​


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> ##  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.
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> ##  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
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