[TowerTalk] 40-10 meter wire antenna

[Michael Clarson]

If the gain is at the expense of the UP or DOWN direction, it is generally
a benefit. --Mike, WV2ZOW

On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 9:37 PM, Wes Stewart <wes_n7ws at triconet.org> wrote:

> The problem with this "logic" is that the gain increase in favored
> directions comes at the expense of gain in non-favored directions.  With a
> stationary antenna, "gain" might not be a blessing.  Personally, I would
> (and do) use fan dipoles in an inverted-vee configuration.  Halfwave
> resonance gives the expected broadside pattern and the vee configuration
> "fills in" the vertically polarized pattern off the ends.  The feedpoint Z
> is also reasonable and not some intractable value that requires heroic
> measures to match.  If you don't want multiple dipoles, use traps.
>
> My 2 cents.
>
>
>   On 1/31/2017 5:50 PM, Herbert Schoenbohm wrote:
>
>> Fed with open wire or ladder-line your 20 meter performance will be 2
>> half waves in phase and when properly matched is supposed to give you 3 db
>> improvement broadside to the wire.
>>
>>
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>> Herb, KV4FZ
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>> On 1/31/2017 7:51 PM, Dick NY1E wrote:
>>
>>> I'm in a limited space location, I'm looking for a wire antenna to use
>>> on 40-10 meters. The handbook says a 40m dipole fed with ladder line will
>>> be 2 half waves in phase on 20, and have 1.8 db gain. My coax fed 20m
>>> dipole is 10db better than my coax fed 40m dipole on 20, will open wire
>>> feeders and a tuner really improve it that much?de Dick NY1E
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