[TowerTalk] Broadbanding 80m Dipoles, Monopoles, and Loops

[David Gilbert]

Another very simple approach involves two Inverted-V's perpendicular to 
each other, one with 67 foot legs on each side and the other with 63 
foot legs (common apex at 70 feet high).  It looks pretty decent in 
EZNEC+ from 3.5 MHz to just over 3.8 MHz and I plan to try it out in a 
month or two when I finish some other projects.  It even has a slight 
bit of directivity.  I can send the EZNEC+ file to anyone who wants to 
see it.

If anyone has tried something like this and it didn't work very well, 
I'd like to know.  ;)  I live on a steeply sloping hillside so my 
takeoff angle toward Europe and Africa from here in southern Arizona is 
much lower than would normally be expected for a height of 70 feet.  See 
the first HFTA plot at http://www.ab7e.com/HFTA/AB7E_HFTA.html

73,
Dave   AB7E



On 10/14/2018 9:03 AM, Steve Sacco NN4X wrote:
>  I never understood why the AI1H 75M/80M vee has not gotten more 
> traction.  I've built two; they're not very difficult to make, and 
> they've withstood hurricanes and tropical storms quite well.
>
> 73,
>