[TowerTalk] 80M antenna challenge

Gedas w8bya at mchsi.com
Fri Oct 9 10:29:08 EDT 2020


Oh and look, even has 6m & 2m beams above it <g>

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On 10/9/2020 7:24 AM, john at kk9a.com wrote:
> There are no horizontal wires in the air if he installs a Yagi like 
> this one:
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> https://www.dxzone.com/5-element-yagi-for-80-meter-band-7j4aal/#jp-carousel-2885 
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> John KK9A
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> k7lxc wrote:
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> Howdy, TowerTalkians --
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>     I've got a conundrum. I need to put up an 80M antenna where the 
> wife doesn't like wires in the air (there goes a wire dipole) and is 
> averse to a vertical with radials. There are several tall trees that 
> would be nifty but again no horizontal dipole.
>      I figured maybe a vertical dipole (with traps) might do it but 
> I've got no idea how it'll work. I guess if it radiates I should 
> consider it a win - hi.
>      Comments encouraged. Tnx!
>  Cheers,Steve     K7LXC
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