[TowerTalk] 160M vertical dipole ?
Robert Harmon
k6uj at pacbell.net
Sun Jan 23 12:46:47 EST 2022
No I don't have a 260 foot tower :-) but thinking about this crazy idea.
My HDX590 tower is 90 feet fully extended. By attaching to the side of the mast 15 feet up I can have an attachment point at 105 feet.
I am envisioning hanging a vertical dipole from the 105 feet point and running the top wire horizontally 82 feet sloping down to a 30 foot mast at the corner
of my property. Likewise on the lower end of the dipole 9 feet high and going to the other corner of my property. This woud put the center of the dipole about 57 feet
above the ground. I don't know how a dipole will work with the ends bent this way but maybe it would be more efficient than a vertical with a compromise radial field.
An option might be to make two big boy loading coils and shorten the dipole.
What do you think of this idea ? Am I off my rocker ? hihi
Bob
K6UJ
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