[TowerTalk] 160M vertical dipole ?

[W7TMT - Patrick]

W4RNL wrote about bent dipoles here:
http://www.antentop.org/w4rnl.001/gup4.html

KK4OBI has an extensive presentation of modeling results for bent dipoles and verticals here:
https://www.qsl.net/kk4obi/

K2QK has information about a "Double L" antenna that might be of interest here:
http://www.yccc.org/Articles/double_l.htm

73,
Patrick, W7TMT

-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk <towertalk-bounces at contesting.com> On Behalf Of Robert Harmon
Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2022 09:47
To: towertalk <towertalk at contesting.com>
Subject: [TowerTalk] 160M vertical dipole ?

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