[TowerTalk] 160M vertical dipole ?

[Robert Harmon]

Patrick,

Thanks for the excellent references !
Exactly what I need.   

I like W4RNL's  last statement on his bent dipole information:
"The bent, folded, and mutilated dipole is still a dipole and still the heart and soul of amateur radio. If it will not fit straight, bend it. The only way it won't work is rolled up in a tight ball."

Bob,
K6UJ

 


> On Jan 23, 2022, at 10:02 AM, W7TMT - Patrick <W7TMT at outlook.com> wrote:
> 
> 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
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