[UK-CONTEST] OT: Doublet size

[David, G3YYD]

David

It depends what you want to work and in what direction(s) your antenna 
can run. You could use a quarter wavelength on one side of the feeder 
and then a lot of wire on the other side so as to get a beam effect. You 
could also look at the polar diagrams for dipoles greater than half 
wavelength to see how they would offer coverage of wanted areas etc. You 
could use your acreage for beverages to maximimise DX RX capability etc.

You are asking the proverbial, "How long is a piece of string?" question 
- need more data about you available land and what you want to do with 
the bands.

David G3YYD



DAVID BUTLER wrote:
> I'm throwing together a 300 foot doublet (primarily for 160/80M). 
>
> But is there any significant advantage making it 400 foot or 500 foot or even bigger.
>
> I have plenty of straight-line space and hard-drawn copper wire!
>
> 73 David G4ASR
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