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Re: [TowerTalk] lp V stepIR

To: "Tower and HF antenna construction topics." <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] lp V stepIR
From: jimlux <jimlux@earthlink.net>
Reply-to: "Tower and HF antenna construction topics." <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 10:30:29 -0800
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Stuart Browne wrote:
> Has anyone built an inverted LPDA?  Not practical unless you have the land
> and towers to support it but looks cheap to build and rugged. If you had the
> height it looks practical for 7-30 mhz.
> 
> http://plasma.newcastle.edu.au/plasma/research/tiger/venice/Inv_V_antenna_paper.pdf
> 
> Stu,
> WH6H
>

This kind of thing is a mainstay of the commercial HF broadcasting 
world.. take a look at the TCI website.  They even make ones that 
rotate! (you move the base around)

A HF broadcast station near me (KVOH) has something that looks much like 
this, using two towers.
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