[TowerTalk] 160M vertical dipole ?

[Robert Harmon <k6uj@pacbell.net>]

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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