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@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@contesting.com> On Behalf Of Robert Harmon
> Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2022 09:47
> To: towertalk <towertalk@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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