John,
Regarding the 80M inverted V, what I have done is cut the dipole for the
phone portion, then cut "stinger" lengths of wire to add for the CW portion.
The stingers have an aligator clip at one end to attach to the ends of the V
with a couple wraps of tape for good measure. Works FB for me.
73,
Roger ...
KA9EKJ
-----Original Message-----
From: secc-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:secc-bounces@contesting.com] On
Behalf Of John Laney
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 3:51 PM
Cc: secc
Subject: Re: [SECC] Station Improvements
Afraid all I did was try to repair one leg of my 80 meter inverted vee.
After many years of bending back the ends of the dipole to shorten it
electrically for the phone SS, this past November the last few week broke
off one end. I had temporarily tied it without the last few feet and Monday
afternoon I repaired that end. Hope that will help in NAQP CW. It didn't
seem to make much difference in the loading, but I wasn't scientific about
making measurements.
73,
John, K4BAI.
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