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[TowerTalk] Shortened 80m dipole/inverted vee

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Subject: [TowerTalk] Shortened 80m dipole/inverted vee
From: k9mi@home.com (Michael Brown)
Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2001 11:43:29 -0500
Tom, maybe that was a typo? I see 100x150 feet in your
message. 150 feet is of course plenty of room for a full
sized 80m dipole/inverted vee.

My experience is, yes there is a big difference in performance
from a shortened dipole for 80m then a full sized one. Plus
you won't have much bandwidth with the shortened version.

73 - Mike K9MI




----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Anderson" <ww5l@gte.net>
To: <TowerTalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2001 10:10 AM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Shortened 80m dipole/inverted vee


>
>
>
> After taking a lightnming hit I'm redoing the antenna configuration on my
crank
> up tower.  One question is does anyone know how efficient a shortened 80
meter
> dipole/inverted vee (80 ft) is versus the advertised "full size" 80m
dipoles of
> 130 ft or so?  The highest I can get the apex of the dipole/inverted vee
is 50
> ft. (I have a TriEx WT51 with a Mosley Classic 33 WARC (the the 40m kit on
the
> driven element) on top.  The reason for investigating the shortened
dipole/vee is
> my lot is just 100X150   Any help appreciated, or would I be doing better
by
> putting up a vertical?
>
> Tom, WW5L
> Colleyville, Texas
>
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