I suspect the SLOPING WIRES may have contributed to the
lackluster performance. I use my 80M dipoles on the WARC
bands where the horizontal ones perform quite well. The inverted
vees are noticably down when the apex angle is less than 120 degrees.
Tom N4KG
On Sat, 03 Nov 2001 dan hearn <dhearn@ix.netcom.com> writes:
>
> A friend, N5RM in north Texas built a beautiful array of sloping V
> beams
> which covered all directions. The center was at 200ft and the low
> ends
> came to 8 ft posts. A wire ran down each post to a large power
> terminating resistor and to ground rods. It sounds like a dream
> array,
> however he told me it was not nearly as effective as he expected.
> He
> felt that it needed a ground screen beneath it.
> My ARRL Antenna Book is 17th edition also. It mentions loss at the
> ground termination being a problem and suggests a radial system.
>
> 73, Dan, N5AR
>
> Don Hall wrote:
> >
> > Con,
> >
> > I don't have a new one, but the 17th edition of the ARRL Antenna
> Book has a
> > discussion of the terminated sloping V on page 13-9. Suggest you
> look at
> > whatever edition you have.
> >
> > 73 Don K5AQ
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