Or try one 30 degree sloping wire off the top of the tower. Feed the wire with
center conductor and braid to tower. Needs a tuner.
Phil
W4NGU
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> On Aug 13, 2022, at 1:06 PM, n1bkb--- via TowerTalk
> <towertalk@contesting.com> wrote:
>
> I agree on the sloping dipole as a MUCH easier solution. You might want to
> consider using a ZS6BKW antenna installed as a sloper. I used one in that
> configuration for over a decade with the top at 75' and was constantly amazed
> at how well it worked, especially considering it cost less than $80 back when
> I bought it. It's 92'' long with coverage from 80m thru 6m and a tuner is
> only required on 80m & 15m. It's only unique requirement is that the 450-ohm
> ladder line connection needs to be fed with at least 100' of coax as a
> matching element to its function.
> 73, Steve - N1BKB
>
> On Friday, August 12, 2022 at 01:41:28 PM PDT, S57AD
> <mirko.s57ad@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> How about a sloping dipole, Stephen? Upper half at 30° to the tower and
> bottom half 30° from the ground , in the shape of extended V. I had
> excellent experiences with such a dipole...
>
> 73 Mirko, S57AD
>
> V V pet., 12. avg. 2022 ob 22:22 je oseba STEPHEN L SALA <k7awb@msn.com>
> napisala:
>
>> i have a rohn 45 up at 90 feet with a force 12 6-el the mag 620. i was
>> thinking of a 80 meter vertical 60 feet or so in length away from the
>> tower, a short distance held out there with one of those tower rods. how
>> critical is the wire distance from the tower ? Do i do a 60 foot +- foot
>> quarter wave vertical or an inverted el? to be coax fed only.
>>
>> 73
>> Stephen
>> K7awb
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