looking at the alfa delta's, from what I read, which wasn't a whole lot, 
they also use latter line as part of the antenna.
the off center fed idea is a good one...there are versions that don't 
utilize the vertical radiator portion.
I'll check out david's suggestion as well since wark bands aren't terribly 
important in this case.

73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Forst" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 3:50 PM
Subject: Re: looking for a 10-80M trapped dipole


> Colin,
>
> A few of the more popular companies for loaded dipoles are: Alpha Delta,
> Hy Power, and Spi Ro.  Maybe some searches here will kick up something.
>
> Anything loaded for 80 meters is going to  have  a serious limitation on
> usable bandwidth without a tuner.   But if he has a favorite band
> segment, it could be tuned for that portion of the band.
>
> Parallel dipoles  can give a number of bands without a tuner,or traps,
> but  adding more wires  may make it  hard to put up and down multiple 
> times.
>
> Another option would be an off center fed (Windom type) antenna.  Multi
> bands, no traps and  possibly only some need for a tuner at the high end
> of 75 meters.   Maybe too long, at 136 ft for 80 through 6 meters.  Also
> no resonance on 30 or 15.   A 40 meter OFC is about 66 ft. long  and of
> course won't cover 80/75 as well as 30 and 15.
>
> 73, Steve KW3A
>
> On 5/30/2012 1:56 AM, colin McDonald wrote:
>> a friend is looking for a 10 to 80M trapped dipole requiring little or no
>> tuner, that can be fairly easily deployed in the field.
>> He's already got a tripple hussler arrangement on the RV, and an Icom 
>> long
>> wire tuner.
>> However, he now has a 40FT telescoping linemans poll stuck to the back of
>> the RV that can be raised up to support the center of a bigger HF dipole.
>> He doesn't really want to go the G5RV route due to the necesity of the
>> latter line hanging down...he wants flexibility for various anchoring
>> arrangements and easy deployment.
>> Does anyone have any recommendations for a good 10M to 80M dipole that 
>> might
>> fit these requirements?
>> As I said, little to no tuning would be best.
>> Though he does have a couple small LDG auto tuners that would make life
>> simpler if the antenna needed a bit of tuning on the various bands.
>> Either a prebuilt antenna, or any recommendations as to where one can
>> perchase premade traps that can be used to build such a beast.
>>
>> 73
>> Colin, V A6BKX
>>
>>
>>