Mike,
As you might guess, it came long (cut for the cw portion of each band).
I never monkeyed with the 80 meter section, so it is 1.5 at the
bottom of 80 and hits 2:1 about 3.650. It rises pretty quick to 5:1 to
the top of 75 meters. I don't do a whole lot on 75 and the tuner
takes care of things, but things are nice when chasing DX on CW. I
could tweak it and shift the resonant point, but no real need for me.
The 40 meter section runs below, and parallel to the 80/160 meter
section, and is kind of a wide inverted vee. There are no stand-offs,
just an independent dipole, so perhaps the ends could be oriented in a
different direction, but I have no need for this. I've tweaked this
one to favor the phone portion: 2:1 from 7.080 to 7.300 and 3:1 from
7.080 to the bottom of the band.
Don't think this one was in the product list when I got it a few years
back, kind of built to order to suit my band needs.
73, Steve KW3A
On 10/10/2014 12:43 PM, Mike Duke, K5XU wrote:
> Steve,
>
> I have considered using that antenna myself.
>
> How is the band width on 80 and 40 meters?
>
> Does the 40 meter wire run parallel to the 80/160 wire, or at right
> angles to it?
>
> I could probably get my feed point at 40 or 45 feet, and the ends at maybe 20.
>
> As you know, you can't get a horizontal antenna high enough for 160
> unless you happen to own 2 or more very tall towers, or live in a
> redwood forest, neither of which apply to me.
>
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