For Sale: More BA Literature and Other Stuff
Vertical Antenna Classics by R. Schetgen, large format paperback, ARRL, 1995.
$9
Lee, Capt. Paul N., USNR, Vertical Antenna Handbook, Cowan (CQ), 1974, small
format paperback. $11
Cooke, Mathematics for Electricians and Radiomen, McGraw-Hill
Thanks for your reply.
OK, Yes, I understand. Some of the rigs here are homebrew and the output
network designs are all over the lot. On the antenna side, there are situations
here like a vertical with a poor counterpoise that will have 25 or 30 ohms to
match at some frequencies. Then there's
The antenna inventory at ARS N3RHT:
Radio works 80M Windom, one end in the attic and the other end in a tree at the
far corner of the property, with ends drooped down to fit the space, fed with
coax
Homebrew vertical dipole, about 40 feet total length, stuck upright in a big
ole pine tree
Don
Sounds like your on the right track with the trapped dipole.
Another choice might be to use a random length wire and good ground with any
of the many automatic ant. tuners designed to end feed long wires. Used
one in a mobile installation with a 17 ft whip with reasonable success.
Byron,
My two cents is that no traps I have ever used held up long
(days/weeks) under any sort of AM, except the butternut antenna, which does
not use real traps, but some other crazy setup.
All the trap dipole stuff crapped out even under DX100 power eventually,
and forget about 300 watts (carrier) and
Good practical experience. I would have to run well into a neighbor's yard to
run a plain dipole on 80 meters. I am good friends with the one neighbor who
has a tall tree along the far edge of his property. I am debating asking him
for access to his tree. Even then, that would put the feed
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