I recently built a dipole for 40/20/15 using 300 ohm twinlead, which
worked
out very well, so I'm thinking of using a similar approach for this
antenna,
using the full length for 160, and trimming one wire to be resonant on 80.
I'd like to do whatever I can to maximize bandwidth. If I could
Hello,
Your location sounds similar to mine. I'm on a hill about 200 ft up and about
100-150 yards from ocean.
I figured I'd throw yet another dipole over the tallest tree behind me. It's
only about 30ft off the ground at the center - right next to the 40 and 80M...
The 160M ends are
Hi Rick,
I've been down this same road as you - starting with a low (18 metre)
dipole, and after 1+ year of using it, I was only able to copy work
just (1) DX station from here in the Northeast US - that being DF2PY.
I couldn't even work to the west coast of the US with the low dipole.
Hi Rick-
In regards to copperweld near the ocean, here in California wire near
the coast, my copperweld has not held up too well as the steel rusts
then fails due to intrusion through any damage to the copper surface.
solid copper will last much better.
BTW I understand the utilities use
