Trevor, For 160m I have a 75ft irrigation pipe vertical (4 & 3 inch pipe) with two 50ft top hat wires wires. For 80m I run a #10, 65ft wire with 12 inch homebrew fiberglass stand offs up the side of the irrigation pipe. At the base, I have two separate matching devices that I manually change to operate either band. I will automate this soon. This way, This way, I can share the same radial field. I do have to ground the irrigation vertical to operate on 80m.
Works great for me! Ray, N6VR On Sun, Dec 28, 2014 at 5:39 PM, MR TREVOR DUNNE <ei2...@eircom.net> wrote: > Hi All > > I need some help in trying to get an antenna that will cover both 80 and > 160, > > What I was planning is a Inverted L with a 75 ft Vertical section of > Aluminum tube and the rest tied off to a convenient tree, what I would like > to add is a 80m vertical wire spaced off the main aluminum element of the L, > > Would this work and what sort of spacing would I need, could I feed both > on the same feedline ??? > > Thanks > Trevor > EI2GLB > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
