John, your 80M dipole with 110 foot vertical feedline fed as a top-loaded vertical on 160M is a wonderful antenna.
If you are unhappy with its receive performance,the solution is to add a receive antenna (or two, or three....!). Not to put up a worse transmitting antenna :-) Tim N3QE On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 6:05 PM John Harper <johna...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm thinking of installing an end-fed half-wave dipole as an "inverted U" > for 160m. My tree geometry is such that the antenna would be fed at the > base of a tree, then go up it to 120 feet. Then about 90 feet to another > tree and down it to complete the length of the antenna. > > Would the close proximity of the vertical portions to the two trees > adversely affect the antenna's performance? > > Last year I used my 80m dipole-110-foot vertical feedline as a top-loaded > vertical on 160 - it worked well as a transmitting antenna but was a poor > receiver due to noise so looking for another option. > > Tnx/73, > > John AE5X > https://ae5x.blogspot.com > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > Reflector > _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector