[Antennas] RE: ver tickle

[KeViN_S]

I'd say forget the Inverted V's. The vertical will
do well enough for DX.
I had a full size vertical for 80m for about 20+
years.
About 100 radials I suppose now.

It was just a bit too tall unguyed. I finally put in a
loading coil using either loadcoil.exe or vertload.exe
programs found on the Internet. Shortened it by about
15 ft. 
Self supports ok with 4*4 posts and works just great
in the pileups.

I might try the same thing for 160m about 3-4 ft.
beside this 80m this summer. (of course a lot more
shortened)

There is a guy who has a fiberglass pole self
supported 80m and shortened with coil and a page on
Internet.
I don't know the url but googling short 80m vertical
might get it. If your interested enough I might be
able to locate it again. I printed the info somewhere
for future reference.


73
CW!
Kevin

http://home.kc.rr.com/n0cwr/ham.htm

<SNIP!>
I've been thinking lately about putting up a vertical
for 75-80M.  In
 addition
installing one or two inverted "V's" from the top as
guy's and
 antenna's. anybody
done this and what's the hot tip..

Dennis  W7JX



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