[Antennas] Long Wires

[Don Havlicek]

30 years ago, living in Indiana, my Low Band antenna was over 1200 feet long, centered with open-wire line, and each half was part of an extended double Zepp, with an additional 1/2 wave for 80 meters, separated by a 1/4-wave section.

Worked like gangbusters on 80 and 160.

73,
Don
N8DE

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On Apr 29, 2020 5:35 PM, Fred Forbush <f.t.forbush at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Would be great to experiment with this portable in a big field!
> -- Fred, k6kub
>
> On Fri, Apr 24, 2020 at 6:02 AM jkolin <jkolin at optonline.net> wrote:
>
> > Anyone have experience with longwires of 6 or more wavelengths?Modeling
> > shows over ground shows good t/o angle lowering with greater lengths.For
> > example 18° take off at 3.79mhz with 841 ft wire at 70 feet high.  Few have
> > the room but there may be some that have tried real Long wires.Jay....NE2Q
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