[Elecraft] antenna question

[Charles Greene]

At 11:45 PM 5/23/2002 -0400, David A. Belsley wrote:

Dave,


>Well, the ol' K2 has been very happy with my 40 meter extended double zepp 
>with a transmatch. It has a flat top of about 175 feet, and it's done 
>beautifully 160-10.   But one of the trees it is anchored to is 
>disappearing.  My alternative gives me a stretch of roughly 145 feet max, 
>probably 142 feet to play it safe.  Of course, half wave for the bottom of 
>80 meters is roughly 137 feet.  My question is, given that I use a 
>transmatch anyway, am I better off putting up 137 feet or 142?  I've often 
>felt, "get up as much wire as you can."  But being so close to a half wave 
>makes me wonder.  Any thoughts?

My favorite antenna is a 135' OCF and it simplifies multi-band 
operation.  I am using a G5RV right now but its performace on 40-10 is 
similar my trap vertical, So I am going to replace the G5 with the 135' OCF 
sometime this summer.

GL


73, Chas, W1CG