[Elecraft] sideways V antenna?

[David C Dawson]

My group usually puts up a V antenna for 80 and 40 on field day and
makes quite a few contacts on it each time.

It works and is fairly directional. We feed it with ladder line as I
recall and use a balun.

The angle between the legs was around 60 degrees, I'm not sure what a 97
degree antenna would do. Maybe you could get somebody to model it on
elnec or similar.

----Dave VE7HP
On Sat, Dec 09, 2006 at 04:30:11PM -0500, Albers wrote:
> Fellow Elecrafters,
> 
> There's lots of stuff in the antenna literature about inverted V antennas, i.e., where the feedpoint is higher than the ends. But I can't find anything on dipoles and such in which the ends are not in the same vertical plane as the center. 
> 
> I'm thinking of putting up a stealth antenna that would be an OCF dipole with the feedpoint at the peak of my roof, and the ends extending toward two trees alongside the house. I've taken some measurements and calculated the angle between the legs as being about 97 degrees - but of course in the horizontal plane, not the vertical plane like an inverted V. I'd feed it with ladder line and my good ole Johnson Viking Matchbox, so I'm not worried about effects on feedpoint impedance. I imagine it would exhibit some directionality, probably toward the open side of the V ?
> 
> Anyone see any major pitfalls with this approach??
> 
> 73
> Ray K2HYD
> KX-1 # 608
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