[Elecraft] 135 ft flat top antennas, again, ad infinitum

[Paul Gates, KD3JF]

Hey George you said it right!! I have been reading all the
email about what will work and won't. The best antenna I
ever haad was the 130 ft Vee feeding it with 450 ohm ladder
line. Now don't laugh, the length of the feedline was
whatever it took from the center of the VEE to my shack!
Then I hooked up the ladder line to tuner and 4to1 balun.
It worked on every band fine!

I would have that kind of antenna here but would have to
move a couple of buildings. I live in an apt above the
church and I just cannot swing it. I have thought about it
a lot. I have the G5RV up at present.

I do have made up a 40 meter Delta loop I would like to get
up off of the deck but that will have to come after
surgery. Next Tuesday I go in for a full replacement on my
right knee. I had the left leg done a year ago and it is
fine.

Paul, KD3JF

--- George <saywhat at alltel.net> wrote:

> My 2 cents worth is:  Theory is one thing and actuality
> is another thing.   I use a 130 ft inverted vee, fed with
> about 55 ft of 450 ohm ladder line.  The apex of the vee
> is about 65 ft up.  The ladder line stops at the eave of
> my house, just outside the shack, where I use a 4:1
> balun.  From the balun to the homebrew tuner, I use a 7
> or 8 ft piece of RG 213.  It works FB on all bands from
> 80-10 m, including 30 m, and is absolutely the best all
> band wire antenna I have used in my 51 yrs of hamming. 
> It works especially well on 75 and 80 m.  It would
> possibly work even better if I broke up (with insulators)
> the guy wire which is almost parallel to one leg of the
> vee.  Also, the antenna is surrounded by several trees
> which are 15-25 ft higher than the antenna.  I guess the
> moral to this is, don't let theory stop you from trying
> stuff.
> 
> 73, N4ym
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