[Elecraft] extended double Zepp

[Doug Person via Elecraft]

When I moved my 80/40 trapped dipole from 40 feet to 60 feet I 
immediately started hearing strong DX on both bands.  I use a slingshot 
with a 1 oz fishing weight and 35 lb mono-filament line. The old 
fashioned slingshot without the wrist support works best. The wrist 
support seems to somehow complicate the launch and snag the line.  I 
paint the weight fluorescent orange to make it easier to find on the 
other side of the tree.

45 feet works great for 20.  But, the extra height really makes a huge 
difference on 40 and 80.  I worked New Zealand on 40 with 10 watts out 
of the KX3.  I never heard New Zealand on 40 ever until jacking up the wire.


73, Doug --K0DXV

On 6/25/14, 1:14 PM, Fred Townsend wrote:
> Richard:
> I have run a double Zepp hung from the trees as you suggest. If you can do it I would get the antenna across the tops of the trees. 45' is too low for 80M unless you are running NVIS in which case you are too high at 45'. Keep in mind that pine trees are parasitic so keep the wire, even if insulated, away from the trees. Inverted V works if you can't maintain 60'.
> 73,
> Fred, AE6QL
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Rstafford12 <rstafford12 at gmail.com>
>> Sent: Jun 25, 2014 11:12 AM
>> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>> Subject: [Elecraft] extended double Zepp
>>
>> I realize this is another somewhat not on topic post, but it is in regards to my KX1 and KX3. I have a mature pine forest; 60 -70 foot trees. How compromised would an EDZ be hung 45 feet up about four rows of trees in from the perimeter? No branches or needles inside the forest until 50 feet up. Richard KD0NPM
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