[Elecraft] Rick & antennas...

[Ken]

For limited space, there is nothing wrong with bending the ends back (or 
down).  My novice antenna was an 80/40 fan dipole with the 80m legs bent 
back about 135 degrees.    I feel that an antenna with full length 
elements, even if the ends are bent back,  will perform better than one 
that uses loading coils.   The reason I say this is that, when you have 
a full half wave antenna, most of the radiation comes from the high 
current center half of the antenna.  The ends do not radiate nearly as 
much as the center portion.

Ken WA8JXM

On 12/10/15 12:38 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
>
> I had a similar issue on my Chicago city lot. My solution was a loaded 
> dipole for 80M that also resonated on 40M. You can buy antennas like 
> this here.