[GCARC] Club site 80-160M trap dipole

[Tony Starr]

Vinnie,

It would not be hard to do, if you had the traps, or could build them.  The
problem is that a good pair of 80m traps is hard to come by, and if you do
find them, they may be heavy. The easy solution is just to add a pair of
wires to the feed point for 160m , making it into a dual-band dipole
similar to a fan dipole.  This is what I did to my 40m dipole 4 years ago
when I wanted to get on 80 meters, and it has served me well ever since
then.

If you turn the wires so that they are facing away from each other, you
will not even have much interaction between the two bands.  This project
only requires 250 feet of wire, two insulators, and some rope.  It would
offer a lot of return for a minimum of investment.

Tony K3TS



On Sun, Nov 8, 2020 at 8:53 PM Vinnie Sallustio <Yankees_1996 at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> Is there any way the current 80M dipole can be turned into a 80-160M trap
> dipole? 160M is that elusive band for many people because of space
> constraints. I don't use the clubhouse, but would bring my rig over there
> to get on 160M. It's the only band I cannot get on at home. We seem to have
> the space for one. Why don't we utilize it?
>
> Vinnie N4NYY
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