[GCARC] Club site 80-160M trap dipole

[Vinnie Sallustio]

Tony,

This is a better idea. The 2 trap companies are both out of business. A fan dipole is a great idea.

Vinnie

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From: Tony Starr <tstarr1450 at gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 8, 2020 9:32 PM
To: Vinnie Sallustio <Yankees_1996 at hotmail.com>
Cc: GCARC <gcarc at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [GCARC] Club site 80-160M trap dipole

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<mailto: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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