[Hallicrafters] inverted V

[peter markavage]

I agree with Jim and Vern. Been using inverted vee's for 40, 80 , 160,
with great success over the last 40 years although one leg of the 160 vee
dog legs all over my back yard. It actually has 5 changes of direction in
it's run and still performs well. As pointed out, apex angle should be 90
degrees or greater. Also, remember that, like a dipole, an inverted vee
is a balanced antenna. If you feed it with coax, you should hang a 1 to 1
balun at the feed point (either off the shelf product or home-made). A/B
tests between a dipole at 60 feet high and an inverted vee, apex at 60
feet, ends 22 feet off the ground at both ends, on 75 meters, showed no
discernable difference on receive or transmit when working stations from
the East coast to the West coast.

Pete, wa2cwa
ps Is this message OK, Ken?

On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 08:50:25 -0600 "Vern Weiss" <telegrapher at hotmail.com>
writes:
> I agree with Jim. The key is to maintain a minimum 90 degree angle 
> between
> legs and to keep the lobe of highest voltage at least 1/4 wave above 
> ground.
> Bill Orr W6SAI writes some good information on this in his Radio 
> Handbooks.
> Good luck.
> 
> Vern Weiss W9STB
> All CW  All Vintage in the
> Wisconsin Northwoods
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jim Brannigan" <jbrannig at optonline.net>
> To: "Dan Cotsirilos" <dcsfree at worldnet.att.net>; "hallicrafters"
> <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 7:37 AM
> Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] inverted V
> 
> 
> > 3db.? that's half the signal !!
> > With the "V" angle > 90 degrees and the ends 10 or more feet off 
> the
> ground,
> > an Inverted Vee will perform as well as a horizontal dipole at the 
> same
> > (center) height.
> >
> > Jim
> >
> >
> > > Any ant experts out there? I read a article that a inverted V on 
> 80
> meters
> > loses about 3 db gain over a dipole. Does anyone know that if this 
> is the
> > same on 10 meters? thanks Dan
> >