[HCARC] Inverted L Antenna

[Gary J - N5BAA]

If playing around on the hillside gains me NADA, I won't waste the coax or 
ditching effort getting me there!!!  Doesn't the take off angle change on a 
hillside???  Of course I have tall hills several miles away directly west 
across from the hillside.  Lowered take off may just run into the hills 
across the valley.

73,


Gary J
N5BAA
HCARC Secretary 2013/14

-----Original Message----- 
From: Dale Gaudier
Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2014 8:57 PM
To: 'Gary J - N5BAA' ; hcarc at mailman.qth.net
Subject: RE: [HCARC] Inverted L Antenna

Gary:

According to the ARRL Antenna Book, you'll get some slight directionality in
the direction of the sloping wire. The vertical part of the antenna will
give you vertically polarized radiation, which is good for low angles of
radiation and DX. The sloping part will have a mix of vertically and
horizontally polarized radiation.

73,

Dale - K4DG

-----Original Message-----
From: hcarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:hcarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
On Behalf Of Gary J - N5BAA
Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2014 8:07 PM
To: hcarc at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [HCARC] Inverted L Antenna

What happens, if anything, to an inverted L (80 or 160 meters) if the
vertical section is right on the edge of a hill approx 50 feet up and the
wire runs downhill to a support approx 50 feet high at the bottom of the
hill??  Does the slope make it at all directional??

Gary J
N5BAA
HCARC Secretary 2013/14
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