[KCDXC] 40/80m Antenna ideas?

[Marty Tippin]

I need an antenna that will get me on 40 and 80m, probably needs to be a
vertical and something that doesn't take up much space. City lot without much
space and nothing to hang wires from. Had to take my wires down last year when
we added onto the house, can't really put them back up now.

A Hy-Tower would be great, but I think the neighbors would raise hell about it
being 53 feet tall. I don't need anything beyond 40 and 80 for this antenna, so
a general-purpose multi-band vertical is overkill and probably too much of a
compromise - they all have limited bandwidth on the low bands.

The only thing that really comes to mind is a 40/80 version of that nifty
CoLatchCo antenna that AE9B and others use on 80 and 160. Is there a 40/80
version of that antenna and what are the specs if so? How many cases of beer
would it take to get KD0FW to make me a nice top loading coil for it?

Are there any other commercial verticals that meet my requirements?


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-Marty NW0L
 martyt at pobox.com