[QRP] QRP, Buddipole, and Recent antenna experiments

[Daniel Reynolds]

My latest plans include a 30' telescoping TV mast that will be guyed with
non-conductive lines. It will be centrally located on the lot (just behind the
house). With it, I should be able to run a 66 or 88 ft doublet fed with 300 Ohm
TV twinlead. At 30' up, it should be up high enough to keep the antenna pretty
efficient (compared to ground losses at 10' and below). It won't be much of a
DX antenna except maybe on 15-10m. On 80/40/30m, I pretty much want NVIS
capability for local and regional nets.

I appreciate the ideas, and am glad to see that they run along the same lines
that I've come up with.

72/73!
Daniel / AA0NI

--- w5xe at juno.com wrote:
> Hello Daniel.  I went thru and re-read your posting
> concerning your new location and antenna possibilities.
> Living in a mobile home and for many years my 90 ft long
> yard was divided in half by a utility drop to a neighboring
> space.  In addition, I had a pole with transformer
> and drop lines along two other sides of the space
> which made using any kind of high wire antenna almost
> impossible.  What I did was find the furtherest point
> where I could erect a pushup mast, and then put
> the wire antenna as a sloping vee toward the ends of
> the yard which gave me pretty good capability with
> a 100 ft dipole type antenna.  If you can put a small 
> (10 ft fibreglass?) mast on the center area of your roof, 
> maybe if you have a chimney to mount it to or a sewer vent,
> and string one of the W4RNL described 44 ft dipoles
> fed with 450 line - they do get high praise from many.
> 66 ft might work also, with a tuner all bands should
> be possible.  Getting the feed point up and away from
> the mettalic items you describe will help a lot.  Just
> some ideas, maybe you have already thought of them.
> Here, I have a low, v shaped 100 ft dipole and a 80-10 mtr 
> vertical system.  An old saying - if you can't go out, go up.
> 
> 73 and good luck
> Ray, W5XE
> Governments have never learned anything from history, 
> or acted on principles deduced from it: 
> Hebbel : German poet and dramatist, 1813-1863 
> Ray Colbert, W5XE, OOTC#3618, SOWP#1064M NARTE-NCT2R 
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