[SixClub] dipole orientation?

[Dennis Kaylor]

bill
instead of wood and the other insulators
why not use 1/2in diam PVC pipe cut to 8in lengths and drilled to act as 
spacers.insulators?>
i have a 40 meter inverted V up and am going to add 20 and 80 to it and 
use the PVC for that purpose
just a thought
73

William Baker wrote:

>On Tue, 2004-03-23 at 12:20, David-Hook wrote:
>  
>
>>Can you email me a photo?That sound interesting.Now, does it perform like a
>>beam or a dipole?Is it rotatable?
>>
>>David
>>
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>>
>Dave,
>     This is a dipole.  This is an 80-40/15-30-17-10-6 meter resonate
>dipoles with a single 450 ohm feed from a tuner. Each dipole is cut for
>the center freq of it's band except for the 40/15 since 40 and 15 are
>harmonically matched. 
>
>The way this thing is suppose to work is that only the leg that is
>resonate will actually radiate.  I am almost sorry I started this
>project.  I am finding out that I will need to stabilize the spacing of
>the wires. So I have to hit homeless depot for some wood dowels and the
>Agway store for some more insulators.  HINT!!! You can use Fence
>insulators in place of dog bones. A bag of 10 was $2.79..!
>
>If my friend's modeling is correct @ 90' this should play very well. I
>am just a tad leery of the sway in the trees. But I think I have that
>solved too.  I have weighed all the components and then added 20 lbs to
>each end and will let the whole thing float in the breeze. The 80m leg
>is the main support and is #10 wire. all the others are #12.  
>
>Bill
>kc2lix 
>
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