The old fashioned inverted vee is always a winner. Get the center as high as possible. 63 foot legs on either side. Feed with RG-8 or similar. That shoukd get you on 3.9 MHz with a reasonable SWR. Excellent antenna for contacts in the lower 48.
73, Don AD0K Don Inbody Buda, Texas On Mon, Nov 24, 2025, 12:29 Daniel Poirot via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > Howdy, > > I am listening to Big John on the Stir Crazy net today. We are chatting > all about what we have done for one another and such. > > I am itching to get on the 80 meter rag chew. The biggest hold up is an > antenna. I am drawn to homebrew plans, if possible. > > I have an end fed halfwave that should tune to 80m, but the length is > pretty much for my little lot. 125 to 130 feet is a challenge... > > I have looked at Big John's antenna plans but I am intimidated by the > loading coils... > > Any ideas? > 73 > Dan KJ5IZK > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >
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