This is basically a center fed ZEPP. When I was at T30NN and 3D2NN I used a center fed ZEPP which consisted of a 44 foot piece of 300 ohm TV lead-in for the feed line and the horizontal parts were stranded #18 wire each side being 23 feet. Using the K2/100 and KAT100 this antenna tuned 80m-10m with 1.0-1 vswr. The antenna center height was at 17 feet, supported by a fiber glass extending twist/lock pole from SteppIR antennas. Each end was held up by a 15 foot fiber glass extending twist/lock fishing pole from Walmart. See, sometimes when on a remote place there are no trees to support an antenna, so you carry your own fiberglass poles. I worked many, many stateside and EU stations with this portable antenna. 73, de Joe, aa4nn ____________________________________________________________________________________
I recently built an 80/40 meter half-wave dipole using the small 300 ohm ladder line, and it works very well. This design is very light, easy to install and makes for a very clean looking antenna. Mine is in an inverted V configuration with the center at about 55 feet. Wonder if others have tried this antenna. _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
