For limited space, there is nothing wrong with bending the ends back (or
down). My novice antenna was an 80/40 fan dipole with the 80m legs bent
back about 135 degrees. I feel that an antenna with full length
elements, even if the ends are bent back, will perform better than one
that uses loading coils. The reason I say this is that, when you have
a full half wave antenna, most of the radiation comes from the high
current center half of the antenna. The ends do not radiate nearly as
much as the center portion.
Ken WA8JXM
On 12/10/15 12:38 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
I had a similar issue on my Chicago city lot. My solution was a loaded
dipole for 80M that also resonated on 40M. You can buy antennas like
this here.
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