My group usually puts up a V antenna for 80 and 40 on field day and makes quite a few contacts on it each time.
It works and is fairly directional. We feed it with ladder line as I recall and use a balun. The angle between the legs was around 60 degrees, I'm not sure what a 97 degree antenna would do. Maybe you could get somebody to model it on elnec or similar. ----Dave VE7HP On Sat, Dec 09, 2006 at 04:30:11PM -0500, Albers wrote: > Fellow Elecrafters, > > There's lots of stuff in the antenna literature about inverted V antennas, > i.e., where the feedpoint is higher than the ends. But I can't find anything > on dipoles and such in which the ends are not in the same vertical plane as > the center. > > I'm thinking of putting up a stealth antenna that would be an OCF dipole with > the feedpoint at the peak of my roof, and the ends extending toward two trees > alongside the house. I've taken some measurements and calculated the angle > between the legs as being about 97 degrees - but of course in the horizontal > plane, not the vertical plane like an inverted V. I'd feed it with ladder > line and my good ole Johnson Viking Matchbox, so I'm not worried about > effects on feedpoint impedance. I imagine it would exhibit some > directionality, probably toward the open side of the V ? > > Anyone see any major pitfalls with this approach?? > > 73 > Ray K2HYD > KX-1 # 608 > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > 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 -- David Dawson The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding. -- Justice Louis D. Brandeis _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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
