Re: Topband: horiz TLDL for 80m

2012-01-08 Thread Guy Olinger K2AV
Hi Bob, I had a look at your QTH via Google Earth. Would appear that the only support you have is your tower. And on something like a 65 x115 corner city lot.How tall is your tower? 73, Guy K2AV On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 10:08 PM, Bob K6UJ k...@pacbell.net wrote: The reason I am trying a

Re: Topband: horiz TLDL for 80m

2012-01-08 Thread Bob K6UJ
thanks guys, I will experiment with the top loading and also pulling the bottom away to a wider angle and see how it goes. 73, Bob K6UJ On Jan 7, 2012, at 8:17 PM, k...@voyager.net wrote: Bob: The simple answer is Yes. I remember the article on the loaded delta loop but have never

Re: Topband: horiz TLDL for 80m

2012-01-08 Thread Bob K6UJ
Hi Guy, You are pretty close Guy ! My little lot is only 65 x 120. I have two masts for supporting the lower leg of the delta One is at the rear corner and the other is at the front corner set back about 20 feet. They are right next to the fences. The tower is located about 60 feet from

Re: Topband: horiz TLDL for 80m

2012-01-07 Thread Herb Schoenbohm
Bob, IMHO what you described would be a linear loaded loop and the folded down wires should be at the top and the feed where you described. This avoids some feedline interaction. But remember such an antenna depending on spacing from the tower will couple significant energy to the tower