Snip: I am right now using an inverted L which is spaced about 4 feet away from my tower. The vertical leg is about 85 feet.
I remember a number of years ago talking with Jeff Briggs (K1ZM) about ideas for my first inverted-L while we were both waiting for flights out of the Dayton Hamvention. Like you I wanted to use my tower as a support and Jeff suggested that the vertical wire be at least 15-feet away from the tower. In short I did what Jeff suggested and the antenna worked well. As an alternative you can also detune the tower. Snip: I only have 6 radials at the present time Now here is the question The horizontal leg is about 50 feet and goes to my back yard. Since the trees are not that high, it probably slopes down to 40 feet at the far end The horizontal wire faces west.. Would it help me to face that wire to the south for east west signals on transmit. I would not lose too much sleep on your horizontal wire and the specific direction thats its pointing. In theory there is a very small amount of gain in the opposite direction to that of the horizontal wire. If you model this there is only about a 1.5 DB F/B ratio, certainly nothing to write home about. Since the inverted-L is a shortened vertical it benefits from a good ground system so I would definitely add some more radials. 73, Les, N1SV _______________________________________________ Stew Perry Topband Distance Challenge coming on December 29th.