My antenna is similar to yours, but slightly longer. I have a 110 feet
dipole running between my chimney and a tree at the back of the lot. The
dipole is at a height of 30 feet and is fed with open-wire. I use an antenna
tuner and the antenna works fairly well on all bands 80 through 10 meters.

John, N9JG

"Cecil Moore" wrote in message
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Andre & Sharon Walker wrote:
I was hoping to get away from traps, but i dont think its possible :-(. I
only have a smallish yard, with just 30m from the chimmny (brick ) to the
back of the yard, so i think a decent wire antenna is out...but i am open
to
suggestions. I guess the other considerstion is to keep "she inside"
happy .

A 1/2WL dipole is 20m on 40m and can be made to work on
all HF bands 40m-10m. That's probably what I would do
and then do something romantic to keep the XYL happy.
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73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com