"Eagle" wrote in message
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Hello,
I want to put up a center fed dipole for 75 meters. Trouble is, my lot is
not large enough to run the two legs without any bends.
My tower is in the center of my lot and is 60 feet at the peak, and is 40
feet to both ends of the lot.
What would the best solution be without using coils to "shorten" the
antenna?
I've had some luck by "dog legging" each leg of the dipole, but have not
gone past 200 watts power for fear of a arc.

Thanks,
73, W6IML

-- determines who is Left.



Using only the wire, get as much of the middle as high as you can and put
the last 20 or so feet of the antenna anywhere you can as high as you can
get it. Most of the radiation of a dipole is from the center part of the
antenna.

Try to keep the angle at the center as large as you can and not less than 90
to 120 degrees if possiable.