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Hi Steve,
Thanks for the azimuth plot. This was just what I was looking for. I am on a sand dune above Lake Michigan 32 miles east southeast of the Sears Tower. The antenna that I am writing about is the Radio Works 80 Special with 41¹ and 25¹ element lengths. The radiating coax is 10¹ strapped to a fiberglass mast. The dipole feedpoint is 30¹ above the sand and about 90¹ above Lake Michigan across the road. It is broadside to due north. I get a lot of contacts from Georgia, Texas and the US northwest but nothing from Europe, Japan or Australia. I work 20m ssb primarily and so have cut and put up a 3/2 wavelength centerfed dipole; slightly different location but same orientation with an aluminum mast. Similar performance on 20. With the Palstar tuner; it loads on 40. My choices come down to keeping the Carolina Windom up, taking it down or re-orienting (But I am squeezed by 7200v powerlines and large oak trees in a terminal forest.). It would be useful to have azimuth plots for 40 and 80 for this antenna; if for nothing else than a starting point. Thoughts? Rick W9ZD |
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