am (Gary V. Deutschmann, Sr.) wrote in message ...
Hi M3

Can you eke out 6 to 8 more feet somehow?

Take a look at my linear loaded inverted Vee
http://archimedes.galilei.com/raiar

It has worked like gangbusters for me and for several others who have
tried it also.

I took a look at it and it's not 100% clear to me from the sketch in
your website how your loaded vee is actually laid out, half of it
seems to be "missing". Is the "missing half" another complete leg
attached to the other side of the balun? In other words is the
end-to-end overall "wingspan" 80+ feet? If yes how could it fit in the
M3's 40 foot back yard? Or am I missing something very fundamental??

TTUL
Gary

Brian w3rv



"M3" *** verbositized:

Hi,

Any designs for a small antenna to work on 160M? My garden is approx 40ft x
17ft.

Post links here.

Thanks.

Hi Brian

There are two legs, only one is shown as the other is identical to it.

The closer you bring the ends the more directional the antenna
becomes. I had my legs 80 feet apart on one system and only 25 feet
apart on another system, both worked equally well, except the one with
the smaller spread was considerably more directional.

In my response I had asked if the poster could eke out another 6 to 8
feet, making that 17 feet dimension possibly 23 to 25 feet wide.
Because at under 20 feet of spread, it begins to loose some
functionality and noise levels increase exponentially. At least where
mine was installed that is.

I had tried all kinds of antennas for 160 in my small backyard and
this one worked the best for me in my situation. Many others have
used it, most with great success, but in some locations it worked
worse than other designs they were using.

When I moved the legs from the northern facing backyard to the
southern facing front yard, the antenna did not work very well at all.
Probably because of the many obstructions around it when situated in
that direction.

It's cheap, easy to assemble and try, if it doesn't work, you still
have your two 130 feet sections of wire to try something else.

TTUL
Gary

Gary V. Deutschmann, Sr. wrote:
I had my legs 80 feet apart ...

Ouch!



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am (Gary V. Deutschmann, Sr.) wrote in message ...
Hi Brian

There are two legs, only one is shown as the other is identical to it.

The closer you bring the ends the more directional the antenna
becomes. I had my legs 80 feet apart on one system and only 25 feet
apart on another system, both worked equally well, except the one with
the smaller spread was considerably more directional.

In my response I had asked if the poster could eke out another 6 to 8
feet, making that 17 feet dimension possibly 23 to 25 feet wide.
Because at under 20 feet of spread, it begins to loose some
functionality and noise levels increase exponentially. At least where
mine was installed that is.

I had tried all kinds of antennas for 160 in my small backyard and
this one worked the best for me in my situation. Many others have
used it, most with great success, but in some locations it worked
worse than other designs they were using.

When I moved the legs from the northern facing backyard to the
southern facing front yard, the antenna did not work very well at all.
Probably because of the many obstructions around it when situated in
that direction.

It's cheap, easy to assemble and try, if it doesn't work, you still
have your two 130 feet sections of wire to try something else.

OK, thanks for the clarifications Gary.

TTUL
Gary

w3rv