"Maude Herr-Chodt" wrote in message
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Currently my low-bands antenna consists of a sloping inverted vee. The
center insulator is attached at the chimney support on the back of the
house at about 27 feet above ground and is fed with open-wire line, which
drops straight down into the basement shack. Each leg of the dipole is 75
feet long with 60 feet between the center insulator and a 12 foot 2x4 at
the two fence corners. The last 15 feet of each leg then makes a 90 degree
bend and is fastened to the fence top at five feet above ground.

The antenna in its current configuration seems to put out a good signal,
about what one would expect for an antenna at this height. I have been
thinking about adding a 40 foot self-supporting fiberglass pole at the
center of the back yard fence. This would allow me to lengthen each leg by
about 22 feet, and the two legs could be connected to an insulator mounted
on the flagpole. In this configuration the ends of the legs would be
elevated to an height of 40 feet. I could also remove the insulator, and
by joining the two ends I would have a loop antenna with total length of
about 194 feet.

Before expending money and time on this antenna modification, I would be
interested in comments about what, if anything, I might expect in improved
antenna performance.

At best, most any wire antenna for 80 meters below 100 feet or so is just a
crap shoot. The new configuration you want to use will probably work beter
in some directions and distances and worse in others.
If the pole did not cost too much, it may help if you can get the center of
the dipole up to 40 feet and the ends up some also.