1) Why waste money on the balun?

2) If you have 65 feet run a random wire and tune it.

3) The 80 meter hamsticks are mostly turns of wire that radiate poorly.

4) Hamstick dipoles are always a compromise antenna. The two 80 meter
sticks on 80 meters will have very narrow bandwidth, very low radiation
resistance, about 4 to 6 ohms, and very low efficiency. They will not be
much better on the other bands.

5) Your secret weapons is: you have 65 feet so run a sloper and a tuner.

Deacon Dave, W1MCE



Marvin Rosen wrote:

Some zany thoughts on an 80-10 mtr shorty antenna:

1. Two 80 mtr hamsticks in a dipole configuration fed
in the center with ladder line & an appropriate tuner.

2. The same as above except with a 4:1 balun in the
center of the dipole. The low impeadance end of the
balun would be at the center of the dipole.

Either configuration would be placed 65 ft above gnd.
Is there any merit or possibilities concerning the above?