On Apr 5, 5:23*pm, "vangellis" wrote:

Vangellis -wrote-

- Hi RHF
- The actual longwire start is about 40 foot high,
- the centre of the V is about 35 feet
- and the end of the V is about 40 foot
- ( all in all it is about 80 foot long overall)

Basically starts to sound like a Horizontal Wire Antenna
with a sway-back.

- it is connected to a balun/transformer,

# 1 - That is good.

- then I have coax cable conected to the balun

# 2 - That is good.

- with a very thick earthwire going from the balun

# 3 - That is good.

- and receiver to ground (a 8 foot underground spike.

# 4 - That is good.

- regards
- vangellis
-

Vangellis,

FWIW - If you have a Ground Wire going from an 8-Foot
Ground Rod 'up' 40-Foot to the Balun then most likely
that Wire is a Grounded {Terminated} Vertical Radiator;
and at least at some Frequencies part of the Antenna
Element System.

Effectively an Off-Center-Fed Dipole Antenna {Windom}
that is Bent into the Shape of an Inverted "L" Antenna.

and that is the way 'i' see it - iane ~ RHF