[Re: [Antennas] 40m Antenna Ideas]
Michael Goins
[email protected]
2003年10月27日 15:11:55 -0600
You might also check with "Cajun Lad"Joel on this list about element leng=
ths
and height. He has A Moxon antenna up for 40 meters that has been pretty
successful.
Mike
k5wmg
Charles Greene <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi All,
Well, if you are going to get fancy, you might try the Moxon rectangle fo=
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40. It really is a two element beam, with the ends folded back. We buil=
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one in 2002 and used it for field day 2002 and 2003, so it really is =
portable. It has some gain over a dipole, and at the same elevation as a=
=
dipole or inverted V, it has a lower angle of radiation. We hoisted it u=
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as high as we could get it from a 37' tower and 35' ladder. It drooped a=
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bit, but was at about 30'. Did real well. From SE New England, it cover=
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about 90 % of the US in it's 3 dB beamwidth. It used to bother me that f=
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field day and being in SE NE, a NS antenna wastes half of your power goin=
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east. So resulted the beam.
At 08:31 AM 10/27/2003, Robert Lay wrote:
>I strongly recommend the Inverted Delta antenna. Unfortunately, it requi=
res
>suspension of the flat-top portion between two supports from the sides a=
t an
>elevation of as high as you can get it. (45- 50 ft should be just barely=
>high enough - higher would be better).
>>Feed the bottom apex with a balanced feed line. The only published artic=
le
>on this antenna that I know of is by Bill Orr, W6SAI.
>>I use the 20 meter version of the antenna, and have found nothing to bea=
t
>it.
>>Bob Lay (W9DMK) in Dahlgren, VA
>http://www.qsl.net/w9dmk
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