20-03-2019, 08:42 PM
Welcome to the world of antenna experimentation! My XYL asks me when will all this playing with wire stop? Probably the day after the guys in black suits put me in the van with dark windows and cart me off to the chiller!
You should also consider a horizontal loop in a triangle shape (sort of is OK). Can be fed with coax with a 2:1 balun at the feed point, but I got the best results using home made open wire line down to a 4:1 balun just out side the shack wall with a short length coax through the wall to an external tuner. Mine was only 8m high and a full wave length long on 40m. Worked very well on all bands between 40-6m and reasonably well on 80m. Shorted the feed line and loaded it against ground for 160m. Much lower noise than a vertical. If I had the right configuration in my present yard it would still be my HF antenna of choice.
Have fun, but remember there is no cure for becoming a TAWAN.
73
Wayne VK4WDM
You should also consider a horizontal loop in a triangle shape (sort of is OK). Can be fed with coax with a 2:1 balun at the feed point, but I got the best results using home made open wire line down to a 4:1 balun just out side the shack wall with a short length coax through the wall to an external tuner. Mine was only 8m high and a full wave length long on 40m. Worked very well on all bands between 40-6m and reasonably well on 80m. Shorted the feed line and loaded it against ground for 160m. Much lower noise than a vertical. If I had the right configuration in my present yard it would still be my HF antenna of choice.
Have fun, but remember there is no cure for becoming a TAWAN.
73
Wayne VK4WDM