| The 80M elevated wire vertical array Antena na pasmo 80 m |
| The 80M elevated wire vertical array Antenna Overview The new "keeper" 80M antenna is a pair of raised 1/4-wave (68') verticals in the pine woods on our sloping lower property. Two verticals, each is 68' of 16-gauge aluminum fence wire (Princess Auto farm section, $30 for 1,300' roll) Three elevated 66'-long radials for each vertical Relay control box switches for NE, SW or broadside signal Uses one SPDT relay to switch for end-fire patterns, and if you want a second SPDT to short the phasing line for broadside bidirectional at 1 dB gain over a single vertical. Exhibits up to 5 S-units of front-to-back between endfire direction http://www3.telus.net/va7st/array80.shtml |