I'm thinking of adding another antenna for general listening and
operating. I have a 500+ foot spool of wire at my disposal.
My house sits near the rear corner of a triangular lot, which is about
300 feet on a side. I have access to the common densely wooded property
to the rear (west) of the house, but to the east (100' or so) is the road
and power lines, so I can't go very far that way.
I'd like to get some better coverage to the east, but my main antenna
is a 130' dipole at 60+ feet, fed with ladderline. It is oriented NE to
SW, and seems to favor California to Texas (no offense guys). I must add
that I'm blocked to the east by a mountain which rises nearly 2000 feet
above me, within the next mile to the east...so a real low angle radiator
is probably not very usefull from this QTH.
Would I likely be better off to just string the wire out in a straight
line to the west (end fed long-wire) through the woods? It would not be
nearly as high (25' to 30' max), due to the dense tree coverage which
would make it impossible to get the wire past the lower limbs.
Or would I be likely to be better off to try to get some semblance of
a shorter horizontal loop or triangle here on the property where I can
get it 'up'; and feed it with ladder line?
After reading much on the various antennas, now I'm even more confused
than before.
I'm looking for input which might shed some light on the variables at
work here, but all input is welcomed.
7 3
Rod Johnson KA7YOU from grid CN97AK near Issaquah, Wa.
80M thru 10M with K2 s/n268 and other fine QRP rigs.
VHF thru 1296 MHz-higher bands pending
ARCI-QRP #7251 QRP-L #844 NWQRP #120 NorCal #2007 and others
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