After 4 attempts trying to build one, I finally gave up and had somebody make one for me.
My problem with the full sized one was that I had to tie one leg to a neighbor's tree and everytime the wind blows kind of hard(often), I worry about the tree branch breaking and bringing down my mast with it.
This one at 44 feet total length, fits on my roof in an inverted V configuration with a 100 degree angle. I expected it to have quite reduced performance but I was actually surprised at how...
Shortened Dipole
My problem with the full sized one was that I had to tie one leg to a neighbor's tree and everytime the wind blows kind of hard(often), I worry about the tree branch breaking and bringing down my mast with it.
This one at 44 feet total length, fits on my roof in an inverted V configuration with a 100 degree angle. I expected it to have quite reduced performance but I was actually surprised at how...
Shortened Dipole