I had 2 80m inv V antennas , the 80/40/20 Fan Dipole part way up the hill and the 80m inverted V at the top of the hill. Initial WSPR testing I found that the antenna on the hill was better to the East by 1 db and the antenna part way up favored the west by 2-3. The antenna at the top of the hill has 300' more IFL then the one behind the house. Its mostly LDF4 so its not lossy and looks good when swept. I decided that there wasn't much to be gained by the 2 antennas and kept the Fan part way up the hill on 80 being that it had a significant advantage to the W SW and besides it would have been tricky to tune with the 40 and 20m elements.
Cut the Inv V on the top of the hill down to 2X44' segments creating 60m inv V. Quick check of the VSWR was 1.3 : 1 ... good enough. Did 1 brief SSB QSO and was pleased with the results.
Next up I need to mod the 450D for 60m operation ...looks simple cutting a diode or a jumper! Just another item on the Ham to do list!
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