40m dipole w/low center feed point

[CB590]

Was going to put up a resonate 40m dipole with 1:1 balun as second coax line from new rig. First antenna with tuner is 38' end fed with 9:1 unun.. I want to make sure I get 40m, hence this idea..

My issue is one end would be at 26' (in tree) center at about 9' on wood post on deck area, and other end at 14' (insulated off gutter on mobile home)..

There is a distance from mobile home of angle from about 10' tree area to middle point of like 7' and then gutter on far end..

HOA.. So I'm limited on what can be hidden.

 

[wavrider]

Try it.. see how it works,,HOA restrictions do make for novel ideas of hiding antennas.

Try it make some contacts and see how it works for ya

 

[CB590]

Anyone else think this would be good or bad??

 

[camaro1]

I have a 40m dipole that is only about 20' off the ground fed with 300ohm twin lead to a Johnson matchbox and it works fine 40m-10m, I have no problems making contacts, even QRP when I hook up the BITX40(QRP 5watts)

try it and see what happens

 

[543_Dallas]

Go for it. The only bad idea would be not trying it.

 

[sp5it]

Omg, you didn't hang that wire yet?
I remember when I needed dipole for 40m once, I went to my garden 3AM with torch and I hanged it between trees in 15 minutes.
Cmon man, less talking, more action.
MIke

 

[543_Dallas]

If you need something hidden you can use magnet wire. My first HF antenna was made from 24awg magnet wire and some spare coax. It was almost invisible and worked fine with a 100 watt ssb rig. The hardest part is getting it up without putting a kink in the wire.

 

[Singularity35]

Tried a 40m dipole at around 12 foot high apex and ends 4 feet high. Still worked better than nothing.

 

[JoeDirt]

Low dipoles have nice big lobs that come off them. That makes them really usable under almost all conditions (minus super long dx) End fed antennas can be tricky. I would use a combination of ideas from above. (not following what your trying to do) I would run a dipole with as much wire as you can (zig zagging ect) the ends can be low (mine are at 6 feet) Use 543's magnet wire and camero's 300 ohm ladder line. Use a tuner and be done (no anti HOA baluns needed)