Quote Originally Posted by KK4AMI View Post
I do have a 102 foot doublet dipole up now, its pretty omni directional like your vertical. The Cushcraft mini beam is kinda expensive for me to. I have the giant trees and space, so I thought I could build the crossed dipoles and get some directionality to throw my meager 20 Watts around.

Well, wire is relatively cheap. I have miles of 16 awg THHN in the train out back that I've aquired over the years from garage sale and such. I've been using it to add radials to the vertical. I've also been thinking about an OCD or some other wire antennas, too. We have 5 acres to string it out on, but being in the desert, the tallest trees are only about 10 feet, and no help. The inverted vee I have now is strung from a 30' push up mast out to some Palo Verde trees. I guess ya gotta use what ya got. That's why the mini beam is looking good at the moment, if I can get a deal on one or find a used one.