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    Folded Vertical?

    Is a folded vertical a thing and how can it be used?
    I was considering designing a ground mounted vertical for experimentation and possible FD deployment.
    Basically a vertical run that goes up and then comes back down 3/4 of the length to termination. The usual array of radials would apply except for FD where it would be more like a single long run, perhaps improvising nearby metal like a fence or a camper.

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    Folded Monopole "Hairpin" Vertical?

    Terminated Folded Monopole?

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    I'm getting back results of folded dipoles in a vertical vector.

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    OK Victor

    Like that post was...
    Moving on, my posts are not helpful

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    Yea. Folded dipoles are kind of Meh.

    The best FD portable vertical I ever made was a single bander... a 20 meter vertical Moxon.

    Maybe this?
    I've wanted to try it out sometime...

    VertDip.jpg
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    Thanks. Yeah, good with proper support.

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    So that's the vector Victor?

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    Roger, Roger
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    60' timber mast?? Good luck with that unless you have a huge lot or a nice, tall pine tree.
    All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.

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    Quote Originally Posted by K6BSO View Post
    60' timber mast?? Good luck with that unless you have a huge lot or a nice, tall pine tree.
    Black walnut.

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