Andy,
Appreciate the contact on 160 CW!
The 160 antenna here is an inverted "L" with about 35 feet of wire in
the vertical section of the "L" and about 100 feet of wire in the flat
top section. The "L" is working against a single 1/4 wave counterpoise
running directly under the flat top section and raised about chest high
on garden stakes. In it's present configuration it's a 25 ohm antenna
around 1825 kHz, so I use a 1:2 balun from Balun Designs at the feed
point to provide an SWR that my Elecraft KPA500 is happy with between
1800 and 1850 kHz. I was running 500 watts.
Thanks and 73,
Bill - NA5DX
On 4/22/2025 12:13 PM, Andree Schanko via Topband wrote:
VP2VI
if you had a CW QSO with VP2VI on 160m , please tell me what did you use as TX
antenna and how much power?
Thanks, Andy DL8LAS @ VP2VI
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