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Re: Topband: 160m CW QSO VP2VI

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Subject: Re: Topband: 160m CW QSO VP2VI
From: Steve Harrison <k0xp@k0xp.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2025 11:45:40 -0700
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750 - 800W output from a homebrew antler tuner (probably 100 - 150 watts loss), 160m inverted L sloping up from ground some 30 feet from the base of a 38-foot support tower, then horizontal-sloping top wire toward the SE, 20 feet high at the end. 4 120 foot radials spread out west to east on the north side of the sloping vertical wire. Chainlink fence 125 feet square to the south of the radials, also connected to the feedline shield. QTH is in the middle of the desert of SoCal. I can forward a drawing but this reflector doesn't allow them. I laid out this antenna originally specifically to work 9M2AX, which it did (but only after he reached S8). No separate RX amtler(s) at present.

Steve, K0XP

Wonder Valley


On 4/22/2025 10:13 AM, 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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