Steve
What follows is MY OPINION take it for what it for what you paid for it
which is nothing
Verticals on 160 are the preferred DX (transmitting) antenna greyline or
otherwise. Some well know DX'rs have even compared Inverted V's at 200+
feet to verticals and claim the vertical works better. I myself have
a"T" vertical � on 160M with the top at 60' and 4 elevated non resonant
radials at 7'. Last season I worked 130 countries on topband. Since your
XYL limited I expect you cant do the elevated radial thing so be
prepared to bury a mile of wire just under the grass for a ground plane.
Note above I said "transmitting" antenna. The real downside of verticals
is they are prone to pickup more noise.� The old adage is you cant work
em if you cant hear them is true on 160 almost more than any other band
so now your looking at a separate receiving antenna.� In the "invisible
to XYL"� department BOGS are the way to go. The caveat is you need to
try and keep the BOG away from your vertical's radial field. Bogs like
poor grounds plus running a BOG over your buried radial field only
invites noise pick up and poor front to back for the BOG
There is some conjecture that Grey line signals come in at a higher
angle, but since I have never actually "seen" an arriving radio signal
while I had my protractor out I cant say for sure. The models all say
1/4 wave and less verticals deal with modest arrival angles up to
60degrees or so just fine, they are not much in the way of a NEVIS
antenna though...8^)
Good luck
Dave
NR1DX
On 10/16/2020 5:26 PM, k7lxc--- via TowerTalk wrote:
Howdy, TowerTalkians -
�� � Can anyone shed some light onto the verticals from Greyline
Performance? The rationale presented sounds reasonable and I'd like
some feedback onto how they actually work. It sounds like a good
solution for my previous question about an 80M antenna vs. a bunch of
trees vs. the xyl.��� � Are there any other comparable antennas to
consider?�� � Also, are there preferred tuners? Tnx! �Cheers,Steve� �K7LXC
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