- 1. Topband: Sloping Ground (score: 1)
- Author: "Sam Josuweit" <samjos@epix.net>
- Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2020 09:53:16 -0400
- Looking for some advice from some of you who have been there and done that before. I'm looking at moving my 160M inverted L to a new location that would be approximately 100 feet ASL higher and be on
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- 2. Re: Topband: Sloping Ground (score: 1)
- Author: cqtestk4xs--- via Topband <topband@contesting.com>
- Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2020 14:18:17 +0000 (UTC)
- My place in Hawaii was sloped more than about 99% of all locations...a drop of 1100 feet to sea level around 6000 feet away. It does make a difference. I had the same slope up hill as down and i ca
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- 3. Re: Topband: Sloping Ground (score: 1)
- Author: "John Harden, D.M.D." <jhdmd@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2020 10:34:55 -0400
- I had a 160 meter inverted V up at 90 for a number of years. Sometimes it worked but overall it was useless. I took it down years ago. Now, I use a Hi-Z 8 and Waller Flag at 95 feet for receive and a
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- 4. Re: Topband: Sloping Ground (score: 1)
- Author: VE6WZ_Steve <ve6wz@shaw.ca>
- Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2020 09:26:24 -0600
- Sam, YesI think it would be worth it! My purpose built low-band remote QTH is on a prominent hill surrounded by farmland in all directions. My QTH at the crest of the hill is about 300 above the surr
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- 5. Re: Topband: Sloping Ground (score: 1)
- Author: "Sam Josuweit" <samjos@epix.net>
- Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2020 12:47:03 -0400
- Thanks Steve, I ran a very similar analysis using the data from Low Band Dxing and HFTA plots. Its good to hear your real world experience. I think some trenching is in my future. Sam(N3XZ) From: VE6
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- 6. Re: Topband: Sloping Ground (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
- Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2020 11:00:32 -0700
- You've had a lot of good advice. I'll simply add that the loss in coax is pretty low at 1.8 MHz. For your 620 ft run of LMR400, slightly less than 1 dB. I would expect the advantage of the hilltop lo
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- 7. Re: Topband: Sloping Ground (score: 1)
- Author: Rick Kunath via Topband <topband@contesting.com>
- Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2020 09:44:07 -0400
- You could always run open-wire feedline the 620 feet. _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
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