This is the time of year that many of us in the Northern Hemisphere have been waiting for. DX is coming up, long and stronger. Many 'old timers' have their antennas "ready to roll". New comers
I am in that category only having put up inverted L for 160m as an extension on my 40m quarterwave vertical recently. Receive antennas are Wellbrook loop and a couple of 40m beverages point NE/SW on
I Have an inv V hanging off of my 70 foot tower. Because I live on a suburb lot the legs of the antenna are bent to fit the lot (really ugly). I have worked DXCC (119) with that minimal antenna. It c
My starter antenna for topband is still the only transmit antenna I have for 160. About 100' sloper off the top of a 40' tower with the distant end about 8' off the ground supported from a tree. Of c
Hi Paul, Glad you are ready to work DX Are the Beverage antenna transformer and termination resistor close to the ground rods, with short interconnect wires.? Are your coax cables buried to he
I have good luck with a pennant antenna, using a DX Engineering pre-amp at the antenna. I live in a densely populated suburb, where it seems like every neighbor has every RF noise-maker ever invented
Bruce, Yes, yes and yes. 9:1 transformers, beverage friendly resistors (cant remember the exact spec) with about 1" connection to the ground rods. Ground rods not that long but shallow clay bed here
The rorary Flag antenna by WB6RSE was in March 2011, QST magazine. He has done exceeding well receiving with his Flag antenna on 160 meters.. 73 Bruce-k1fz I have good luck with a pennant a
Success also depends a lot on your location. Working 119 DXCC from a 70' inv vee from NY is a whole lot easier than doing it, for instance, out here in the Midwest (Iowa). YMMV. . .73. . .Dave, W0FLS
Good Info Dave, Thanks. In Maine, one contest Weekend, about year 1999-2000 worked 103 countries. Lots of countries in Europe not that far away in the Northeast direction. 73 Bruce-k1fz Success
i just planted my first topband antenna. a homebrew extended length butternut 2 v with homebrew tbr160 coil on a 30 feet pushup mast to help me squeeze a slooping radial in my 40 feet x 45 feet tiny
160 is a great band. My first contact was in Texas with 40 watts of AM on a Viking Ranger in 1957 with a station in Kansas. I thought that was great DX. Many years later, with over 200 countries work
To: Aravind Balasubramanian Hello Aravind, If phased on 160 the close spacing creates many problems for the phasing and very low impedances. Coax cables need to be different length than 80 meter
If people were working and logging V63KS, they weren't really copying him. He's signing V633KS. He came up out of the noise (and the noise from the east died with the rising sun) and I worked him abo