- 1. Topband: 160M ant advice (score: 1)
- Author: Robert Harmon <k6uj@pacbell.net>
- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2015 18:06:34 -0800
- I am planning an install of a 160M inverted L and would like critique from you top banders. I was originally planning a separate tower for 160 but my XYL has squashed the idea :-) My tower is 90 feet
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- 2. Re: Topband: 160M ant advice (score: 1)
- Author: Stan Stockton <wa5rtg@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2015 03:36:18 -0600
- Bob, There is no reason I can think of to not shunt feed the tower as it is with either ground radials or elevated radials. An inverted L isn't as good as a vertical for DX and you would just be addi
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- 3. Re: Topband: 160M ant advice (score: 1)
- Author: Robert Harmon <k6uj@pacbell.net>
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2015 09:11:58 -0800
- Stan, With shunt feed I would gain the 18 foot mast with the yagis, the total overall height is 108 feet. I haven't really considered shunt feeding. I see your point of the wires with an L in proximi
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- 4. Re: Topband: 160M ant advice (score: 1)
- Author: Gene Smar <ersmar@verizon.net>
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2015 11:27:41 -0600 (CST)
- Bob: I built my shunt feed wire cage based on the design in Jeff Bigg's K1ZM book "DXing on the Edge..." I bought it from the ARRL bookstore but you might be able to find it on Amazon, etc. I used tw
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- 5. Re: Topband: 160M ant advice (score: 1)
- Author: Herbert Schoenbohm <herbert.schoenbohm@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2015 13:38:33 -0400
- If you have such a structure IMHO the best thing you can do is to shunt feed it. It is really easy to do. Just drop a three or four wire "cage" down from the 60 foot level supported by two pieces of
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- 6. Re: Topband: 160M ant advice (score: 1)
- Author: Robert Harmon <k6uj@pacbell.net>
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2015 09:44:01 -0800
- Gene, The cage design sounds very interesting. I just ordered the book :-) thanks Gene, Bob K6UJ On 12/18/15 9:27 AM, Gene Smar wrote: Bob: I built my shunt feed wire cage based on the design in Jeff
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- 7. Re: Topband: 160M ant advice (score: 1)
- Author: Herbert Schoenbohm <herbs@vitelcom.net>
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2015 13:59:07 -0400
- It is important to realize that a cage just hung of the side of a steel tower has some drawbacks. The pattern when modeled is somewhat asymmetrical to a slight degree. In a properly designed cage fee
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- 8. Re: Topband: 160M ant advice (score: 1)
- Author: Robert Harmon <k6uj@pacbell.net>
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2015 10:16:34 -0800
- Gene, AD3F also suggested a cage. It looks like a great way to go. You mentioned using a flat wound AM BC coil in your matching arrangement. I have a Gates flatwound roller inductor that may have bee
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- 9. Re: Topband: 160M ant advice (score: 1)
- Author: Gene Smar <ersmar@verizon.net>
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2015 12:58:25 -0600 (CST)
- Bob: Here's a link to a link that has some photos of a shunt feed cage similar to mine: http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/Towertalk/2005-12/msg00643.html. It's not really a "cage" but Phil h
- /archives//html/Topband/2015-12/msg00256.html (13,271 bytes)
- 10. Re: Topband: 160M ant advice (score: 1)
- Author: Robert Harmon <k6uj@pacbell.net>
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2015 12:33:42 -0800
- Gentlemen, Thanks for all the info and advice on putting up a 160M antenna. I have received help both on and off the reflector. I wasn't sure whether to post the question because I know you have disc
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