>
> From: <ku8e@bellsouth.net>
> Date: 2005/01/24 Mon PM 04:07:41 EST
> To: <topband@contesting.com>
> CC: <ku8e@bellsouth.net>, <k4bai@worldnet.att.net>
> Subject: Inverted L vs Shorted 80 Meter Coax
>
> Hi All,
>
> I helped my friend John, K4BAI , try to improve his 160 meter antenna this
> past weekend. In the past
> he has been shorting the coax of his 80 meter inverted Vee, which the top is
> about 50 ft up his tower and tuning it with his antenna tuner. He has no
> ground system on this antenna.
>
> We put up an inverted L this weekend with about 55-60 ft vertical and the
> feedpoint is about 8 ft off the
> ground. The rest of the wire is sloping down at maybe a 45 degree angle. I
> put one fullsize 130 foot radial on it as a counterpoise. While this antenna
> is probably still a compromise I would think it would work better than what
> he had before. BTW, we are doing no matching at the feedpoint... the wire
> was trimmed starting at 130 ft and cutting some off to get a good SWR. Would
> the antenna maybe work better if we put a 1:1 balun on it ???
>
> He got on the air this weekend and says he is getting better reports on his
> old antenna. The stations he worked were close in and I was thinking he might
> try to work some DX and he will find the inverted L is better. Maybe the 80
> meter shorted dipole is a "cloud burner" and that's why he got a better
> reports on it ??? I'm sure adding more radials would improve the performance
> of the L but he has limited space for more radials. Any suggestions ???
>
> Jeff KU8E
>
>
>
>
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