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Re: Topband: 160M Rhombics

To: "Tom W8JI" <w8ji@w8ji.com>, "Shoppa, Tim" <tshoppa@wmata.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: 160M Rhombics
From: "Jeff Blaine" <jeff@ac0c.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 12:33:49 -0500
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Tom,

Why? The same reason guys put up quads. They LOOK very cool! Imagine standing on one end of the rhombic and saying "well, you can't see the end of the antenna without the binoculars - but it's out that-way somewhere."

73/jeff/ac0c
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-----Original Message----- From: Tom W8JI
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2013 12:27 PM
To: Shoppa, Tim
Cc: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: 160M Rhombics

Anybody on this list have a Rhombic for 160M?

W1AW used to use one for bulletins and code practice on 160M but I think it came down years ago (1989?)

I seem to recall pics in CQ of a big California desert DX'er who had what was essentially a radial array of rhombics for maybe 160M or 80M.



I can't imagine why anyone would have one today.  Here is an analaysis of
Rhomics.

http://www.w8ji.com/rhombic_antennas.htm

73 Tom

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