Re: Topband: Anyone purchased the ARRL book on Short Antennas for160???

[Mike Waters <mikewate@gmail.com>]

Thanks, Guy.

If I ever try this, it will very likely be on 80m first, and each half will
be 1/4 wave.

73, Mike
www.w0btu.com

On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 10:39 PM, Guy Olinger K2AV <olinger@bellsouth.net>wrote:

>
> Wouldn't feeding it up high in the corner like that at least eliminate the
>> need for radials?
>>
>
> Yeah, but this is 160, and if you can get the bend up 75 feet or so you
> are feeding a half-size doublet that consists only of a pair of 1/8 waves.
> Really a very different antenna story on 80 meters where the same 75 feet
> can get your vertical and horizontal to a 1/4 wave each.
>
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