Amen. 73, Guy K2AV
On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 9:24 PM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist <
richard@karlquist.com> wrote:
> One thing about an inverted vee on 160 that can
> confusing: if you don't go to a lot of trouble to
> have a really effective balun, you end up having
> feedline radiation. In the case, you really have
> an inverted L. This is related to articles written
> about so called "loop skywires" where they say:
> do NOT use a balun. That's because they are really
> counting on the feedline to be the vertical radiator
> on 160 meters and the loop is just top loading.
>
> Therefore, low inverted vee "success stories" may
> not mean what you think they mean.
>
> Rick N6RK
>
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