A short top loaded vertical over an excellent ground will put out a fabulous
signal on 160!
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> On Jun 13, 2018, at 11:29 AM, C Allen Baker via Topband
> <topband@contesting.com> wrote:
>
> Glad the are going at this time.
> A group of experienced ops and the great preparation will ensure beau coup
> qsos are made despite the current sun spot cycle nadir.
> I bet the 160 meter cw signal will amaze.
> Good luck to the team for a safe and successful trip.
> 73 de Al, W5IZ
> Committed to working all the dx I can hear, repeat hear ;-),
>
> On Wednesday, June 13, 2018 12:24:04 PM, Ed W0YK
> <ed@w0yk.com> wrote:
>
> Team members leave Saturday.
> 73,Ed W0YK
> -------- Original message --------From: Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo@gmail.com>
> Date: 6/13/18 9:55 AM (GMT-08:00) To: topband@contesting.com Subject:
> Topband: Baker Island DXpedition on 160
> I respectfully suggest the Baker Is. dxpedition be postponed for a few
> years until band condx improve. It makes no sense to me to mount this
> costly undertaking to a limited access location when propagation is in
> the toilet. If USFWS is managing access, they've lately shown that
> they'll only approve trips to islands under their custodianship every
> 10 years or so. If this is the case with Baker Is., then this trip
> will make another one in a few years impossible.
>
> Another point I'd like to make is that a later trip might afford a
> chance to renegotiate what I consider a ridiculous antenna limit,
> which seems to be based on a ridiculous antenna design, namely the "43
> foot all-band vertical." Such a height with top loading might work
> okay on 80 meters but on 160 its efficiency will be poor.
>
> 73
>
> Rob
> K5UJ
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