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Re: Topband: Temporary antenna suggestion for 160

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Subject: Re: Topband: Temporary antenna suggestion for 160
From: Wes <wes_n7ws@triconet.org>
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2019 20:33:28 -0700
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So you suggest giving up 10 feet of a 45 foot vertical in order to raise the radials?  Doesn't make sense to me.

With a 45' tower I supported an inverted-V and worked my first 70+ countries on 160 from the depths of southern AZ.

Wes  N7WS



On 12/15/2019 7:22 PM, Mike Waters wrote:
Do the inverted-L, but use at least two 10' high 1/4 wave radials.

Do NOT use an RF ground rod, or any radials on or near the earth. Just
connect the coax shield to the junction of the radials and any remote
tuner. At that point a good choke balun is necessary.

Leaving out the choke or grounding the shield will result in very poor
performance.

73, Mike
W0BTU


On Sun, Dec 15, 2019, 7:04 PM thoyer via Topband <topband@contesting.com>
wrote:

With only 9 more to go for DXCC on 160 and all of the recent posts about
how
good the band has been recently "best in years....) I find myself with no
antenna for the low bands and cringing after each post on how good the band
has been.
...
Options - I have a 45' tower with TH6DXX, 6m and 2m yagis. I could easily
string a makeshift inverted L with about 45' vertical and around 100'
horizontal. This I could string up in a few hours. the Horizontal portion
would be pointed south. Not the best of configurations but that's what I
have to work with. ...

Tom
W3TA


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