When I decided on the new challenge of working DXCC on 160 for my ninth band, I
added some extensions on my 80-meter inverted-vee , (apex at 45') and tied them
off on some handy saguaro cacti about head high. You don't climb these :-) I
worked my first 80 or so countries with it. And this is from southern AZ, not
Maine. K3S + KPA500.
Wes N7WS
On 3/15/2020 12:47 PM, Carl Luetzelschwab wrote:
For those who are antenna challenged, don't sell a 160m inverted-vee at low
height too short.
My 160m antenna at the moment is an inverted-vee at an apex of 45 feet.
Additionally, the last third of each end is at 90 degrees to the main
portion and horizontal at only 7 feet or so off the ground. It's what fits
on the property.
In the CQ 160m CW contest in January 2017. I came away with 44 states
(missed ME, ID, NE and AK), 7 Canadian provinces (VE9, VY2, VE2, VE3, VE5,
VE6 and VE7) and 17 DXCC entities (mostly Caribbean, Central America,
Mexico and South America, with a few Europeans, a North African and a KH6
in the mix). I was seldom #1 in a pile-up, but eventually I usually got
through with 800 Watts to the inv-vee.
It's better than no antenna.
Carl K9LA
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