Joe WB9SBD wrote:
<Our club is working on a project where we will be able to use a AM Broadcast
antenna on 160 meters.>
and Rick N6RK wrote:
<I wouldn't get too excited about this project.>
and there were other naysayers.
I have been using a very similar antenna tower to that described by Joe for the
past 18 years. (325' with 120 x 1000' radials.) It works noticeably better than
my 95' top loaded vertical over 120 x 150'+ radials. For the first few years
there was a 30kW AM station beaming straight at me from 1/2m away. A band-stop
filter cured that, and I can hear well from the site.
Whllst I accept that there have been challenges along the way, it has
nevertheless been a very worthwhile project.
73 Roger
VE3ZI/G3RBP
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