I suspect he was asking about antennas from https://greylineperformance.com/
not how the performed during Greyling Propagation.
Ron, WV4P
On Fri, 16 Oct 2020 at 17:01, Artek Manuals <Manuals@artekmanuals.com>
wrote:
> Steve
>
> What follows is MY OPINION take it for what it for what you paid for it
> which is nothing
>
> Verticals on 160 are the preferred DX (transmitting) antenna greyline or
> otherwise. Some well know DX'rs have even compared Inverted V's at 200+
> feet to verticals and claim the vertical works better. I myself have
> a"T" vertical � on 160M with the top at 60' and 4 elevated non resonant
> radials at 7'. Last season I worked 130 countries on topband. Since your
> XYL limited I expect you cant do the elevated radial thing so be
> prepared to bury a mile of wire just under the grass for a ground plane.
>
> Note above I said "transmitting" antenna. The real downside of verticals
> is they are prone to pickup more noise.� The old adage is you cant work
> em if you cant hear them is true on 160 almost more than any other band
> so now your looking at a separate receiving antenna.� In the "invisible
> to XYL"� department BOGS are the way to go. The caveat is you need to
> try and keep the BOG away from your vertical's radial field. Bogs like
> poor grounds plus running a BOG over your buried radial field only
> invites noise pick up and poor front to back for the BOG
>
> There is some conjecture that Grey line signals come in at a higher
> angle, but since I have never actually "seen" an arriving radio signal
> while I had my protractor out I cant say for sure. The models all say
> 1/4 wave and less verticals deal with modest arrival angles up to
> 60degrees or so just fine, they are not much in the way of a NEVIS
> antenna though...8^)
>
> Good luck
> Dave
> NR1DX
>
>
> On 10/16/2020 5:26 PM, k7lxc--- via TowerTalk wrote:
> > Howdy, TowerTalkians -
> > �� � Can anyone shed some light onto the verticals from Greyline
> > Performance? The rationale presented sounds reasonable and I'd like
> > some feedback onto how they actually work. It sounds like a good
> > solution for my previous question about an 80M antenna vs. a bunch of
> > trees vs. the xyl.��� � Are there any other comparable antennas to
> > consider?�� � Also, are there preferred tuners? Tnx! �Cheers,Steve�
> �K7LXC
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