Re: Topband: 160 vertical advice

2018-02-12 Thread Don Kirk
Hi Bill, As Wes already mentioned, your SWR bandwidth is suspicious as is your minimum SWR. Nevertheless your signal this morning was pretty much on par with the strongest signals I have ever heard from KH6 land on 160 meters. When I worked you this morning signals were not that great, but after

Topband: 160 vertical advice

2018-02-12 Thread cqtestk4xs--- via Topband
First, I want to say thank you to all who responded to my post about a top loaded vertical for 160. The antenna I wound up with was quite different than the one I proposed. Basically, it is about 132 feet of wire. The top "bent" part (65 feet) is carried by a piece of thin Phillystran stre