All
I have been running a 160M Inverted L right up beside some pine trees to
the 80ft level and then I have the horizontal part moving away.
The support for the vertical part is in the tree it runs up beside.
I also have 4 Elevated radials at about 6ft (approx 1/4 wave).
I'm pretty pleased
I would never consider compromising a TX antenna just to hear better.
Perhaps a T vertical with a feedline choke similar to your 80m dipole
and feedline radiator footprint would help with any local noise. Also
there are many small RX antenna options. My station in Aruba was on a
small
On 8/15/2019 4:57 PM, John Harper wrote:
Last year I used my 80m dipole-110-foot vertical feedline as a top-loaded
vertical on 160 - it worked well as a transmitting antenna but was a poor
receiver due to noise so looking for another option.
Tnx/73,
John AE5X
https://ae5x.blogspot.com
Have
Couldn't have possibly said it any better, Frank et al !!
For you, John: http://www.w0btu.com/160_meters.html :-)
73, Mike
www.w0btu.com
On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 12:33 PM wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> Horizontal polarization isn't very effective on topband except for local
> QSOs. It would be far
Thanks for the info guys.
If only I had room for a dedicated rx antenna - then I'd leave the
top-loaded vertical as is. I was copied in New Zealand with it on 630m WSPR
with 1 watt ERP.
So a happy medium is what I'm after since an excellent tx antenna does me
no good if I can't hear those
John, your 80M dipole with 110 foot vertical feedline fed as a top-loaded
vertical on 160M is a wonderful antenna.
If you are unhappy with its receive performance,the solution is to add a
receive antenna (or two, or three!). Not to put up a worse transmitting
antenna :-)
Tim N3QE
On Mon,
A Few years ago there was a detailed article all about this in QST.
Joe WB9SBD
Sig
The Original Rolling Ball Clock
Idle Tyme
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On 8/19/2019 6:49 PM, donov...@starpower.net wrote:
Hi John,
Horizontal polarization isn't very effective on topband except for
I got half a kilometer of WD1-A fieldphone wire, new on the original
spool, for less than $50. It has both copper and steel strands in each
of two conductors, which makes it pretty strong. I don't think you can
beat this locally, and they claim 4-day delivery
Hi John,
Horizontal polarization isn't very effective on topband except for local
QSOs. It would be far better if you could install an inverted-L vertical
73
Frank
W3LPL
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