Seems like the consensus is the L. I think I will try that over the
radial field of the existing Cushcraft. Having it separate from the 80
also allows me to run two radios at the same time if need. More
flexibility.
Thanks all for your suggestions. See you in the Test starting Friday!
On Wed, 2016-11-30 at 15:22 +0100, Maciej Wieczorek wrote:
> Hi ,
>
> did anyone try to match such 160m vertical /L or /T on 80m?
> How about efficiency?
>
> After my 31m tall vertical broke last sunday (now it's 23m only) my
> idea is
> to add 2 x15m top loading wires, making a T-vertical.
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I worked most of my 160 QRP DXCC(over 30+ years) using one.
72, Bob KI0G
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As an example with excellent performance, I use and recommend a COAX Inverted-L
with elevated 100 ft radials (I use 7, but 4 will work). Since the 65 ft
vertical Coax shield is not connected at the top where center conductor
connects to the horizontal wirw (or sloped in my case), no matching
HI Mike,
I use a 68 foot based loaded vertical on 160 meters with 55 short buried
ground radials (2500 feet of ground radials). I only run 100 watts and
located near Indianapolis. I would prefer an Inverted-L over the base
loaded vertical on 160 meters (the L would be much more efficient), but
Hi Mike,
An inverted-L with 50-60 feet vertical is a far superior choice than
a bottom loaded vertical. Its much more efficient, its bandwidth
is much broader and you don't have to deal with the very high
voltages at the base of the loaded vertical, especially if you're
running high power.
Hi topband lovers
I would like to share with the group my experience living in a city lot and
working on 160m. Florida Power Light used to fix power line noise in few
week, but one noise just started few days before the contest last weekend.
The WF was able to remove most of the noise
Mike,
One thing that I used to do is put a 80M trap between the top of the vertical
and the L wire to use it on two bands. I know yours is not guyed and can’t
support top weight. Mine was the same; here is how I approached it.
If two supports are available, in my case a high tower support
Hi ,
did anyone try to match such 160m vertical /L or /T on 80m?
How about efficiency?
After my 31m tall vertical broke last sunday (now it's 23m only) my idea is
to add 2 x15m top loading wires, making a T-vertical. 160m is a priority in
this case and I know it will work OK, but I'd like to
