Knowing where you are going would be a big help. So would 70' palm trees over the ocean in KH8 land.
I think you may have to tailor your tenna to your terrain. 73 jim / W1FMR --- On Thu, 8/2/12, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Topband: ITINERANT 160 M ANTENNA PROJECT > To: "bills stuff" <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, August 2, 2012, 11:47 AM > > Bill, > > Since this is a temporary installation you do you get some > thin insulated wire and lay 30 to 60 radials on the ground. > You have to carry more wire but you won't have to worry > about supporting elevated radials. > > I use 16 conductor surplus ribbon cable for this purpose. > > Mike N2MS > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: bills stuff <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wed, 01 Aug 2012 18:00:15 -0000 (UTC) > Subject: Topband: ITINERANT 160 M ANTENNA PROJECT > > The plan is to develop a simple, relatively inexpensive, > relatively > light weight and shippable/airline transportable 160 antenna > kit for one > man quick deployment for modest DXpeditions or contributed > for use by > resident hams in rare-ish (for 160 m) locations. The ability > to make > adjustments to actual deployments to provide matching is > important since > such antennas are famously variable due to soil and local > obstruction > environment and there should not be a need for antenna > matching > hardware, especially at the planned higher powers. > > <snip> > > Inv L top wire end was at ~ 2.5 m height with a support of > opportunity > (e.g., a tree) ~ 25 m from base > > I am looking for collaborators to contribute ideas to help > improve, and > potentially, test design issues. Check out the website at > > http://n6mw.ehpes.com > > for the Itinerant 160 m antenna project expanded discussion > toward the > bottom. > > The immediate target is designing and assembling a > respectable 160 m > antenna that might go to KH8 on a DXpedition. > > Bill, N6MW > > billsstuff(at)gotsky.com > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK > _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
