> (1) 130 feet of 300 ohms twin lead with the far one end shorted and > pulled up over a coconut by a local climber $5 US max and connected to a > small nylon line for adjustment in an inverted or sloping fashion back > to my hotel room on the beach. (without the local climber bring along a > slingshot fishing line launcher.) If the hotel wasn't right on the beach > or had any 70 foot palms I just drove to another one that did. Masting > anything up beyond 50 feet by yourself just forget it. Palm trees are > great substitutes. I think this antenna was describe for 160 in Bill > Orr's (W6SAI) firsts handbooks.
Just be aware Orr had a consistent mistake in his articles on folded antennas. He claimed folding reduced ground losses by significant amounts. I'm not sure where that idea started, but using a folded element does not change ground loss one bit. 73 Tom _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
