----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom W8JI" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2012 6:21 PM Subject: Re: Topband: THE ITINERANT 160 METER ANTENNA PROJECT
>> (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 Did he actually claim that or that the effect of the ground loss was reduced? I dont have a reference handy. Carl KM1H _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1424 / Virus Database: 2437/5173 - Release Date: 08/02/12 > _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
