Herb, Your best bet is to add another 50ft and make a T rather than inverted L. The L will only be of use on very local (out to 200 miles) QSOs. With a T it will remove the Horizontal and I suggest unnecessary component. Mine has the T dropping to about 33ft with 51ft Vertical but over a serious ground system. 73 Clive GM3POI
-----Original Message----- From: Topband [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Herb Krumich Sent: 24 December 2012 19:14 To: [email protected] Subject: Topband: Inverted L question I am right now using an inverted L which is spaced about 4 feet away from my tower. The vertical leg is about 85 feet. I only have 6 radials at the present time Now here is the question The horizontal leg is about 50 feet and goes to my back yard. Since the trees are not that high, it probably slopes down to 40 feet at the far end The horizontal wire faces west.. Would it help me to face that wire to the south for east west signals on transmit. I am hearing very well with a 550 foot beverage. But missing many stations that I call. My power is not to high with the old Drake L7.. About 600 watts Thanks Guys and Merry Christmas Herb K2LNS _______________________________________________ Stew Perry Topband Distance Challenge coming on December 29th. ======= Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. (Email Guard: 9.1.0.2900, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.20930) http://www.pctools.com/ ======= ======= Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. (Email Guard: 9.1.0.2900, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.20930) http://www.pctools.com/ ======= _______________________________________________ Stew Perry Topband Distance Challenge coming on December 29th.
