Don, Others are far more knowledgable than I, but top loading has less loss than base loading so the L should perform better, all else being equal.
That said, I have been using a 60' base loaded vertical with 8 elevated radials and have 136 countries from a 1/4 acre city lot in the black hole of California, I suspect the total would be a lot better with an L! Good luck, Bob AA6VB Sent from my iPhone On Aug 10, 2013, at 11:10 AM, "Goldtr8 (KD8NNU)" <[email protected]> wrote: > I am requesting opinions on what would work best for 160m based on a bottom > loaded vertical or inverted L. > > I have in the past used and inverted L for 160m using a common feed with my > 80m vertical. The 80m vertical has parallel wires for 40m and 20m also and > it works real well with 38 radials laid down in the grass. I like to compare > it to a fan dipole but only the vertical section is the multi wire part as > the radials are buried. > > Anyway I am starting to plan for the winter season and I am wondering if a > loading coil on the bottom of the vertical would yield better results than > the inverted L. The L is limited to at best 50ft vertical section and the > rest on trees. My thoughts are if I use the 80m vertical section I will > have 68 ft of height which may be better than the L. The vertical is not > structurally strong enough to add a wire or a cap hat to the top of it. > > Clearly I have the ability to try both and play around but I have time to > make alternate plans so I am fishing for opinions and or suggestions. > > > ~73 > Don > KD8NNU > -.- -.. ---.. -. -. ..- > _________________ > Topband Reflector > _________________ Topband Reflector
