Do a sloper (half WL) and feed in the center. Half of one of the half go to the other side, like an inverted V
73, Jorge CX6VM/CW5W Enviado desde mi iPhone > El 24/12/2014, a las 17:10, "James Wolf" <[email protected]> escribió: > > I used to use a similar method on 80 meters. > Why not feed it (them) at the top? > > Jim - KR9U > > -----Original Message----- > From: Topband [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim Brown > Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2014 1:46 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Topband: 160m Sloping Vertical Antenna? > >> On Wed,12/24/2014 10:29 AM, Ed via Topband wrote: >> Trying to figure out how to best utilize my 106' tower for 160m. The > tower sits on a small hill so the downside of the tower is sloping. If I > hang a wire off the top, I can bring the other end to the ground and feed it > at the bottom. I can ran numerous radials from there. > > That's exactly what I'm doing -- my tower is 115 ft with roughly 7 ft of > mast above it and a 3-el SteppIR. I have sloping wires on two opposite > sides, supported from the tower just below the rotator with a 10 ft section > of 4-in PVC conduit. Each wire has its own set of 4 radials elevated about > 18 ft. The tower, which is grounded, has a dozen or so radials laying on the > ground. > > With this configuration, the tower will act as a reflector, yielding about 6 > dB front to back. How much GAIN you get will depend on your radial system > and the quality of your soil. I started with radials elevated only a few > feet, and gain was poor. On the advice of N6BT, I raised them and gain > improved. > > 73, Jim K9YC > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
