FWIW mine is cut by trial and error to 1825 and is approximately 65 feet vertical and 80 feet horizontal. I have moved it around to three different locations over the last 2 years. The dimensions change very little, perhaps 2 feet. The SWR can be tweaked by raising or lowering the FCP a little.
Good luck John G3XHZ Sent from my iPhone > On 8 Nov 2016, at 03:23, Wes Attaway (N5WA) <wesatta...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > > I haven't run any numbers but it seems like you should just shorten the > horizontal wire (resonance freq is too low). I would go back to about 65' > horizontal. Somewhere in the range of 60' to 70' you should get close > enough. > > ------------------- > Wes Attaway (N5WA) > (318) 393-3289 - Shreveport, LA > Computer/Cellphone Forensics > AttawayForensics.com > ------------------- > > -----Original Message----- > From: Topband [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Art Heft > Sent: Monday, November 07, 2016 3:06 PM > To: topband@contesting.com > Subject: Topband: 160 m inverted L > > I finally got the inverted L up this afternoon. Vertical dimension is 65' > and the almost horizontal dimension is 95'. I am using a very carefully > built FCP and the commercial transformer. My SARK 110 shows resonance at > about 1.68 MHz but the resistive part is up around 1000 ohms. Taken right > at the antenna. Doesn't seem right to me. Any ideas? > 73, Art K8CIT Hillman MI > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband