Amen. 73, Guy K2AV On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 9:24 PM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist < [email protected]> wrote:
> One thing about an inverted vee on 160 that can > confusing: if you don't go to a lot of trouble to > have a really effective balun, you end up having > feedline radiation. In the case, you really have > an inverted L. This is related to articles written > about so called "loop skywires" where they say: > do NOT use a balun. That's because they are really > counting on the feedline to be the vertical radiator > on 160 meters and the loop is just top loading. > > Therefore, low inverted vee "success stories" may > not mean what you think they mean. > > Rick N6RK > > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
