A short top loaded vertical over an excellent ground will put out a fabulous signal on 160!
Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 13, 2018, at 11:29 AM, C Allen Baker via Topband > <topband@contesting.com> wrote: > > Glad the are going at this time. > A group of experienced ops and the great preparation will ensure beau coup > qsos are made despite the current sun spot cycle nadir. > I bet the 160 meter cw signal will amaze. > Good luck to the team for a safe and successful trip. > 73 de Al, W5IZ > Committed to working all the dx I can hear, repeat hear ;-), > > On Wednesday, June 13, 2018 12:24:04 PM, Ed W0YK > <e...@w0yk.com> wrote: > > Team members leave Saturday. > 73,Ed W0YK > -------- Original message --------From: Rob Atkinson <ranchoro...@gmail.com> > Date: 6/13/18 9:55 AM (GMT-08:00) To: topband@contesting.com Subject: > Topband: Baker Island DXpedition on 160 > I respectfully suggest the Baker Is. dxpedition be postponed for a few > years until band condx improve. It makes no sense to me to mount this > costly undertaking to a limited access location when propagation is in > the toilet. If USFWS is managing access, they've lately shown that > they'll only approve trips to islands under their custodianship every > 10 years or so. If this is the case with Baker Is., then this trip > will make another one in a few years impossible. > > Another point I'd like to make is that a later trip might afford a > chance to renegotiate what I consider a ridiculous antenna limit, > which seems to be based on a ridiculous antenna design, namely the "43 > foot all-band vertical." Such a height with top loading might work > okay on 80 meters but on 160 its efficiency will be poor. > > 73 > > Rob > K5UJ > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
