My place in Hawaii was sloped more than about 99% of all locations...a drop of 1100 feet to sea level around 6000 feet away. It does make a difference. I had the same slope up hill as down and i can tell you 100% for sure the slope makes a difference. I used a bent full size vertical wire for 160 and downhiull was far better. It would be worth the extra coax if you had a pretty significant slope.
Bill K4XS/KH7XS -----Original Message----- From: Sam Josuweit <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, Jun 21, 2020 1:53 pm Subject: Topband: Sloping Ground Looking for some advice from some of you who have been there and done that before. I'm looking at moving my 160M inverted L to a new location that would be approximately 100 feet ASL higher and be on top of a hill with nearly perfect sloping ground in all directions. This would change my coax run length from 130 feet to 620 feet. I'm looking at LMR400 to meet my loss and budget needs. Is the move to sloping ground worth the extra work and coax loss?? Thanks Sam(N3XZ) _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
