hello,
i'm going to put up an inverted vee this weeked for topband 160 meters.
I
have a pine tree that i have a rope over that at it highest clear point is
around 55-60 feet. I was trying to decide which feed line is best. I have a
bunch of ladderline that i could feed the dipole with, or I could go
purchase some coax. Has anyone had any luck using ladderline to feed an
inverted vee, or should i use a coax feed line? also, any advice on spacing
of the legs of the vee, say 90 degrees, less or more?? What happens if the
Vee legs are close together say 45degrees, with a forward attitude to them.
(like a sloper dipole)I have a small city lot, with many trees to dodge. My
home may not be a good top band location.
Propagation question?? a month ago i would listen a lot to 1.823-1.840
cw
each morning prior to sunrise. I would hear many really good local stations
working australia with apparent ease. I only use a 80 meter dipole to
listen and work stations on 160. But I could not ever hear any of the CW
replys from australia. But when the domestic station would call for a qsy
from cw 1.832 to ssb and 1.840 i could copy the ssb signals from australia!
I really couldnt fiqure that situation out. I heard this many times with
W8JI Tom. Does anyone else experience this. I thought cw would be the
signal that i would copy.
many thanks everone,all advice is appreciated and HAVE A GOOD DAY!!
Bill Capps
KF4SXG
Auburn, Alabama
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