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Topband: Half or Quarter Wave??

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Subject: Topband: Half or Quarter Wave??
From: paul ecker <eckerpw@yahoo.com>
Reply-to: paul ecker <eckerpw@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 08:35:23 -0800 (PST)
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New to the list and new to 160M. I have a 1/4 wave Inverted L that I have 
finally got the bugs out of and it seems to be working fine. Vertical leg is 
45' and horizontal run is 86' for a total length of 131'. Have a LDG Z11Pro 
auto tuner at base of pine tree that vertical leg runs up. 4:1 balun at base of 
vertical feeding RG-213 coax to shack. I have a 250', three strand Deer fence 
around the lot that I am using all three strands  as my radial system.


--- Question is should I leave well enough alone or would I get better results 
on 160M by extending the horizontal leg, to 1/2 wavelength length??

73 and Tnx
Paul
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