I do this with great success.
Just put the longest wire you can (up to 85 feet) and run it as horizontal as
you can. I assume you already load your antenna through an unun, So shorter
than 85 feet will work as long as it is longer than say 43 feet. Attach it with
a hose clamp, but perhaps shy of the top, if your version of the antenna is
lightly built. I have the super heavy duty version of the Zero Five and I still
load it about 5 feet from the top. When not in use you can just wrap the wire
around the antenna.
I top load mine to be resonant on 80 meters so I take the unun out of the
circuit. But I have also op loaded it for 160. In that case I built a way to
add extra length to the 80 meter wire using a clip.
No one has a much better antenna on 160 than you will get. Last night on an
inverted L I worked everything on the band from the bottom of a valley in
Western CO. That included Chile, France, PJ2T etc.
KQ0C
Ash
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