On Tue,10/6/2015 12:06 PM, Don W7WLL wrote:
Have been considering adding a set of 160 M legs to my 80M inverted V
which currently is fed 70 feet up off my tower. The legs are in a
straight line, SE and NW, ending about 12 feet off the ground. Have
not been on 160 for decades! It performs reasonably well on 80
considering.
A horizontal 160M antenna at 70 ft is terribly low. You would be far
better off loading the tower against a lot of radials or K2AV's folded
counterpoise.
When I moved I gave away all my ARRL antenna books and I don't own an
antenna anaylzer or modeling program so experienced input of others is
important and welcome.
Maybe you should buy those books back -- rather than depend on advice of
others who don't know any better, you can study the books and get GOOD
answers.
In the meantime, here's a presentation I've done for several ham clubs
and at Pacificon. http://k9yc.com/160MPacificon.pdf
73, Jim K9YC
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