FWIW mine is cut by trial and error to 1825 and is approximately 65 feet
vertical and 80 feet horizontal. I have moved it around to three different
locations over the last 2 years. The dimensions change very little, perhaps 2
feet. The SWR can be tweaked by raising or lowering the FCP a little.
Good luck
John G3XHZ
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> On 8 Nov 2016, at 03:23, Wes Attaway (N5WA) <wesattaway@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> I haven't run any numbers but it seems like you should just shorten the
> horizontal wire (resonance freq is too low). I would go back to about 65'
> horizontal. Somewhere in the range of 60' to 70' you should get close
> enough.
>
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> From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Art Heft
> Sent: Monday, November 07, 2016 3:06 PM
> To: topband@contesting.com
> Subject: Topband: 160 m inverted L
>
> I finally got the inverted L up this afternoon. Vertical dimension is 65'
> and the almost horizontal dimension is 95'. I am using a very carefully
> built FCP and the commercial transformer. My SARK 110 shows resonance at
> about 1.68 MHz but the resistive part is up around 1000 ohms. Taken right
> at the antenna. Doesn't seem right to me. Any ideas?
> 73, Art K8CIT Hillman MI
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