I used a rotating flag on 160m for over a year before a gust of wind
took it down. I had it on a pushup mast secured to the house but the
rotor made it too top heavy and I didn't use guys. Next time I will.
The flag is a sensitive antenna. If it is near a reasonant 160m ant
it will not perform well. I had to use an open relay in the shuntfeed
tuner box to take the matching unit out of the picture during rx.
I could rotate the flag to null out some noise and still hear the sig
I was interested in. It worked.
Congrats to N6FF for getting 200 cfmd in Calif. on topband!
K6UR
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