I did what Rick describes for a few years with good success. A commercial 80M
trap worked fine for me.
One issue here is the weight of the trap. An effective solution for me was to
run the Inv-L wire to my tower on one side, and via some rope to lower trees on
the other, so the wire bore the weight of the trap. Then a "floating wire"
connects the L wire and trap to the top of the vertical.
73,
Drew K3PA
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Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2017 17:44:22 +0000
From: Rick Stealey <rstealey@hotmail.com>
To: "topband@contesting.com" <topband@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: 160 meter L
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I think a better option is to mount a trap at the top and run a single
horizontal wire for the 160 portion. This way you wouldn't be concerned about
the 80 meter vertical coupling into the 160 antenna, and the complexity of
switching your feedline between two antennas. I know of two hams who have done
that successfully, although I have not tried it myself.
Rick K2XT
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