Mike,I am still in the process of getting on the air after a new move from CT
to NC. I have used a 160 m dipole, fed with open wire line, 28 ft at the apex
and 6' on the ends.
Power output 100 watts
Yes a real cloud burner, but it got me on the air and I could play "Radioman"
in CQWW160 2024
Real kicker ... I worked KH6 at their greyline.
73
Dave
W1CTN / NC4DA203-906-6209
"You meet saints everywhere. They can be anywhere. They are people behaving
decently in an indecent society."
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr
On Monday, January 13, 2025 at 09:45:40 AM EST, Mike Smith VE9AA
<ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:
So, this past weekend I pretty much got skunked on Topband as my 160m
inverted L died after the first QSO in the NAQP CW contest and I had no 160m
backup antenna.(only band I don't currently have a backup for)
About the only thing I would be able to manage as a "backup" antenna here is
a slightly ends-bent horizontal dipole, but only up 25' (that's roughly like
having a 20m dipole up ~3.3' if I've done my math correctly.)
Has anyone used a low 160m dipole at only 25'?
Have you worked coast to coast (NA) or any DX?
I know all about verticals, inverted L's etc. I have a yard chock full of
them. I have terrible soil conductivity here, but am at pretty good height
ASL, so do "OK" on VHF/HF.
My specific question is for a low (cloud warmer) dipole on Topband.
Tnx All!
CU (all of a sudden!) in the next one.
Mike VE9AA "NB"
Mike - Keswick Ridge, NB, Canada
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