I looked through all the answers to the 160 vertical dipole and have two more
types to consider.
1, There was a nice booklet with a blue cover by WA3FET of how to turn any
tower over 70 feet into a vertical dipole on 160. I am looking for my copy but
some of the old timers on towertalk might have a copy.
2. Tom N4KG (SK) had a great article in a 1994 QST on how to make a tower with
beams on to to use reverse feed with 4 elevated radials to make a great 160
antenna. I tried this on my tower with a 2 El 40 mounted 10 feet over a KT34XA
and found the 1830 point at 9 feet and hooked 4 short radials made from Spi-Ro
160 dipole haves. It worked great as I ran my first JA's which is hard from
GA. I even worked a RA0 just across from JA on SSB. He was so excited that he
sent me his QSL directly as I was his first SSB contact with the USA. I ran
into RFI problems with the TV and stereo equipment as my tower was right next
to the house so I had to look for another 160 antenna.
73 Dave K4JRB.
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