If you have never done it or don't have the proper equipment, DO NOT CUT CORNERS IN GETTING IT DOWN !!!! It is not worth the law suit or hospital bill !! Willy K3VW __________________________________
An "L" antenna is the shape, not the length. I use a 5/8 wave "L" antenna here for 160 meters. The vertical portion must be very high for it to perform properly. I keep seeing posted that a "L" anten
The only two (2) tuners that I have found that will handle high power on 160 meters, without arcing are the Palstar AT4K and the Ameritron ATR-30. Willy K3VW _________________________________________
I have a used Rohn 55G base plate , in good condition, that I was using as a Rohn 45G top plate, with a hole cut out in the center for a 3" mast. Best offer from Zip Code 27576, near Raleigh, NC. Wil
I have been using a pair of phased " coaxial inverted l's " for about 20 years on 160 meters. They are 1/2 of a double bazooka, fed against ground. They are very broad-banded, not lossy and out do my
Once again, one does not use a balun on a vertical antenna because it is an un-balanced antenna !! You use a UN-UN or an RF Choke at the feed point. Balun's are for balanced-to-unbalanced, antennas &