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1. [TowerTalk] 160 Meter Antenna Suggestions (score: 1): Author: "mryan001" <mryan001@tampabay.rr.com>; Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 03:33:39 -0500; Being on a small residential lot with no room or very tall supports for a 1/2 wave dipole or inverted vee, I bought for 160, one of those "shortened dipoles" which has come up VERY short on results.; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-11/msg00367.html (8,447 bytes)
2. Re: [TowerTalk] 160 Meter Antenna Suggestions (score: 1): Author: ersmar@comcast.net; Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 12:39:31 +0000; Mike: To me, <small residential lot> + <tower with XXX HF antenna> on it = shunt-feed on Topband. Granted, your SteppIR might not be ideal as a capacitive top-hat for this purpose as the elements are; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-11/msg00368.html (10,007 bytes)
3. Re: [TowerTalk] 160 Meter Antenna Suggestions (score: 1): Author: Pete Smith <n4zr@contesting.com>; Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 07:55:37 -0500; Beware of running high power, though - the voltage at the top of the tower can arc over insulated elements, according to anecdotal reports and RF engineer commentary on Towertalk. I have run 200 watt; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-11/msg00369.html (10,834 bytes)
4. Re: [TowerTalk] 160 Meter Antenna Suggestions (score: 1): Author: "WA3GIN in Alex. City, VA" <wa3gin@erols.com>; Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 08:47:48 -0500; You might think about placing some spokes at the top of the tower to act as a capacity hat. We recently installed a 50ft center loaded helical antenna for our county emergency 7X24 AM 1700 station. T; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-11/msg00370.html (7,831 bytes)
5. Re: [TowerTalk] 160 Meter Antenna Suggestions (score: 1): Author: "WA3GIN in Alex. City, VA" <wa3gin@erols.com>; Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 08:56:05 -0500; Here is a URL with a small pic of the 50ft helical antenna http://www.arlingtonva.us/departments/Communications/6867.aspx The ceremonial switch to power up the station comes from a 1930s TBL-13 75 wa; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-11/msg00371.html (8,229 bytes)

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