In February I have the chance to once again operate from a baseball stadium I do work for on Long Island.In the past (see cq magazine June issue) I have used a 125 foot vertical supported from the 14
-- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: Inverted Vees work very well. With the apex at about 1/4 wave and about 90 degrees between the legs, they are almost perfectly omnidirectional. 73, Bill
Horizontal antennas below about a half wave are cloud-warmers. I had one at 120 ft, and my vertical nearly always beat it, often by a LOT. Stick with the vertical, with radials or some sort of counte
-- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: True if you're working DX, but for local Qs out to a few hundred miles or so a cloud warmer is what you want. 160 meters nearly always reflects vertical
Beverages are nice if you have lots or real estate. But for those landlocked folks, a Pennant Antenna works well. If you got the room, 2 of them, back-to-back work even better. 73, Dick, W1KSZ ______
I have never found an inverted V on 160m to be a good antenna. A 1/4wl wire vertical is great, even with a moderate ground system. If you do not want to mess with ground radials a vertical dipole in
I recently put up a 160m inverted V and, in comparison testing, it has done well. I've been using WSPR reports comparing three antennas and the V has the best signal so far. The specs: --Inverted Vee
Carolina Windom 270 ft long divided 90/180 was good on 160m. Mine was a little low but performed pretty well, especially considering the cost. With a tuner it worked most bands rather well. Patrick N
In February I have the chance to once again operate from a baseball stadium I do work for on Long Island.In the past (see cq magazine June issue) I have used a 125 foot vertical supported from the 14
A few suggestions, in no particular order: Use the 140-foot pole as the top support of a bent, tilted 5/8-wave vertical (about 150 feet will have to come down the other side (following what would oth