Hi Richards One thing you always have to remember, any antenna in the air is much better than one on your computer screen :-) 73 Tom W7WHY " _______________________________________________ __________
EXCELLENT REPLY -- Your ideas are mirrored in some other replies I have received off list. In fact, I am working on a plan like that as an option. I think I can install a 50 foot mast, braced against
Actually... now that I think of it... you are the second guy to mention the possibility of adverse interaction among my antenna elements. I say this to be sure I acknowledge the other valuable input
Richards: I just re-read what I wrote in my last e-mail. I must have been asleep. The correct term for the antenna I'm suggesting is flat-top, not top-hat. You won't find correct references in the Ha
Yes... I figured that... but I kinda liked the term, anyway. Sounds sort of dressy. And, besides, a top hat has a flat top. So, maybe not so far off, eh? ;-) Thanks for the clarification, but I figur
The interaction between various wire antennas may be more than "minor". I have a half-sloper on a tower (a two-wire version, for 160, 80, 40). The tower becomes the primary half of the antenna and sh
Bill et al: <snip> I doubt that you could both shunt-feed the tower and use it for a half-sloper antenna -- that would make some really odd interaction. <snip> ** A suggestion: If you are just gettin
I strongly agree. If you follow the link on my qrz.com listing, you'll eventually find details of how I worked the lower 48, most of Canada, and about 15 countries on 160 from my Chicago city lot in
My single wire half-sloper is attached to a 20 foot mast, with like 7 radials and works poorly, but does make contacts on occasion. From Michigan I have been to Conn, Tenn, Ohio, Canada, Indiana, Ill
Are you using an amplifier? ////////////// THANKS - Richards - K8JHR ///////////// == I've worked 49 states (still looking for KL7) and over 50 countries on 160M with either an inverted L or my prese
" I wonder WHY NOT worry about trying to cover the bands with good antennas?" Because it's very easy to make ham radio *frustrating* instead of *fun* if you try to do too many bands in a small space
thank you for the encouragement, and words of wisdom. Nice web pages, especially the one on the flag antenna design, as it is well laid out, has good explanatory text, and the illustrations are helpf
Hi Jim -- I apologize, but I did not find the description of that particular antenna you had in Chicago. Could you give me a better clue to its location? Sidebar: -- working in the sound reinforcemen
Sorry -- I forgot I had changed that link a few months ago. Here it is. http://audiosystemsgroup.com/K9YC/k9yc160TopLoad.htm 73, Jim _______________________________________________ __________________