Although I'm far from being an antenna "expert", I second Wes' comments about matching a 160 meter Inverted L. I recently made my first ever Inverted L and am very, very pleased with the results. Min
With a 30 foot high vertical section and the rest around 105 feet horizontal And having two above ground radials. The "Real Impedance" Of this antenna is about 12 ohms. The fact that the antenna matc
John is absolutely right, however a compromise antenna is better than no antenna, and it's amazing what you can work with a compromise antenna when the band is open to you. I live in East Central Iow
I dont understand the sudden urge or desire of some to suppress all high angle radiation from an inverted L. It is well established that even a low horizontal dipole can work amazing amounts of DX on
Particularly for the very minimal radial systems some are forced to live with, not having high angle radiation may actually be a considerable advantage. If one does not have "dense" and uniform radia
I would call it a disadvantage. That high lobe has a definite advantage for many contacts, DX and somewhat local. I see it regularly on 80M with the inverted vee at 170' where the main lobe is at the
I bet this is because they actually have an antenna that radiates signal and not an antenna that loads great but turns all the RF into heat? Getting a full sized anything on 160 has to be better than
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