On Tue,12/16/2014 5:16 PM, Larry Banks wrote:
The ARRL 160 contest got me interested in 160. I would like to add loading
coils and additional wire to my 80M dipole at my QTH in Maine to see how that
might fly. (It would make it an 80/160 dipole.)
Larry,
Horizontal antennas are not very effective on 160M because it's usually
not practical to get them high enough to not be a cloud-warmer. I had an
160/80 dipole up about 120 ft between a couple of redwood trees, and I
also had an 86 ft Tee vertical for 160. The Tee vertical nearly always
beat the dipole, often by a lot.
Here are the slides for a talk I've done to several ham clubs and at
Pacificon a few years ago. It may give you some ideas.
http://k9yc.com/160MPacificon.pdf
73, Jim K9YC
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