Advantages ? Disadvantages ? Would only be 50' above ground. Robert, I'm a new op to 160, but I can tell you that it is supposed to work at that height (50') with resulting lower angles of radiation
Mike Although I am an antenna enthusiast and EE by training, I am not expert on this topic...however, I have been doing some reading. IEEE did some research at VHF freqs http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xp
Samir, I can *partially* answer your question. I have the CG3000 with the ZeroFive 43 foot vertical antenna. You can contact me directly if you want details on my experience over the past month since
Under the guidance of "any antenna is better than no antenna," and "verticals radiate poorly in all directions," and "just put something up and get on the air," I am running an off-center-fed 80-10 d
In his book "Low Band DXing" John, ON4UN, talks about how sometimes signals can arrive at higher angles. The more options the better. Mark Lunday WD4ELG Hillsborough, NC - FM06kb wd4elg@arrl.net http
OK, I finally put up an inverted L.70 foot vertical, 56 foot horizontal. Put down three radials, each 130 foot in length. 100 watts from the rig. Remote coupler at the base of the antenna so I don't
Thanks to ALL who replied. I had about 20 responses in just about 12 hours. The suggestions and guidance have proven INVALUABLE! I appreciate very much all the help. Summary of responses: patience la
Wow, what a night. I jumped on 160 to see if I could struggle through a contact or two, maybe get lucky and work EU. Worked RN3CT on the first call, he was 579. Then worked RK3ER. Then I heard UA9KAA
0430 UTC, I am reading eham.net. I have the inverted L tuned and the Flex receiver is on 160 CW. I hear a weak CQ. 4Z1UF, Ilya. Nobody else calling him, nothing to lose so I give it a try. He comes b
ST2AR at 0300 UTC - 559 but intentional QRM and big pileup FK8CP spotted as 599 in AR at 0400 UTC, I could not hear even a whisper. Maybe chordal ducting (I keep ON4UN's book on my nightstand for re-
ON4UN talks about sunrise enhancement at the location of the listener when the listener experiences sunrise, although I have never seen this (I am a night owl, so I am usually not up for sunrise). Wh
I am using inverted L, 80 feet vert and 30 foot horizontal, and then 20 foot sloping at a 45 degree angle. Remote coupler at base, model CG-3000. I was happy with antenna as a newbie to top-band over
OK, Topbanders, I have a mystery I am trying to solve with my inverted L Last December, I put up ¼ inverted L (vertical was 80 feet, horiz was 52 feet). Remote coupler at the base (CG-3000 Pi-L). It
Thanks to the 20+ hams who responded with guidance and recommendations! Here's what I did 1. Replaced radiating element. Put up 128 foot of new wire. 2. Removed remote coupler 3. Checked SWR at shack
Was doing some "forest thinking" yesterday afternoon, where I wander the back woods on my property and ponder future antenna possibilities. I have a remote-antenna-switch out in the woods, and I was
August 28, and I am already hearing EU tonight on top band on my (recently repaired) inverted L. Static not so bad tonight, I can copy them 559. Amazing, I thought I would have to wait until October.
OK, I am going to try this with some shortened verticals, spaced a half wavelength apart. Here?s my question ? if I have some pre-existing phasing harnesses made from ¼ length coax with the correct v
ON4UN?s book, 3rd edition, Chapter 9, page 9-46. Pretty simple concept?the vertical portion is ¼ wavelength, and the total horizontal length is ½wavelength. Higher radiation resistance, not nearly as
Thanks very much to so many fellow hams who responded to my original post! Nice to know the fraternity continues to help those with questions. This afternoon, a lovely fall day in North Carolina, I a
OK, inverted L is not the best receiving antenna for DX (no surprise). Tonight on 160, I heard VE1ZJ working UA9MA. I heard nothing of the UA9 station. NT0V then worked UA9MA. Still no UA9MA/ This al