Thanks for all the replys about the vertical dipole. Lots of conflicting
ideas. I will read some more and try to digest all of this and see if we
want to go for it. Thanks again to all who were kind enough to add fuel to
the fire.
Mike Michon
AB5XP
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> From: Michael Michon <michon@eatel.net>
> To: topband@contesting.com
> Subject: TopBand: Antenna
To: <topband@contesting.com>
> Date: Tuesday, June 16, 1998 7:09 AM
>
>
> A friend and I are thinking of a vertical dipole for 160 meters. We have
a
> fire tower 100 feet tall. 22 feet sqare at the base tapering to 6 foot
> square at the top. It is grounded. We would extend a balloon from the
top
> for the other half of the antenna.
>
>
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