Warren
you might look ito an Inverted L arrangement... many
many people have pretty good luck with them... i have
one that is 72 ft vert and about 60ft mostly
horizontal with just one radial and i seem to be able
to work what i can hear (with 100w)...
good luck
Dan N8DCJ
--- WarrenWolff@aol.com wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I have a question about choices on 160 meters.
>
> I expect to have a new home at Lake Havasu City next
> summer.
> I will have a 60/70 foot fixed tower topped by a
> couple of OptiBeams
> (16-4 and a 4-40).
>
> About 100 feet away, I expect to have a 30/35 foot
> flag pole.
>
> What is my best way to get on 160 with this
> arrangement? A couple
> of ideas come to mind.
>
> 1) Shunt feed the tower
> 2) Use a wire between the top of the tower and
> the top of the
> flagpole to use as top loading for vertical wire in
> the center
> of it.
> 3) Extend an arm out from the top of the tower,
> say around 6-8
> feet and drop some kind of vertical element to be
> base-fed.
>
> Advice is needed; please donâ??t say I am nuts.
>
>
> Warren; W5KKW
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