RE Message : 4
>Message: 4
>Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 08:02:00 -1000
>From: "Thomas Worthington" <worth@maui.net>
>Subject: Topband: request for antenna advice
>To: <topband@contesting.com>
>Message-ID: <002701c73cbd$15a29310$0302a8c0@TomOffice>
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>I am new to 160m and have been having trouble building an efficient
>transmitting antenna because of a lack of tall trees.
>Do any of you have any experience with the Cushcraft MA160V shortened
>vertical? I have a 450 foot beverage that works fairly well for receive so
>I am only looking at this for a transmit antenna.
>Mahalo (thanks) and Aloha,
>Tom, KH7CC
Hi Tom, rather than go for a commercial antenna I would like to recommend
one I home-brewed & have had a lot of success with. Hopefully you have
somewhere on your house or even a mast to mount this antenna. Mine it is at
40' but
some friends are using the same antenna with reasonable results at 25'
The antenna in question is a home-brewed helical, with a top loading
wire. Please check out the links below for info on how to make this antenna,
photos etc. If you require more info please drop me an e-mail.
Regards,
Phil. m0vey
e-mail: _m0vey@aol.com_ (mailto:m0vey@aol.com)
homebrew-helical info:
_http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/topband-helical/_
(http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/topband-helical/)
My homepage: _http://hometown.aol.com/m0vey/myhomepage/index.html_
(http://hometown.aol.com/m0vey/myhomepage/index.html)
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