Re: Topband: Suggestions for a tower?

[Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>]

On 4/23/2014 8:51 PM, Ashton Lee wrote:
> Also, while you will get some counter argument, setting up an inverted V off 
> the tower top will work very well too. That may have a higher angle of 
> radiation but will be very easy to tune to a 50 ohm match.
Yes and no. Although 140 ft may seem high, it's LOW as a fraction of a 
wavelength on 160M. :)  For several years, I had a 160M dipole at 120 
ft. In a LOT of A/B testes, an 86 ft Tee vertical nearly always beat it.
73, Jim K9YC
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