You guys have inspired me. I am going to try the same thing. I have
toyed with the idea of a T-top
and will try it too. Please give feedback on how it goes, I will too.
Bob
K6UJ
On 12/9/15 4:52 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
On Wed,12/9/2015 2:34 PM, Cqtestk4xs--- via Topband wrote:
On 160 I'm leaning toward a wire vertical suspended from a rope coming
from the tower which would make the antenna about 65 or 70 feet tall
and to
compensate for that I would make it a T-top.
I like that idea, Bill. Also, if you can think of a way to do it,
consider wires insulated from the tower, sloping away from it, and fed
from the base against radials or folded counterpoise. If you can
elevate that radials at least 20 ft, you can get away with 4-8 per
wire. Add radials to the tower and it will act as a passive reflector,
giving you a couple of dB in the direction of the slope.
Also look at the several arrays of sloping wires in ARRL antenna
publications. As I recall, there's at least one in the ON4UN book.
73, Jim K9YC
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