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Re: Topband: QRP

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Subject: Re: Topband: QRP
From: Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
Reply-to: jim@audiosystemsgroup.com
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2015 16:05:35 -0800
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On Tue,12/15/2015 3:59 PM, Robert Harmon wrote:
I am putting up a 160 with 4 elevated radials at 14 feet (would like to get them higher but they are the least visible at 14 feet to my wife

I started with radials elevated only about 4 ft. N6BT's advice to me was to get them up to at least 18 ft. Higher is better. I'd do what I could to make them less visible to your XYL -- smaller diameter, uninsulated, etc. And/or use more radials.

73, Jim K9YC
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