Gentlemen:
I’ve recently installed my first 160M antenna - a 90 foot linearly loaded
sloping vertical with a single 126ft elevated ( 10-15ft off the ground )
vertical.
I’m feeding this with a dual core current choke balun and to my surprise it
presents a 1.2 SWR at 1.83Mhz at the balun. 2:1 SWR bandwidth is ~ 50KHz. The
shack connection to the balun is through about 125ft of RG213 coax on the
ground.
It seems to be working OK but my question is:
I can add one more 126ft elevated vertical but it would be almost at a right
angle to the first radial and would come within 15ft of the house with aluminum
siding - Will this additional elevated vertical provide some improvement or
just create the potential for additional noise pick-up due to it’s location
near the house?
Thanks in advance for your thoughts and suggestions.
73
Bob
W3RW
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