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Re: Topband: Low Dipoles

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Subject: Re: Topband: Low Dipoles
From: K4SAV <RadioXX@charter.net>
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2020 10:48:20 -0600
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On 12/18/2020 10:18 AM, Mike Waters wrote:
A few words of wisdom about 160m antennas from W8JI, ON4UN and others...

https://web.archive.org/web/20180815141931/http://w0btu.com/160_meters.html

After you read W8JI's comments, put these two antennas on EZNEC. It will say the dipole smokes the vertical at all elevation angles. I trust W8JI's information because of his experience and his attention to detail when running tests like this. NEC is not telling you the whole story.

Jerry, K4SAV


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