"Has anyone used a low 160m dipole at only 25'?"
Yes. When I lived with N6VI back in 1976, he had big station plans, but
they all came together after he got married and I moved out.
In the meantime, I put up a 35 foot tower near the house. The feed point
was quite a bit away from the tower as it was near the front of the
property and thus wasn't very high at all. Maybe 20 feet. The end of the
dipole was likely held up in some tree that I threw a rope over a limb.
I remember working VS6DO with this antenna.
I should also mention that sometimes at sunrise - I have found a low dipole
is actually a good performer. I had one in a ravine in Boring, and
occasionally, things would be coming in at a high angle at sunrise and it
would beat my vertical.
Tree N6TR
On Mon, Jan 13, 2025 at 6:44 AM Mike Smith VE9AA <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:
> So, this past weekend I pretty much got skunked on Topband as my 160m
> inverted L died after the first QSO in the NAQP CW contest and I had no
> 160m
> backup antenna.(only band I don't currently have a backup for)
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> About the only thing I would be able to manage as a "backup" antenna here
> is
> a slightly ends-bent horizontal dipole, but only up 25' (that's roughly
> like
> having a 20m dipole up ~3.3' if I've done my math correctly.)
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> Has anyone used a low 160m dipole at only 25'?
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> Have you worked coast to coast (NA) or any DX?
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> I know all about verticals, inverted L's etc. I have a yard chock full of
> them. I have terrible soil conductivity here, but am at pretty good
> height
> ASL, so do "OK" on VHF/HF.
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> My specific question is for a low (cloud warmer) dipole on Topband.
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> Tnx All!
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> CU (all of a sudden!) in the next one.
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> Mike VE9AA "NB"
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> Mike - Keswick Ridge, NB, Canada
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> Mike - Keswick Ridge, NB, Canada
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