Howdy All.
I put up a receiving antenna for the 160 test and was pleasantly
surprised how well it worked. I don't have room for a real long
beverage, so I ran out about 250 feet of wire to the NE, unterminated.
About 50 feet out from the shack, I hooked another wire it and ran it to
the SE. Kinda like a big "Y" Fed it against ground and tuned it with a
home made tuner. The thing worked GREAT. Noise on the inverted L is
about S-9 and signals are about the same. On the RX antenna, the noise
was S-3 to 4 and the signals were S-6 or better. What a difference on
receive. So, if you dont have a lot of room the "Y" may be the answer
for you. Sure worked good here. 73
Tom W7WHY
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