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> From: Gus VO1MP <gussam@newcomm.net>
> To: w7why@mail.coos.or.us; Lee Buller <k0wa@southwind.net>
> Cc: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 160 inverted "L"
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Date: Tuesday, September 15, 1998 11:27 PM
>
> Tom:
>
> about 14/15 years ago CQ ? Magazine or QST ? featured
> an article about an inverted L with a folded horizontal portion .
> the horizontal portion used 6 inch spacing bars positioned
> about every 4 feet .
> So the antenna had a 60 foot or less vertical portion and then
> a 35 foot horizontal section doubled back towards the tower with
> spacers as above.
> I actually used this antenna on a 110 X 50 ft city lot with my House in the
> middle , the spacers were made from ordinary wooden rods cut to 8 " lengths
> then boiled in linseed oil as a preservative. I drilled two holes in each
> spacer 6 inches
> apart and wrapped the wires that were inserted with nylon string to keep them
> from twisting
> around.
> Put as many radials as I could under the thing, considering the space
> limitations
> they were every conceivable length.
> Worked 100 countries on it before I took it down. From Here VK - ZL - VU2
> that's about as far as it gets on top band.
> Try it !!
> BTW the vertical portion of mine was only 48 feet high !!
>
> 73 GL Gus
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> > From: Lee Buller <k0wa@southwind.net>
> > To: w7why@mail.coos.or.us
> > Cc: towertalk@contesting.com
> > Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 160 inverted "L"
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
> > Date: Tuesday, September 15, 1998 6:54 PM
> >
> >
> > At 09:06 PM 9/15/98 -0700, you wrote:
> > >
> > >Hi fellow TT'ians
> > >
> > >I want to make a linear loaded inverted L for 160. The vertical part
> > >would be 65 feet long, and the linear loaded part would be 30 feet. I
> > >want to hook one side of the stub to the top of the vertical wire, and
> > >then short the other end of the stub. Would 300 ohm ribbon be too
> > >narrow for the stub, or would I have to make some kind of open wire stub
> > >for the linear loaded portion. Thanks and 73
> > >Tom W7WHY
> >
> > Tom....
> >
> > You need about 130 feet to make a good inverted L. Oh, you can place a
> > coil in the horizontal leg and get by with that....or you can use a series
> > capacitor at the bottom to tune it. But, I do not use a stub in the sense
> > that I understand you to mean. At 130 feet you can almost feed it direct
> > because it is a quarter wave at 160 meters....and of course a half wave at
> > 80 meters. I have one that is 55 verticle and 75 feet horizontal. Works
> > FB with a bunch of radials underneath the verticle part. I have around 10
> > random length radials...cause that is what I can get onto the lot.
> >
> > See the Handbook for more disucssion, but they are a very simple antenna.
> >
> > Lee
> > k0wa@southwind.net
> >
> >
> >
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