I used this setup while in Ohio with limited space. I dont know why or how it
worked as well as it
did on the low bands. The lengths are approximate. On 80/75M the antenna was
less than 2:1 SWR
from 3.5 - 3.820Mhz. On 160M it tuned well from 1800 - 1930Khz. I had no
radials, probably would
have worked better if I had some. I did not use a tuner, and ran high power.
Results 260 DXCC on 80/75
and 137 DXCC on 160M. I have a crude drawing here: www.n4db.com/antenna.pdf
I hope the link will
post OK on this page. I also used this same low band antenna on 30M with good
results but the SWR was
a it higher.
73
Dave -N4DB-
----- Original Message ----
From: Bill <bmarx@bellsouth.net>
Cc: towertalk@contesting.com
Sent: Sat, April 23, 2011 11:40:25 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Antennas for 80m
How high is your center support?
On 4/23/2011 11:13 AM, Charlie Gallo wrote:
> On 4/23/2011 Mike Fatchett W0MU wrote:
> ...snip...
>
>> What kind of operating do you do? DXing, Contesting, Ragchewing, etc.
> I like to DX, but with my current setup, I'm somewhat limited (still at 187
> in
>8 year however)
>
> I probably have the most fun operating in contests, but tend to prefer the
>smaller ones, where I'm not trying to shout over the thundering herd, but with
>the new antennas, it will probably be more fun
>
> I do NOT like to ragchew at all
>
>
>
>
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