I second Rick's suggestion. I have an 80M dipole up about 80 feet fed with
open wire line. On 160M I short the feedline together in the shack, and
with an antenna tuner use it as a top-loaded vertical.
I plan to eventually put up a stand-alone vertical over a radial system, but
for now this improvised antenna works well on 160M.
Only drawback is I need to avoid touching bare metal in the shack when
transmitting to avoid RF burns!
73,
Steve
N6SJ
-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
Richard (Rick) Karlquist
Sent: Friday, November 04, 2016 8:40 AM
To: Kirk Kleinschmidt; Towertalk Reflector
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Magic Length for 160-40 vertical?
Tie the feed wires together and operate the existing antenna as a top loaded
vertical. Forget about all the other ideas you mentioned.
Rick N6RK
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