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On 3/25/2014 9:45 AM, Tom Osborne wrote:
I'd have to disagree on that one. If someone wants to get an antenna
for 160, they can do it. I have seen designs for 160 antennas that
are only 33 feet tall. One was in NCJ not too long ago using one of
those 33 foot telescoping fiberglass masts..
REPLY:
Yes, one can put up something that will radiate,but I think it will be
less than satisfactory and one's interest in 160 will fade pretty fast.
160 is a difficult band even with good antennas (full size dipole) but
it does have a certain charm of its own.
Here I have a full size inverted vee with the apex at 70 feet. Works
pretty well, but it's not a four-square or Beverage and i hear other
California stations working DX I can't even hear. I've never even heard
a European for example, but I have fun anyway. I do think however, that
if I had only a shorty vertical with skimpy radials I would have given
it up long ago.
To each his own.
73, Bill W6WRT
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