Good Morning:
Back in the mid-1980s I discovered that long (1000, 1200, 2000, and 5000 foot),
end-fed, insulated wires on the desert surface were superb receive antennas for
VLF through at least 4 MHz.
I once placed an Y-shaped array of 1200 foot wires on the ground and connected
them to a switch box that allowed me to select one wire as a receive antenna
and the others as counterpoise wires. It was awesome for AM broadcast band use
(good gain and very directional).
I wonder I deployed a doublet with two 1200 foot wires or a Y-array of 1200
foot wires on the desert floor, and connected it to my transciever through an
antenna tuner, if it would work well on 160-meters.
And yes, I actually did deploy a 5000 foot wire. It worked well for receive.
73
Brian, KD6NRP
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