I have just made my first baby steps on 160m. I slung extra wire off the ends
of the inv vee I use for 80m, and zigzagged
it around the garden. Results aren't bad. Longest distance is about 2500 km /
1500 miles, and the "easy" countries in Europe
have turned out to actually be easy. I never expected DX from this antenna.
I'm unsure whether it makes sense to try a vertical in my small backyard.
Imagine a shape like the British flag. I could run
4 10 m long / 1/16 wavelengths radials along the diagonals, and fill in between
them with even shorter radials. This is so
short that it's off the scale of the diagrams I've seen. Any idea how it would
work?
I can supplement with one long radial each side of the house going into the
front yard. How much would this help?
Regards
Jon LA4RT, Trondheim, Norway
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