On 2023-01-09 09:26, Mamuka Kordzakhia via Topband wrote:
> Dear friends,
> I need your advise: I found a very high tower with 100m high. I need to fix a
> very effective antenna on 160m band. What kind of antenna will be better for
> contesting?
> 73!
> Mamuka4L2M
>
> W8JI famously had a 350 foot (over 100 meters) tower with a dipole strung
> from it.
>
> He reported that the dipole worked fine, but not any better than
>
> his quarter wave vertical. You could affix catenary ropes to a
>
> tower and use them to hold up a 4square. But you don't need
>
> anything that tall.
>
> Rick Karlquist
> N6RK
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