I am surprised that people still do not realize that working DXCC countries
is no indication of antenna performance. The poor desert ground may be
helping your inverted V however why would an inverted V be your only option?
I have used various 160m antennas from a number of locations in the US and
Caribbean and found a low inverted V to be very inferior to a top loaded
short vertical even without an extensive radial field.
John KK9A
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Fan Dipole
From: Wes Stewart <wes_n7ws@triconet.org>
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2017 17:31:25 -0700
It may be terrible, but it's better than no antenna at all.
I have 72 DXCC entities worked using an inverted-V, 45' high at the center
with ends barely off the ground. Some of these with a barefoot K3, the rest
with a KPA500. All either CW or SSB, no imaginary modes where QSOs are
completed by text messaging.
And this wasn't from a beach in New England but from the desert of southern
Arizona.
Wes N7WS
On 9/30/2017 1:31 PM, john@kk9a.com wrote:
From my experience and lower heights a
160m dipole is a terrible antenna, I would not bother adding it to your fan
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