[SCCC] 160M residential lot antenna

Coker, Timothy J TJCoker at lasd.org
Tue Feb 1 07:57:34 PST 2011


Are there any antenna gurus on the list that wouldn't mind helping me
develop a 160m antenna for my place? The last time I asked about 80m I
got lots of great ideas and encouragement which led me to build a full
size inverted-v, with folded ends. Sometimes it takes me asking a
question and getting ideas to do what should have been obvious to me in
the first place.
 
I can provide a .pdf copy of my yard and antenna installation,
measurements, photos, BBQ dinner, beer, etc...
 
I want to do better than my XM240 2 element yagi for 160m.
 
I have a 55' crank up with C31XR, A3WS, XM240, and 80m inverted-v now.
My wife isn't yelling yet about all the aluminum and wire... so I better
get something up before she starts to challenge the visual impact...
 
The tower is 4 feet from my house and surrounded by concrete. I do have
the ability to run some radials through a 1/4" cut in my concrete to my
grass (a 60' north-south x 15' east-west rectangle) 10' to the west of
my tower. My backyard / house portion of the property is 75' wide by 75'
long (I don't want to push the wife too much by running aerial wires
over the front yard).
 
Pictures of the qth are on a link from my QRZ bio.
 
I'm not in a huge hurry, but I have lots of wire, coax, and 50' of
fiberglass push up mast that can be used.
 
73,
 
Tim / N6WIN.


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