[TenTec] Problem on 160 meters, Whats up?

[Jim Brown K9YC]

On Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:09:23 EDT, Rsoifer at aol.com wrote:

>You might  try tying the ends of the feedline together  and feeding it as
>a single wire on 160.

That is a VERY VERY VERY good idea. I have done that in two locations, and 
it works spectacularly well. You WILL need radials, the more the merrier, 
length not critical, more is better. 

You're having problems with the antenna as a dipole on 160 because it is 
very short for that band. 

73,

Jim Brown K9YC