[TenTec] 160 M antenna

[Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP]

Jim,  if you have trouble with BCI on your analyzer, the BCI is gonna give
you trouble on the air too.  In that case I recommend investing in a good
Highpass Filter like a Dunestar HPF-400 or similar.  Insert it in the coax
and then attach the analyzer.  The analyzer will then work ok.

The best antenna most of us can deploy is an Inverted-L.
I wasted 20 years trying to get a low dipole to work on 160m.
Hardly worked much outside of my own country (Germany) during that time.
Finally tried the Inverted-L and immediately began working the world on
160m.

You don't even need a tuner.  You can easily match the antenna right at the
base.
The only thing you have to accept in your own mind is that you have to have
a dedicated antenna, just for 160m.

The biggest mistake people make is to try and bend something so that it
covers 160m and a bunch of other bands.
Waste of time if you're goal is really to have a big signal on 160m.

My 160m Inv.-L is resonant on 1.850 Mhz. for CW.  I switch in a capacitor at
the feedpoint to raise it 50 kHz for SSB.

73
Rick, DJ0IP

-----Original Message-----
From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jim GM
Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2013 8:17 PM
To: TenTec-request
Subject: Re: [TenTec] 160 M antenna

Rick, I like your answer. I agree with the others too.

Make the external tuner for 160, and 80 and auto tuner, with a remote bypass
so you can use the tuner in the sack for the other bands. Mount the
160/80 tuner out side close to the radial field.

160M is a pain in the but, to get it working.  BCI messes up my analyzer so
it is a work in progress and trial and error.  Just too close to the
transmitter sites.

--
Jim K9TF
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