[TenTec] 160 M antenna

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Rick,

What kind of bandwidth do you get with your inverted L, 50 kHz?  Would I still be able to use a tuner in the shack if I want to bend it for more coverage on 160?

Eric

Eric
W9WLW
http://w9wlw.blogspot.com/

Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP <Rick at DJ0IP.de> wrote:

>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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