[TenTec] 160 M antenna

Stuart Rohre rohre at arlut.utexas.edu
Fri Nov 8 18:05:03 EST 2013


The poster about the antenna said he had 65 radials under it, but did 
not say how long they were.

Most 160 fans seem to do better with inverted L or top hat loaded 
verticals, for the reasons Rick has mentioned re ground losses and 
radiation resistance being low on a short vertical.

One local ham in this area has solved the problem of getting up a long 
enough 160m vertical or any tower.  He found on Ebay, a 150 foot reach 
bucket truck!  Had to drive it to TX from OK on back roads, as it tops 
out at 40 MPH.  But what a nice toy!

-Stuart Rohre
K5KVH


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