TopBand: Balloon Full Wave Antenna for 160M

[Jon K. Jones]

>There are many many technical errors in that article, including stuff about
>gain, impedance matching, grounding, currents, voltages, etc. But the
>content about balloons seemed useful to me, and I think that was the main
>point. - Tom

Agree...

The authors enthusiasm for operating 160M was undeniable, despite
the technical errors, and may encourage others to try the TopBand,
particularly those with outside antenna restrictions or DXpeditions unable
to take a decent transmit antenna with them. As the 1/4 wave balloon
supported vertical is easier to deploy and matches directly to 50 ohms
I believe it would be a better choice for a balloon supported TopBand aerial.
- Jon N0JK

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