Topband: 160m inverted vee

Jason Buchanan jsb at digistar.com
Wed Aug 20 22:26:43 EDT 2003


Okay, so I know this is not the best antenna in the world for the 
Topband but...  it's all I can deal with for now...

I'm thinking that if BPL is passed I might as well go for 160 now and 
get my licks in while I can. 

So I'm wondering how poorly the antenna will perform if the legs aren't 
totally in a straight line - I will have to angle one of the legs a bit 
to fit it on my property.  Looking at a face of a clock with the center 
of the dial being the balun and the hands being the runs of the wire 
from the balun it will have a 7:00 o'clock shape.  I feel like i'm 
missing out on a lot of fun on 160 and want to give it a try before the 
winter weather begins to set in and be unable to get on the roof to hang 
the antenna.


I guess i'm wondering if i'm wasting my time with an antenna like this 
or if it sounds like it might work halfway decent.



thanks!

Jason - W0JSB



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