Topband: New Antenna

[Jim Brown]

On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 14:29:20 EST, WarrenWolff at aol.com wrote:

>What is my best way to get on 160 with this arrangement?   

I like your #1 and #2 ideas the best, and I've heard some pretty 
decent signals with this sort of arrangement. But accept it as a 
given that all of the ideas you've mentioned require a decent ground 
system (or counterpoise) if they are to be effective. 

The link below describes a far less elegant implementation at my 
home QTH that works fairly well -- I can work more or less what I 
can hear with 500 watts. Yours has a chance of working considerably 
better if you do a good job with the ground/counterpoise. 

http://audiosystemsgroup.com/K9YC/k9yc160TopLoad.htm

BTW -- #1 and #2 ought to work pretty well on 80 meters too. Mine 
does. 

Jim Brown K9YC