Topband: T-antenna vs Inverted L

[Jim Brown]

On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 14:53:32 -0500, ku8e at bellsouth.net wrote:

>Is this antenna long enough to feed as a "T" ?

This is pretty close to what I am doing, and pretty close to the 
example in Kraus "Antennas".  It's the first example in the 
"Antennas for Special Applications" chapter (21-2.1b in a recent 
paperback edition). 

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

This is my ONLY 160M antenna, and I use it a lot on 80. On 160 with 
600W, I can pretty much work what I can hear from my rather noisy 
QTH. On 80, people often hear me better than I hear them. As you 
would expect, I find that the better my counterpoise, the better it 
works. No surprise. 

Jim