Topband: inverted L pointers please

[Tom Haavisto]

The inverted L is not a complicated antenna to build.

What I did was take around 135 feet of wire.  Center conductor from a piece
of coax connects to this.  Sheild connects to the base of my tower.  I added
a bunch of radials (various lengths) to the tower.

Ran the wire through a pulley, and tied a four foot length of rope to the
pulley.  Climbed up the tower and tied the rope to the tower around 45 feet
up.  Basically, the wire runs up the tower, and ends up around three feet
away at the top, bottom is close to the base.  The other end of the wire is
tied off to a tree.  Adjust length of wire for best match.  Easy to adjust
from ground level.

Is is fancy?  Nope.  But it works!  Did WAS and DXCC with this antenna,
which to me is simply amazing!

Tom - VE3CX




On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 10:25 PM, John <shore1 at xplornet.com> wrote:

> I too would like some advice on how to go about building one, I have a 30ft
> tower here to utilize as well, so that my meager 100w radio will be usable
> on 160m once again..... was using a longwire but was not very good.......
> many thanks.
>  ----- Original Message -----
> From: <jwatrous at sonic.net>
> To: <topband at contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 4:45 PM
> Subject: Topband: inverted L pointers please
>
>
> > I'm about to build an inverted L for 160 after 50 years of ham radio.
> > I have looked at many webpages, but is there one you experts can
> > recommend?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > John
> >
> >
> > John Watrous, K6PZB
> >
>